The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 08, 2008

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INSIDE INDUSTRY: BPOs: Tremendous headroom
Indian BPOs that have acquired KPO delivery capabilities in India are increasingly looking at acquiring small and niche players in the US and Europe to improve their front-end capabilities.. "Global demand for offshore (BPO) delivery will ...

BILL OF HEALTH: How to damp down HIV
Thailand has taught us that fewer men buying sex translates into lower risks for HIV infection, writes Elizabeth Pisani in ‘The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, brothels, and the business of AIDS’ (
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STICKLISH ISSUES: Obama’s anti-outsourcing rhetoric and IT industry
Responses to Sticklish Issues dated September 1.. Our IT engineers are in demand due to their technical skills, a hard fact Mr Obama must realise, if in case he assumes office. So any anti-outsourcing statements during the election year should ...

READING ROOM: Balance sheet blitzkrieg
Learning the concepts of financial management was never going to be easy for a student who had no inclination towards numbers whatsoever, and who had absolutely no idea what a balance sheet looked like, writes Nishant Kaushik in
FOR THE ASKING: Forward and futures contract
Please explain in simple terms the difference between a forward and futures ...

FOR THE ASKING: Tax on personal effects
I understand personal effects such as scooter, car, jewels, etc., do not attract tax on sale. Is my understanding ...

FOR THE ASKING: Art as an investment
Sorry to sound a scare monger but art has always been an unknown quantity not only in India but in developed countries such as the US as well. Investing in art has always been an elitist persuasion. ...

FOR THE ASKING: Quotation norm
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is all set to discard the average of last 26 weeks’ quotation norm. What is your take on ...

FOR THE ASKING: Differential voting rights
Why equity shares with differential voting rights have not caught the fancy of our ...

FOR THE ASKING: Purchasing power parity theory explained
Let us say the current exchange rate of the rupee vis-À-vis the dollar is Rs 40. But if a basket of goods and services commonly consumed in both the countries are taken into account and their prices in the two countries juxtaposed, it ...

STICKLISH ISSUES: In what ways can the Department of Posts earn more revenue?
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