The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, February 06, 2005

EPF: Defined-contribution scheme in the making
THE administered interest rate on Employees Provident Fund has been hiked, probably for the first time in a couple of decades. It had held steady during the 1990s and started declining since 2000. If the increase in ... More

SIMPLE ECONOMICS

A profitable short-cut
MORE information can sometimes confuse when it comes to stock picking. Studies in behavioural finance show that people who pick stocks based on "recognition heuristics" can successfully outperform informed investors! ... More

TAX TALK

Rebate on child's tuition fee yo-yoing between parents
MY WIFE paid my son's tuition fee the last year. She had, therefore, claimed the rebate under Section 88 in respect of the tuition fee paid for my son's education. In the current year will it be possible for me to ... More

IN FOCUS

ITC-government excise spat — Smoke the settlement pipe
With the Union Government issuing an ordinance to nullify the apex court ruling in the ITC case, the stage appears set for a legal battle, the outcome of which will set the boundaries within which the Government can act. More

FUND WATCH

JM Mutual launches Equity & Derivative Fund

BOOK VALUE

Markets are like voting machines
WHEN the overworked voting machines get tallied up at the counting centres after the ongoing polls, will the result go in favour of the best candidate? What a naïve expectation, like wishing the bourses to be quick ... More

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