The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, August 01, 2004

The EPF rate crisis
Fixing an inflation target and making the Government pay if the target is breached may be a balanced solution to the vexatious problem of setting interest rates for employees' provident fund. That could permanently resolve the crisis, which has now b ecome an annual ritual. More

SIMPLE ECONOMICS

GTC order and program trading
THE National Stock Exchange (NSE) recently informed its brokers that they cannot henceforth place Good Till Cancelled (GTC) order in the futures and options (F&O) segment. What is GTC order and how does it impact ... More

TAX TALK

Writing off interior decoration when moving off
WE WERE carrying on business from a rented premises for 12 years. Last year, we shifted to our own premises. We had in the rented premises spent Rs 26,25,000 towards interior decoration, which included the cost of ... More

A loan from brother
I COMPLETED my PGDBA from an institute in Mumbai in 2002. Since the institute was not approved by the AICTE at the relevant point in time, I could not get a bank loan for my education. I, therefore, took an ... More

IN FOCUS

Why pharma is good prescription
There are reasons to be sanguine of the pharma industry's prospects over the longer term. More

FD WATCH

Sundaram Finance — Safe parking
INVESTORS can park their money in the fixed deposit programme of Sundaram Finance. The rates are on a par with other auto finance companies such as Cholamandalam Investment and Finance. Considering the good track ... More

FUND WATCH

Top moves at Franklin Templeton

AUTO FOCUS

Await the awesome threesome
TODAY, it is difficult to believe that just two decades ago the Maruti 800 was the most coveted passenger car available in the market. The car, a product of the then historic tie-up between the government and Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan, ... More

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