

Saturday 24 March '07
In what can be seen as an international precedent, capital markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India...Friday 23 March '07
The recent hike in interest rates on fixed deposits, limited mostly to short-duration offers, can be short-lived, say bankers.Saturday
3 March '07As per the budget proposal of using PAN as the sole identification number in the securities market with an alpha-numeric prefix or suffix.Saturday
3 March '07They hope capital gains tax on sale will give transparency to tradingThursday
1 March '07For Vandana Chawla, the budget did not sound very exciting. A marginal increase in the exemption limit by Rs 10,000 was hardly any relief for her.Monday
5 February '07It's tax planning season and households are going to be bombarded by insurance and mutual fund company products.Thursday
1 February '07Around 64 per cent of the CFOs of the top-performing companies spent more time on decision support activitySaturday
20 January '07In the run up to Budget 2007-08, life insurance industry has submitted a proposal to the finance ministry to change the tax treatment currently being given to life insurance industry.Friday
19 January '07In response to the latest demand of having identification cards to enforce KYC norms across the financial sector, Ministry of Finance has suggested the use of PAN as the sole card to establish identity.Monday
8 January '07One word will define non-life or general insurance in 2007: Detariffing. Beginning January 1, 2007, insurers have got near-complete freedom to price their motor...Monday
8 January '07Expansion, product innovations and reforms are three themes that will dominate the life insurance business in 2007.Friday
1 December '06There is good news for senior citizens. National Insurance Company is launching a health insurance policy, Varistha Mediclaim, for senior citizens between the age of 60 years and 80 years.Tuesday
31 October '06Aviva Life Insurance has no plans of launching a General Insurance arm in accordance with IRDA guidelines on micro insurance that allows bundling of products between life and general insurance.Friday
20 October '06In an effort to contain malpractices in the way insurance agents are trained and examined...Wednesday
18 October '06Going by the learning on the subject they have put in and the way they have cleared their exams, a large percentage of life insurance agents in the country are not equipped...Thursday
5 October '06To assuage concerns like high premiums on third-party liability cover in motor insurance and refusal by insurers to give cover at reasonable rates...Wednesday
4 October '06Although premiums of motor insurance are to be detariffed from January 1, 2007 -- that is, insurers will get complete freedom to decide their premiums...Tuesday
3 October '06From Rs 1,200 crore to Rs 23,48,000 crore of assets, from a moneylender to a one-stop financial shop, from a 9-1 neighbourhood branch to a 24x7 seamless entity, the Indian banking sector has undergone a makeoverin the six decades since independence.Tuesday
3 October '06As a result of detariffing of fire, motor and engineering insurance on January 1, 2007, premiums of non-tariff policies like health and marine policies are likely to rise.Thursday
31 August '06After a two-month-long stormy debate on medical insurance for the elderly, insurance regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority...Friday
21 July '06Every day at the crack of dawn, Satpal and Sumaru go for an 8-km walk. This is no casual stroll.Friday
21 July '06It is a backhanded compliment for us that the Railways is acknowledging competition from low-cost airlines.Tuesday
25 April '06Memphis, home to Elvis and logistics major FedEx, handled 3.5 million tonnes of air cargo in 2005 — the most by any airport.Wednesday
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