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March 31, 2005



The loony fringe benefit tax
The conceptual problems related with the fringe benefits tax




March 30, 2005



Why India can be a major financial centre
India is in a position to leverage its status of being a financial hub, and make major gains.

How to succeed in business!
Here are some ways to create a culture where people have a vested interest in the success of your business.




March 29, 2005



GDP? That's Guru Darshan & Pravachan!
And it's not only the poor and the middle class who throng these discourses (pravachans or satsangs, as they are usually called). Scaling some of the big corporate names, the fan following climbs right to the top of the economic ladder.

How companies can revive sports
Companies can do a great deal to revive Indian sports with help from the government.

Drafting patents, the new BPO
There are already 280 professionals in India doing such work for US-based clients and this will grow six fold by the end of the decade.

Time to look beyond oil
The issue is not supplies to India, it is more likely supplies in general. The time may have come to start thinking of a post-petroleum world.




March 28, 2005



US, China, India: A tri-polar world?
Three-person games are the only ones in game theory without stable solutions.




March 24, 2005



Why you lose money in stock markets
Individual investors, while investing during a bull run, ignore the most fundamental principle of investment: high returns come with high risk.

The many uses of mobile phones
Mobile phones are not just devices for talking – they have multiple uses




March 23, 2005



The making of new IITs
On what criteria are the new colleges which will be turned into IITs selected? Read on. . .




March 22, 2005



5 things B-schools don't teach!
Among other things, B-schools don't prepare us for the biggest differentiator in the real world - the ability to execute, says .




March 21, 2005



VAT: A regressive tax?
The most commonly asked question about the distributional effect of the value-added tax is whether it is a regressive tax. The apparently simple question is actually not so simple to answer.

Reasons behind China's success
So why do societies fail? Because people don't create institutions -- institutions that enshrine private property and market principles.

Gas from Iran may cost India dear
Gas from Iran via Pakistan may prove to be too dear for India.

How Infocomm shot itself
When Infocomm decided to stray from the straight and narrow, it didn't know it would have to make the additional payments.

Do corporates give back to the society?
Many large firms have started taking corporate social responsibility seriously, but this needs to spread to other companies too.




March 19, 2005



Who wants to be a billionaire?
This year's Forbes list of billionaires is out, and I'm glad that as many as twelve Indians have made it to the rich list, a threefold rise from 2001.

The gold fixation
Will Chidambaram's "gold units" proposal purge our people's profound commitment to the metal?




March 17, 2005



Shopping malls: Myths & realities
With new shopping-malls having become operational in many cities across India, it is interesting to observe how the shopping-behaviour of consumers in the vicinity of these malls has changed

How not to lose money in the stock market
Here are four key areas you must look at while investing in the stock market.




March 16, 2005



What ails Indian B-school education
Even after 50 years of the first management institute being set up in India most B-schools continue to use American textbooks.

How India can overtake China
If India completes its second generation of reforms on time, it could overtake China.




March 15, 2005



For God's sake, harness forex reserves now!
What are the ways in which foreign exchange resources can be utilised in the most effective manner? Read on. . .

The communications revolution is here
The Internet is changing the world.




March 12, 2005



Can a govt tax anything?
The sovereign right to tax has been deemed to be absolute, but it has to be exercised reasonably.

Dollar tsunami
Do we have defences against 'emerging market flu', or are we in the hands of the FIIs, asks .




March 11, 2005



The Budget and the economy
Domestic and international investors are getting used to Indian coalition politics.

Who needs competition?
The case against public sector monopolies is far from proved.




March 07, 2005



Because I'm the taxman!
While we'd all love to believe the finance minister, the history of the tax department is hardly inspiring.

Why FDI is not the solution
Yasheng Huang, a Harvard professor, says FDI is not all good and the implications are profound.




March 05, 2005



Mumbai, a financial hub? A complex task!
To make Mumbai a regional financial centre, you need capital account convertibility -- and India is at least five years away from that, says .

Cash, anyone?
It is the traders and organisations with large public dealings that must be encouraged to shift away from cash-oriented transactions.

Attn: UPA, identify yourself!
The UPA would be more likeable if it had less of a split personality.




March 04, 2005



Ways to market tourism
The least exploited among our cities is Mumbai as a creation of the British.

Brands must reinvent or die!
Today, brands and people who don't reinvent themselves will be left behind

Seven notes for Sebi's new boss
A quick listing of a few critical legal issues that ought to be addressed by the person heading Sebi.




March 03, 2005



Four years to manhood
How the new norms on ownership in private banks and acquisition by foreign banks will shape the banking landscape




March 02, 2005



The dark side of call centers!
A look at all that is not right with call centres in India.




March 01, 2005



3 reasons why PF scheme can't go bust!
The EPF will have to use its capital to service returns that fall due, making it somewhat of a Ponzi scheme. But the govt will bail it out, says .




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