Mon, Nov 23, 2009
Modi woos Maruti to set up car plant in GujaratGujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi wooed Indian auto giant Maruti Suzuki to set up a car project in Gujarat and said that the state government would provide all the facilities to it.
MNS demands BSE website in MarathiThe MNS shot off a letter to the BSE authorities demanding a website in regional Marathi language to benefit the local investors.
No replacement for US dollar: PMResponding to questions about the economic crisis in the United States, the prime minister said: "There is a temporary setback and temporary questioning, about relevance of the American model, but I have seen these things much before."
What India needs to do to transform the economyThe time may have come for India to stop thinking of five-year plans, and to focus instead on 10-and 20-year scenarios.
8 tax-smart tips for the salariedIt will pay salary-earners to be tax-smart so that they can get to keep more of the hard-earned money.
RSS slams adoption of Western growth modelAddressing a public meeting in Bangalore, he said though it was encouraging to note that Indian companies were acquiring firms globally, incidents of farmers' suicides could not be ignored.
5 reasons behind the rise of ChinaThe media started talking of a world dominated not by G-7, but by G-2 consisting of the US and China.
How to get higher interest on savings bank accountHow about some facility that would give you the best of both worlds, the liquidity of a savings account and the interest rate of a fixed deposit? Auto-sweep facility does exactly this.
Nurturing talent: ICICI, Infy among world's bestThe Indian arm of global FMCG major Unilever, Hindustan Unilever, was ranked at the fourth spot, Aditya Birla Group was at the sixth spot, Infosys Tech was ranked eighth and another IT major Wipro cornered the 10th slot.
Only 30% of industry plans to hire: SurveyThe survey had 186 responses from various companies.
Computer call: When your PC becomes a phoneVoIP services come in real handy to make cheap overseas calls.
Didi just can't do without PranabdaFor the past one-and-a-half months, railway minister Mamata Banerjee has stopped her informal interactions with finance minister Pranab Mukherjee after a sharp exchange on telephone over a municipal election issue.
Ministries lock horns over EPFOEPFO manages a corpus of about Rs 257,000 crore with subscribers' base of over 4.5 crore.
Fri, Nov 20, 2009
Born poor, now self-made billionairesMeet the inspiring people who struggled against all odds to make it big.
Pay Rs 19 for mobile number portabilityTelecom regulator TRAI on Friday fixed at Rs 19 the reference rate for portability to charged from users for changing operator while retaining the number.
Thu, Nov 19, 2009
With tons of cash, China's buying the worldFor China, recession was like an oppurtunity that comes after hundreds of years, and with its piggy bank overflowing money the country went on a wild shopping spree...
India's 10 richest peopleThe nation is now home to 52 billionaires, up from 27 last year and only two short of what India had at the peak of its stock market boom in 2007.
The 8% interest rate lure: how good is it?This article is a sample case study stressing on the fact that one should look beyond introductory offers to arrive at the actual total loan cost to truly compare various home loan offers from banks.
In this instance, it is clear that an introductory offer of 8 per cent for a year in a 20-year floating home loan rate need not necessarily be better than a 9.75 per cent or an 8.75 per cent floating home loan rate, with other conditions being constant.
Wed, Nov 18, 2009
India amongst world's most corrupt nationsCorruption continues to be the bane of modern India and threatens to derail its rapidly growing economy.
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
Turning the underprivileged into successful entrepreneurs!The idea behind Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST) is to support 'disadvantaged, young micro-entrepreneurs from the underprivileged background, with mentors, training, networking, marketing and loans'.