A salute to the Mumbaikar spirit

Readers tell us how they coped on Terrible Tuesday.Thanks for coming up so fast with a help line and rising to the occasion. Most of the people have returned home and at some places things are as......

Let's get the advance ruling set-up to work

A litigation-oriented system suits the bureaucracy since such a system helps it to balloon itself. If the Budget wants to free taxpayers from the stranglehold of uncertainty, then it should empower......

Jaswant Singh's illusion of efficiency

As far as pronouncements on reforming the tax administration is concerned, this Budget has been excellent. The purpose, the finance minister said in his speech, is to, "eliminate procedural......

Infosys versus IBM: Converging?

IBM. Infosys. One is the world's largest technology company. The other is India's second-largest. The first has $89 billion in consolidated revenues for FY04. The second has a meager 1.3 per cent......

Check out these 14 great stocks

Will 2006 be a crash year or a euphoric year? Or will it be a year of modest returns? The spectacular rally witnessed since 2003 has put stock market experts in a conundrum. Over the past two......