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| Pros and cons between debt funds and bank FDs | 12-JUL-09 |
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| I wish to invest my surplus money in mutual funds to generate better returns than bank fixed deposits. I have been parking my surplus money into the weekly dividend option of HDFC Cash Management Treasury Advantage Fund. I chose this option because the dividend income is tax-free in my hands. But this fund's returns have fallen in recent times. Please suggest a good option that will give me optimum returns. |
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| A common man's Budget wish list | 01-JUL-09 |
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| For Shalini Nandwani, a housewife, the Budget means little. While finance ministers talk about bringing down inflation, it seems to go up every year. For instance, one litre of cooking oil was costing her Rs 83 last year. This year, it's up at Rs 95. "Where is the so-called negative inflation?" wondered Nandwani. The tax benefits that were given by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the last year's Budget were welcomed. |
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| Capacity addtion at Vijaynagar takes JSW ahead of Tata Steel | 19-FEB-09 |
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| Sajjan Jindal-controlled JSW Steel has become the largest private steel maker in the country, surpassing the century-old Tata Steel, with the commissioning of 3 million tonne per annum (MTPA) blast furnace at its Vijaynagar facility. JSW will be able to produce 7.8 MTPA steel, one million tonne more than Tata Steel, after the new capacity addition. |
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| A malaria vaccine? | 24-DEC-08 |
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| The promising results from trials of a malaria vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline have kindled hopes of a breakthrough in combating this mosquito-transmitted disease that infects nearly 250 million |
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| NCDEX removes addtl margins on gold, silver | 10-DEC-08 |
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| The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has removed a 5 per cent pre-expiry additional margins on gold and silver contract expiring in March and afterwards, said circular issued |
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| Coal India to gain from DDT move | 03-MAR-08 |
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| Coal India Limited (CIL) expects to save Rs 200 crore annually as under the 2008-09 budget, dividend distribution tax (DDT) will be charged on holding companies for once.
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| DDT relief to have marginal benefit | 01-MAR-08 |
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| It's too little to make a difference to corporate India. Parent companies of the countrys top 25 listed subsidiaries will save only around Rs 150 crore on account of avoidance of double tax on |
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| DDT on fund of funds may go | 27-FEB-08 |
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| The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is considering a proposal to remove an anomaly in the dividend distribution tax (DDT) prevalent in the mutual fund industry, by extending tax exemptions to |
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