The Hindu Business Line : Monday, December 04, 2006

FOR THE ASKING
A senior citizen's TDS worry
I am 62 and a retired headmaster of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. I have invested my terminal benefits of Rs 13 lakh under the Senior Citizen Savings Scheme 2004, with the Head Post Office, Berhampur, Orissa. The interest of the above deposit ... More

SWATI CA
Multiple filters to sieve through mountains of market data
Story so far: A supermarket comes up next to Mani Kadai, a petty shop that used to be my college-day hangout. I meet the owner Mani and ask him whether his business was taking a hit because of the new supermarket in the vicinity. "They ... More

RACY CASES
Matters of the heart
At 62, Mithilesh Prasad of Abhimanyupur can jog up a flight of stairs or catch a running bus that has shifted to second gear. Not a big deal really because many in the last quartile of their lives do amazing things these days such as sky diving ... More

STICKLISH ISSUES
TCS cuts annual vacation days
Blog at http://SticklishIssues.blogspot.com

Should India sign FTA with China?
Responses to Sticklish Issues dated November 27 More

STORIES RETOLD
Genesis of OPD
The birth of the phrase `outsourced product development' (OPD) is an interesting experiment in strategy creation, entrepreneurship and the search for differentiation that companies go through. First, a brief history. Aspire Systems is an ... More

AT YOUR SERVICE
Copyright fees of publishing house
Is a publishing house required to pay service tax on payment of royalty to another publishing house for publishing excerpts of a book? Payment of royalty arises only when there is assignment of any right or intangible asset (copyright in ... More

60 SECONDS CHIEF!
Don't work too hard
Mr N. N. Subramanian is a Director and Co-founder of Maveric Systems, a dedicated independent software testing firm. He did his Management from MDI, Gurgaon after graduating in commerce from Delhi University. Here's his take on four questions ... More

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