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Staying Cool At Nokia

Alastair Curtis, Nokia Corp.'s (NOK ) design chief, loves to say that his job "is much more than just style." To see what he means, slide open the cover of Nokia's ultra-stylish 8800 cell phone, and you'll hear a satisfying "thunk" that suggests the workings of a luxury car. That's no accident. Nokia designers and engineers spent months tinkering with the springs and bearings in the cover of the $650 phone. "You can't put it into a technical term. It just feels good," Curtis says, flicking open an 8800 with a practiced motion. Another touch: Nokia hired avant-garde musician Ryuichi Sakamoto to compose ring tones exclusively for the 8800 series. "Design," Curtis says in Nokia's airy headquarters on a cove outside Helsinki, "is the look and the identity of the product, but also the usability, the packaging, the interface, even the retail experience." .

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To parents, with offshore love

I am an NRI and I want to gift some money to my parents. This money they would deposit in post office, invest in equity shares and purchase agricultural land. Will there be any tax implication on such gifts?

Suresh

There will be no tax implications on either you or your parents in respect of such gifts. You may note that no gift tax is leviable on the donor at the time of making a gift. You may also note that though a gift could be charged in the hands of the recipient, since there is a specific exclusion where the gift is from the son, among other relatives specified, there will be no tax payable by your parents either.

Section 80DDB allows a deduction in respect of medical treatment incurred by a resident individual for himself or a dependent in respect of certain prescribed diseases or ailments.

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