Seeking justice? Now you can afford it

The Supreme Court has introduced the Middle Income Group Legal Aid Society, where the lawyer’s fees are capped. But there are certain conditions, reports Tinesh Bhasin. To make litigation......

'Investing for short-term does not make financi

The recent financial crisis in the US has seen Barclays Plc cherry-picking assets, as it recently acquired the broker-dealer network of the beleaguered investment bank, Lehman Brothers. Barclays......

How the new tax code will affect you

The draft of the Direct Tax Code released by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday takes a two-pronged approach towards taxation, write Joydeep Ghosh & Tinesh Bhasin. One, it widens the......

How SBI scores over peers in home loans

Rate cut, increase in limit, withdrawal of processing charges are some of the pluses, writes Tinesh Bhasin. Last Friday, the country's largest bank, the State Bank of India, created a flutter in......

'Good opportunity for value investment'

Franklin Templeton Investment Managers is the sixth largest asset management company in the country with AUM of Rs 26,842.22 crore (as on March 2008) and an investor base of Rs 25 lakh. The fund......