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READING ROOM
Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers
Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny, said Swami Vivekananda. And Brian Tracy may agree. For, his book is titled Create Your Own Future, from Wiley India ...
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FOR THE ASKING
TDS at a BPO into medical billing
I represent a BPO company, which does data conversion, e-publication and medical billing services. We are a 100 per cent Export Oriented Unit (EOU). All our clients are foreign enterprises with whom we enter into service agreements. In most ...
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SWATI CA
Should travel be a harassingly fearsome ordeal for women?
Story so far: An offbeat opportunity comes my way when I get to watch some of the first few matches at the ongoing World Cup. Wherever I turn, I see how Germany's economy gets a terrific boost from the game. Tragically, though, India ...
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RACY CASES
The twilight zone
Neil sat before the doctor, wearing the conventional blue jeans and a t-shirt. How ironic. He was sporting an attire which he would never like a doctor to sport. For long he had told anyone who mattered that casual wear robbed a professional of ...
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STICKLISH ISSUES
No going back on oil price hike
Responses to Sticklish Issues dated June 12
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Sticklish Issues
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WRITE RIGHT
Tense about tenses
My teacher tells me that I always go wrong on tense. And that makes me tense! Please help. Ashok R Yes, tenses are the source of much tension. As a learned friend put it: "Tense is like a time zone. You can't be in two time zones ...
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AT YOUR SERVICE
Wind on windmills
I am running a factory where I provide machining services to various clients. Material is given to us by the customer, which we return after processing. We charge service tax on the bill value if the end product does not suffer excise. ...
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