The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 06, 2008

COLUMNS

IT'S LONELY AT THE TOP: Rules of empowerment
Jagdish is caught in a vicious cycle. He can’t leave the store for a moment because he doesn’t have anyone to entrust it to. And he doesn’t have anyone to entrust it to because he can’t trust anyone else. So he’s ...

WRITE RIGHT: Four components of good business plans
What’s wrong with most business plans? The answer is relatively straightforward, says William A. Sahlman in How to Write a Great Business Plan ( ...

60 SECONDS CHIEF!: 60 Seconds Chief
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STICKLISH ISSUES: Capitalising on US real estate slump
Responses to Sticklish Issues dated Sept 29. As the adage goes, in one’s failure another sees an opportunity. For Indian investors with stronger buying power, there’s a golden opportunity in buying houses in the US. However, a word ...

FOR THE ASKING: Anonymous donations
Anonymous donations in the hands of individuals would be governed by the relevant clause of Section 56 dealing with gifts. If gifts have been received in cash during the previous year in excess of Rs 50,000 in aggregate, the entire gifts would ...

FOR THE ASKING: How are share prices determined?
How does the market fix the share price? Sometimes it goes up and sometimes it comes down. Is there a formula for price fixation in the ...

FOR THE ASKING: Effect of crisis
I am not able to understand why the Indian stock market should go into a tailspin when an American ...

FOR THE ASKING: Tax on arrears
My mother gets a family pension of Rs 4,500 a month. She got arrears of Rs 2,20,000 reckoned from 1986 that includes the period when my father was the recipient. Now, does my mother have to pay tax even on the portion of arrears attributable to ...

FOR THE ASKING: Joint housing loan
I have taken a joint housing loan along with my husband. While both of us are taxpayers and eligible for Section 80C benefits, I wonder whether the limit of Rs 1.5 lakh on deductibility of interest gets halved or stays intact for each ...

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