The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, March 04, 2007

SIMPLE ECONOMICS
Economics of pricing dessert
Consider this. My friend, a psychologist, frequents fancy restaurants. He has the main course at such restaurants but always visits an upscale low-calorie fruit juice shop for dessert. When questioned about his behaviour, he said that he liked to ... More

TAX TALK
Finance Bill 2007 and personal taxation
While the rates of income-tax are not proposed to be changed, there is a new levy, the secondary and higher education cess, which would be 1 per cent of the tax and surcharge. This cess will be computed only on the tax and surcharge and will ... More

IN FOCUS
Five points someone overlooked
Here are five proposals which, had they been considered by the Finance Minister, might have balanced the Budget better between industry and agriculture. More

AUTO FOCUS
With lots more charisma
To invigorate Karizma's image and take on the competition, Hero Honda has launched a new, snazzier, refreshed version of this 223cc bike. More

BOOK VALUE
Stock market is like the Rorschach inkblot test
Like the majority, you perhaps rely on your broker's recommendations and pick up stocks to buy and sell. If so, it pays to know that the recommendations can be untrustworthy, as Clifford Pistolese writes ... More

PORTFOLIO MOVES
ABN AMRO Opportunities Fund: Software in top slot
ABN AMRO Opportunities Fund is an open-ended fund with the objective of investing across the market capitalisation range. Its mandate permits it to take relatively concentrated exposures to a few sectors. The fund is aggressive in churning its ... More

F & O OUTLOOK
Nifty may remain volatile
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YOUNG INVESTOR
The ABC of financial planning
If the future always went according to plan, financial planning would be a one-time exercise. But life throws a few curves now and then. More

Commodities: Time is ripe to invest
Notwithstanding internal and external challenges faced by the farm sector, there are huge opportunities for investment in related businesses. More

Investment Nuggets
One of the savviest observers of trends across different asset classes in the global markets, Marc Faber is an interviewer's delight. In June 1990, after serving as Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK), he set up his own ... More

BUDGET TAKES
Taking the sop out of ESOPs
With PAN becoming the most important number ever, those of you who have still not applied for a PAN, get cracking. More

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