Web mall for books waits for more eyeballs
Swami and his friends may now choose to chat online if they please. With the launch of fabmart.com, coinciding with the first free and legal download of R K Narayan's Malgudi Days, the days of virtual reading are here in the country.

Promise betrays MF charm
Some investors who have sizeable investments in UTI under close-ended schemes with assured annual income for the entire period and guarantee of principal on maturity, such as MIP-97 and MIP-98, have asked for specific written confirmation to that effect from a competent authority.

Nothing without the will of the ultimate beneficiary
Assuming for a moment that the mother intends to honour her late husband's wishes absolutely, to maintain family peace and harmony, it may be prudent for her to suggest that the property be jointly mutated in her and her son's name so that upon her demise, he would automatically inherit it, to the exclusion of all other heirs.


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