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August 31, 2006
Buying stocks, MFs? Read this first
Should you buy stocks directly or through the mutual fund route? The answer is pretty simple. Read on…

August 30, 2006
Dual Citizenship Act silent on Indian pensions
A N Shanbhag, the highly respected investment guru, and his son Sandeep Shanbhag, answers your questions on NRI investment.

Can India become a scientific power?
The problem is not one of increased funding alone, but bringing about a cultural transformation.

August 29, 2006
Cola issue: The 4-point game plan
We know this is the first step of a game plan: to divert attention from what needs to be done or to feed on our part-helplessness and part-cynicism, that everything is so bad, so why bother, says .

The importance of straight talking
People elements may seem easy to practice but they can only be learnt and honed in real-life situations.

August 28, 2006
Cycles of globalisation
From a macroeconomic perspective, the world is, in effect, back to a Bretton Woods type arrangement.

Maran's New Deal
Given how Maran's colleague has managed to get his way on SEZs despite the finance ministry's disapproval, Maran needs to score a similar win here.

Hefty road taxes take their toll
The present rate of tolls and other taxes on road transport are not justified. The government needs to review its policy.

August 26, 2006
Why SEZs are getting controversial
As the line of industrialists in search of acquiring vast tracts of land grows, so do the dissenters who call them 'Special Expenses Zones'- an easy opportunity, it's alleged, for favoured robber barons to profiteer through property development.

The birth of India's global giants
If there is one reason to take the numbers more seriously than those of 10 years ago, it is because today's promises are being made by serious companies with serious plans.

August 24, 2006
Mr Narayana Murthy's next innings
Mr Murthy's contribution goes much further and that is why he is likely to remain a role model for some of the most capable and aspiring Indians.

August 23, 2006
The 5 secrets of making wealth
There is a secret to creating wealth that is far more than saving more, spending less and investing well. All these are external actions and involve, well, actions.

August 22, 2006
What B-school training lacks
Adaptation was thus a key factor that made me understand and look beyond on many aspects that are usually not taught in B-schools.

India's great low fare spiral
Jet will hang on, newer ones like Kingfisher will have the advantage of group backing. It's the rest that will face the most pain.

Lalu's lessons for low-cost airlines
What low cost airlines can learn from the Indian railways.

August 21, 2006
Finance ministry's hidden virtues
It is refreshing to know the ministry has expertise in yield curves, asset-liability management and so on.

Er. . . pesticide did you say?
Even a handful of rice and apples have pesticides.

Beware! Interest rates may rise again
Real and nominal interest rates may rise significantly above the current levels.

August 19, 2006
The fight over VAT on diapers
Should diapers be exempted from VAT? Do they fall under "medical products"? European countries are divided over the issue. But it's just one of the innumerable issues relating to interpretation of items under VAT.

August 17, 2006
Don't uncork the bubbly just yet
Banks are in the pink of health but the easy solutions of the past no longer obtain.

Do you get tax benefit on bank deposits?
Now bank deposits made under the Bank Term Deposit Scheme will get tax deduction. But BTDS seems to be a scheme only for quenching the thirst of the banks and not the investors.

August 14, 2006
Is the ban on Pepsi and Coke justified?
Is it not time that we see the world differently than through glasses coloured by the East India Company, recognise that we are not just recipients of FDI but, increasingly, providers of FDI to the rest of the world also?

August 12, 2006
'Why can't ITC give up its tobacco biz?'
If ITC is trying so hard to diversify away from tobacco, and not even mention the "sin" part of its activities, why not just get rid of the whole tobacco business?

Mumbai: A city in perpetual crisis
The city's decline is terminal. Mumbai may have a great heart but it has no conscience.

August 11, 2006
Challenges for the transport sector
This is where the Metcalfe's Law - which states that the value of networks is directly proportional to the square of the number of users - becomes critical.

How to resolve water woes
India uses only 10 to 20 per cent of its rainfall as either groundwater or surface storage.

Great lessons from Dhirubhai Ambani
It would be a shame if the teachings of the Reliance Industries' founder gather dust. So here goes.

August 09, 2006
Why RBI and FM's views clash
P Chidambaram wants buoyant growth to continue whereas Y V Reddy has signalled higher interest rates so as to rein in incipient inflation. In itself, this is neither unexpected nor entirely negative.

Focus on more institutes, not quotas
To make access more broad-based, one simple but politically more difficult option is to increase the supply of institutions of higher education.

Top tips to be safe from phishing
A new generation of phishing sites is steadily wreaking havoc on businesses. Here are some tips to be safe from these assaults.

August 08, 2006
Job-hopping? Watch out!
It is about just four factors that are frequently overlooked but which can spell the difference between a sensible career move and a wasteful one.

August 07, 2006
Getting health insurance premiums to fall
It is likely health insurance premiums may actually fall, at least for the individual segment

On the impact of interest rates
Companies do not always shelve investment plans when interest rates rise.

August 05, 2006
Keep off the market, dear politicians
It is strange how even intelligent politicians fail to understand the harm they do with their interventionist urges to fiddle with markets.

How to defy gravity, GoI style
India's policy towards FIIs: gift tax revenue to fiscal-deficit countries like the US.

Current account deficit is okay, FDI is the issue
The share of debt and FII inflows in capital flows rose to 75% last year.

Can Salim fulfil Bengal's dreams?
It's brave of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to break with Bengali sentiment and come to grips with his state's daunting problems. But aspects of last Monday's agreement with Indonesia's $30-billion Salim Group need clarification.

August 04, 2006
Neglected areas in corporate affairs
Decision-making has to use and make judgments from information that is available

August 02, 2006
The new face of India's public sector
It is time to recognise that a good manager can make a lot of difference.

August 01, 2006
'There is still so much Infosys in me'
'The lessons I learned went beyond the technical -- how one has to be engaged with the system before one attempted to reform it, how idealism needed to be channelled into action, how every small act had to be governed by a commitment to integrity.'

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