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Q&A: Economic stagflation

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011. What is liquidity trap, a term doing the rounds in the context of the crisis in the US and Euro zone? Prabhat Khandelwal, Jodhpur. What exactly is the root cause of the problem in the European region? Santosh Rane, Pune. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Visitors to this blog. First look at the new books. Interviews of professional interest. View my complete profile.

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Q&A: Income-tax liability

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011. I am a senior citizen. My sources of income are my annual pension of Rs 2,70,730 ( tax deducted at source amounts to Rs 3,170), agriculture income of Rs 60,000 and an income of Rs.25,000/ month since August 2011 with a total deduction of tax at source of Rs 1,968 from leasing my car to a company. What is my tax liability? G Venkateshwer Rao, e-mail. What is timing the market? Soumya Sachdev, New Delhi. Priya Godbole, Sholapur. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Q&A: January 2011

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011. How is securitisation different from factoring? Vineet Jain, New Delhi. Factoring, on the other hand, is outsourcing of receivables to the factoring company. What can be the alternative to the vexed issue of pricing of telecom licences? PS Chokalingam, Chennai. Of course, the bottom line could be increase in the telecom user charges for the customers given the fact that telecom companies would pass on the burden to customers, but charges of favouritism and corruption would not ...

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Q&A: February 2011

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Saturday, February 26, 2011. Gauri Loganathan, Chennai. The Future group has pioneered the concept of mallassurance in India — selling its own insurance products through its own malls, Big Bazaar. Mallassurance is akin to bancassurance wherein banking and insurance services are offered under the same roof. It was born in France where banks conveniently combined banking services with insurance, giving rise to considerable savings in costs and greater productivity of employees. Manuram Jaipuria, Jodhpur.

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Q&A: November 2010

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Stock analysts tell us to keep a stop-loss on a closing day basis. What does this mean? If, at the end of the day, a stock has closed below my stop-loss level, should I sell it the next morning? What if the next morning the stock price has risen again above the stop-loss level? Anil Kumar, Trivandrum. I invested in the Coal India IPO, just want to know if I should book profit on listing or stay invested. I am a short-term investor. What are the considerations that should weigh...

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Q&A: Investing abroad

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Wednesday, August 03, 2011. Can I invest in shares and units of mutual funds abroad? Ramesh Anavekar, email. I understand the government has at last agreed to FDI in retail. Is this correct? Mehak Ahuja, Amritsar. Why is the Companies Bill, 2009, against the idea of subsidiaries? Ratan Gupta, Agra. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Visitors to this blog. First look at the new books. Interviews of professional interest. View my complete profile.

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Q&A: June 2011

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Why is wealth tax payable only on six types of assets and not on others? Jayanto Chatterjee, Kolkata. Shares are another conspicuous omission. Why India does not have inheritance tax? Jayanto Chatterjee, Kolkata. Thursday, June 16, 2011. RBI move on foreign banks. Why is the Reserve Bank of India insisting that foreign banks operating in India must function not as branches, but as units of a subsidiary registered in India? Ratnakar Pandey, Allahabad. Manju Taneja, New Delhi.

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Q&A: Taxing treaty

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Monday, September 19, 2011. What is treaty shopping? Sinduja Bhojwani, Mumbai. Why can't I maintain 25 per cent of my savings account balance in US dollars, 25 per cent in Indian rupees, 25 per cent in Euro and the remaining 25 per cent in Swiss francs? My bank manger turned down my request. Pushpa Natarajan, Chennai. Why does the RBI want to bar real estate companies and brokers from entering the banking business? Shruti Mahajan, New Delhi. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Visitors to this blog.

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Q&A: October 2010

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010. What exactly is the problem with microfinance in India? Srilekha Sridhar, Chennai. The issue is when an innately noble venture is run on commercial lines, profit motive assumes ascendancy. Some of the microfinance institutions in India are listed companies answerable to shareholders and which swear by EPS (earnings per share). Naturally, they charge what appears to be exorbitant interest but nowhere near dyed-in-the-wool moneylenders which then makes them a lesser evil. Moreove...