The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 05, 2006

READING ROOM
Know negligence to be secure against claims
Property losses such as burned home or damaged car are too dramatic to defy comprehension. Not so with financial impact of lawsuits, says Mark S. Dorfman in Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance, from Pearson Education ... More

FOR THE ASKING
Can I claim the loss on returns?
My net take home income is Rs 27,800. I have no savings other than my investments in equity related mutual funds. I have lost about Rs 15,000 in trading? What would be my tax liability? Can I claim the loss in my returns? Please advice. ... More

SWATI CA
Is it increasingly necessary for Indians to know Chinese and the Chinese?
Story so far: During a week when the markets kept yo-yoing, I meet my neighbours for a session on investment basics. To my horror, I find that their level of financial literacy is dangerously inadequate. Episode ... More

STICKLISH ISSUES
What's happening to wheat?
Blog at: http://SticklishIssues.blogspot.com

States seek to tax 68 services
Responses to Sticklish Issues dated May 31 More

WRITE RIGHT
Think clear to write clear
What do you do when you don't understand what you read? Curse your vocabulary and give up reading? Or vow to improve your language skills? Wait, the problem may lie elsewhere: In the writer. Clarity of thought leads to clarity of writing, and ... More

AT YOUR SERVICE
No Cenvat credit for duty on freebies
This is with reference to excise-exempted zones in North-Eastern States. In case of a company launching promotional campaigns, it may offer freebies of products purchased from the market and pay excise duty. Would Cenvat credit be available for ... More