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Beat market blues with dividend stocks

Looking for a regular income from the stock market? High dividend paying companies could be your answer

Bhandup, Mumbai: From downmarket to residential hub

Readers' Corner: Rakesh Jain

Chief Executive Officer of Reliance General Insurance, answers your queries

Those delaying work can't levy escalation charges

Inflation-indexed bonds are disappointing

Debt returns are always negative for investors in India, unless they are willing to take huge risk

Lifestyle expenses can wreck important goals

While an occasional big expense is fine, it is important to maintain a lifestyle that leaves enough surplus to invest and save

Rupee dampener for several firms

While information technology companies will benefit, firms with high foreign borrowings or heavy dependence on imports will be hurt

Don't blindly believe preliminary data

If government statistics are at variance with private data flow, chances are high that the latter present a picture closer to reality

Close extra bank accounts

Three or four accounts are enough for one family. Having more increases paperwork and can be misused as well

HDFC Life launches cover compliant with new traditional product norms

The new product, HDFC Life ClassicAssure Plus, is a protection cum investment plan with limited premium payment term

A regulator to ease your concerns

The provisions of the new Real Estate Bill will help you get a better deal from your property developer

Protect yourself against the rupee's fall

It hurts your finances if you aren't hedged adequately. Here's how to go about it

Bank of Baroda announces single rate of interest for home loans

Banks typically charge lower interest rate for an amount of up to Rs 30 lakh, after which it goes up

5 ways to measure mutual fund risk

Investors may perform a small 5-step exercise to evaluate riskiness of particular mutual fund scheme

Slash your investment costs and save money

Smart investors always study the costs involved before investing in order to amplify their profits.

What you need to know about travel insurance

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.

Inflation-indexation bonds: Not much for retail investors

They can skip the first auction today, as RBI has indicated the bonds could be linked to CPI in future

Use MFs to invest in defensives

It's easier and less riskier. Just be sure you go slow and steady now

I-T to scan salary slips of top executives for TDS

Department is bolstered by the fact that 41% in the total tax collections in the last fiscal came from the TDS category alone

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