The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 11, 2002

UTI melting pot
THERE IS RENEWED pressure on the Unit Trust of India as various assured monthly income schemes come up for redemption. Over the next two years, the UTI will have to redeem units close to Rs 20, 000 crore in such schemes, which have not ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Limited mobility: WiLL it work?
MUCH has been happening with Wireless in Local Loop. The Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has rejected the petition of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and permitted basic telecom service providers to offer ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Mind your mannerisms
A PRESS report says, perhaps loosely and inaccurately, that the matinee idol Rajnikant has got his popular mannerisms patented and that he has issued a public notice warning against their imitation. The registration obviously could not have been ... More

White water
AN IMPORTANT skill required of auditors is the ability to sift grain from chaff, look for meanings in mountains of data, and distinguish between flab and muscle. Here are a dozen excerpts from a `popular source' to test such a skill. See if you ... More

Gel with business
When manufacturers start tailoring products to suit individual customers, they risk creating credit-control problems, says David Allen More

POLITICS

The West Asia face-off
THE world had watched for weeks with serious concern, but helplessly, the wanton destruction by Israel of vital infrastructure and other assets of what is to become a nation-state for Palestine Arabs. In the latest offensive re-occupying ... More

INCOME TAX

Taxing the investor doubly
THE decision of the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, to abolish the distribution tax of 10 per cent on companies and mutual funds and tax henceforth dividend incomes at the hands of the recipients at the rates applicable to them has had a ... More

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