The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, February 20, 2005

Agenda for SEBI's new CEO
THERE is reason to hope that Mr Meleveetil Damodaran will mould SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) into shape and make it a more effective regulatory body. Mr Damodaran assumed office as the Chairman of ... More

TAKING COUNT

Taxing changes on the cards
THE ghost of the Kelkar Committee reforms has come to haunt the salaried class. In a bid to reform the personal tax law, the Finance Minister may implement some of the recommendations made by the Committee in 2002, and ... More

SIMPLE ECONOMICS

Black & Scholes in black & white
THOSE familiar with the Black and Scholes (B&S) model may know that it does not use stock returns as a factor to price options. This is because the model is based on the principles of replication and no-arbitrage. ... More

TAX TALK

Long-distance learning, short-changed tax benefit
I AM a graduate and work as a project leader in a company. I am planning to do MBA through long-distance learning. Are there any tax benefits that I can get in respect of the fee paid for pursuing the post-graduation ... More

Rebate for stamp duty

IN FOCUS

Software: Cautious exuberance ahead
DOES the run-up in the software stocks earlier in the week suggest a sharp re-rating of the frontline players in the sector ahead? The trigger for this question stems from the Nasdaq-listed Cognizant Technologies' ... More

FUND WATCH

Canbank Mutual to merge Canganga and Cantriple

AUTO FOCUS

Toyota Land Cruiser Prado — Luxury on and off the road
YOU believe in working hard and playing hard. You want to test your limits at the boardroom and in the great outdoors. You want to live life to the fullest. You do everything in style. You believe in making a youthful, ... More

BOOK VALUE

Dissect the disclosed numbers
TO FACE a tough adversary, you need all the ammo you can gather. So too when trying to understand accounts. A good addition to your arsenal for this can be Accounting & Analysis: The Indian Experience 2004 ... More

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