The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 13, 2007

FOR THE ASKING
Why burden employers with tax calc of employees?
Why is an employer burdened with calculating the actual tax liability of his employee and deducting tax accordingly whereas assessment is the job of the income-tax department? Incidentally, for all payments, only an ad-hoc rate has ... More

RACY CASES
Overcome the fear of selling
Bholu the black bear was back! And how ferocious he was turning out to be! He was clawing at everybody in sight. The pigs were being mercilessly slaughtered while the sheep and the lambs huddled together in fear. The lone creature in the circus ... More

STICKLISH ISSUES
Investors facing biggest test in six years
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India’s first mobile court
Responses to Sticklish Issues dated August 6. More
WRITE RIGHT
Two sides of journalists
How would ‘a machine for the production of errors’ look like? A newspaper, probably, says Ian Mayes in Journalism: Right and Wrong ( More
BILL OF HEALTH
Get out of the rut
One of the most important scientific contributions to the world is non-judgmental observation, says Osho in Emotional Wellness ( www.landmarkonthenet.com). ... More
AT YOUR SERVICE
Services provided by govt depts
What will be the taxability of business auxiliary services or technical testing services provided by government departments or public authorities to the public or users of such services?R. Srinivasan ... More
60 SECONDS CHIEF!
Confidence is a driver for success
Mr Palanivel Kuppusamy, Executive Chairman, Dexterity Group, is an engineer from Government College of Technology (GCT), Coimbatore and an MBA from IIM Indore. In 1999, he founded Dexterity, a pioneer in comprehensive technology services for ... More
WHACKONOMICS
How are rupee-dollar rates determined?
I am doing my Masters. I would like to know how the dollar and rupee rates are decided? What factors influence the rates? Radhika VohraTypically, the value of a currency against another is decided based on demand. If ... More
CAREER CROSSROADS
Online MBA
I work in Doha, Qatar, as a warehousing and distribution manager in a 3PL industry. I want to do MBA online from any of the institutes in India. Can you suggest a good institute which offers such courses? Padmaraj ... More

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