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The Information Hotpan

Posted by CA. Rayan Sequeira 06 October 2007 3491 Views

Business:Thomson agrees to buy Reuters for $ 17.2 billion Thomson Corp. has agreed to buy Reuters for about 8.7 billion pounds ($17.2 billion) to create the world's biggest financial news and data group. The combination of these two great businesses

Brilliance of mind

Posted by CA. Rayan Sequeira 06 October 2007 4224 Views

It's hard to match the personality of one with the other. Even though its difficult to match, its interesting to know how a personality of a person is judged. Is it his external appearance? Or is it the internal levels of a person? Or is it both put

Special Economic Zone -

Posted by CA. Rayan Sequeira 06 October 2007 3935 Views

First Singur and then the Nandigram violence have hit the headlines of every national daily. Dailies reported that West Bengal police have shot dead farmers in Nandigram - the issue underlying the killings is the agitation by the farmers to stop the

Some Facts for Tax Provisions

Posted by CMA Gul S 01 October 2007 7000 Views

1. Before we discuss the interpretation of 'beneficial provisions', it will be interesting to consider some basic rules of interpretation as laid down by the Supreme Court in its pronouncements viz. :(1) Legislative intent should be considered, henc

Careful while investing- Mr. FM

Posted by CMA Gul S 01 October 2007 3671 Views

NEW DELHI: As Sensex continued its upward march on Friday, touching a new high of 17,361.47 points before closing at 17,291.10, finance minister P Chidambaram urged investors to adopt a cautious approach. "My advice to investors is that they should d

Microsoft Excel Fails Math Test

Posted by धारा - 1 29 September 2007 8651 Views

Microsoft's Excel 2007 spreadsheet program is going to have to relearn part of its multiplication table.Ina blog post, Microsoft employee David Gainer said that when computerusers tried to get Excel 2007 to multiply some pairs of numbers and t

RBI FOR DOMESTIC CARD PAYMENT SYSTEM

Posted by Ravikumar.G 28 September 2007 4324 Views

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is in favour of a domestic card payment settlement company to rival the global payment majors Visa and MasterCard. The Indian Banks Association (IBA) had earlier proposed the setting up of a domestic card transaction

REMOVE DUMPING DUTY ON STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER

Posted by Ravikumar.G 28 September 2007 6913 Views

The All India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA) has sought a removal of anti-dumping duty on styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), which is a synthetic substitute for natural rubber. "There is no logic for clamping an anti-dumping duty on SBR, since i

Operational Risk Management

Posted by riya 28 September 2007 4594 Views

Operational Risk Management Seven Keys to Effective Operational Risk ManagementOVERVIEWOver the past few years Operational Risk Managementhas garnered increased interest. It is not a newconcept but the recent regulatory compliancechallenges and need

A woman's place is in the firm!!

Posted by CA Nikita 28 September 2007 4632 Views

A Woman's Place Is in the FirmAccountancies Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PwC all place in the top 10 in a best-workplaces survey by Working Mother magazine. Where's Deloitte?Three of the Big Four auditing firms - Ernst & Young, KPMG, and Pricewat