In the past two years, investors in gold have lost money.
Colombo seems to be veering to the middle path between China and the US on global matters, but in regional matters of strategic security, it is increasingly identifying with India, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Though it may be anecdotal, there are some HR people who cannot reconcile their own salary from a CTC to take home!
The muted CPI inflation print at 5% earlier this week, followed by a similar WPI number released Wednesday, seems to have spurred India's central bank into action, is how the economists are reading into Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan's 25 basis point cut in repo rate.
The RBI kept interest rates unchanged at 8 per cent as widely expected.
One should base the decision on one's potential liability under the new tax rules.
Good intentions and elaborate roadmaps apart, there is an urgent need for the Tamil Nadu chief minister to come up with branded schemes like MGR's meal scheme, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy.
In an online chat with readers on July 8, Anil Rego answered their tax queries. Here's the chat transcript in case you missed the chat
In 5 years, the AMC has clocked a growth rate of 40% with its AUM up nearly 4 times.
It is the duty of a tax payer to record all his/her transactions, to explain sources of payments made by him/her and to declare the true income in the returns of income filed every year.
The petition was mentioned on Tuesday by Income Tax counsel Beni Chatterjee and Vodafone lawyer Fereshte Sethna before a bench headed by Chief Justice Mohit Shah.
While a little more than 140 penny stocks have doubled in value, 555 have given negative returns in the past year. Of these, 84 shed more than half their value.
An index P/E of 23 implies that the market is already discounting EPS growth at 20% or more, says Devangshu Datta.
The Income Tax department will hold public meetings every Wednesday to resolve taxpayers grievances and tax issues as part of the 'Good Governance' initiative mooted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Some 800 million or more Indians gaze at their mobile phones all day. Whoever can crack what's news on the mobile phone for them and their families, for a nominal payment of Rs 10 a month, is a winner, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
The RBI cut rates for third time in 2015 due to favourable economic conditions.
If banks cannot charge interest from borrowers during the moratorium, who will bear that cost? Should the depositors subsidise the borrowers by foregoing interest on deposits? In that case, we will turn banking on its head! notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Finance ministry maintains that all KYC requirements will be followed.
It hopes to attract billions of dollars in investment by this move, and may ease some restrictions on foreign inflows.
Going by the number of changes Mr Jaitley's next Budget is likely to see, he will go down in the history of Budget-making as the finance minister who ushered in the largest number of changes in a single Budget, says A K Bhattacharya.
The markets gained nearly 7 per cent in the 4 trading sessions of March.
Prior to 2011, the company was in dire straits. But recent financial results show its fortunes are on the mend.
The festive season starts from August and last till December.
Europe's discordant leaders snatched a deal on Monday that might just avert Greece's euro exit, but global investors' faith in the durability of the single currency has been tested yet again.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
If you plan to withdraw money from your corpus regularly to meet expenses, have a portfolio of stable instruments.
Applying for a home loan may seem scary if you go into the process unprepared, but if you have braced yourself well in advance and follow these steps you will find that getting your home loan application approved is a breeze.
Rupee is seen to remain in the range of 67.50-68.80 in the short-term
Parents should secure thier special child's future.
'Some people are natural born healers.' Geetanjali Krishna discovers that degrees don't matter in two tiny UP villages, healing does.
Banks play 'mind games' to woo customers. Big data and 'games' are now the tools of the trade.
Assocham has also pitched for revision of the deduction of interest on housing loans to at least Rs 300,000 from the existing Rs 200,000
Chen scores world record for massive lead over shocked Hanyu
'It could tempt investors to pick stocks that are not fundamentally sound.'
Most insurers aren't comfortable with subscribing to the National Pension System as they see it as competition.
A budget is nothing but a tool to keep your spending under control and ensure that the monthly expenses are lower than your monthly income. Here are some tips on how you can make your budget work
'The rate of interest from the EPF is still attractive compared to the rates on fixed deposits, National Savings Scheme, Public Provident Fund...'
How do you pick a mutual fund scheme that suits your needs?
Returns for income earned till FY12-13 can be filed till March 31.
From Sri Lanka's most popular political family to its most despised -- going by the voices on the streets calling for the Rajapaksas' ouster -- what went wrong for the clan? Veteran Sri Lanka watcher N Sathiya Moorthy offers an insight.
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