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Jewellers' gold saving scheme not for investment

Indians' appetite for gold hasn't gone down despite higher tax on gold imports this year

Home, auto loans get cheaper

SBI cuts base rate by five bps, HDFC Bank lowers vehicle loan rates by 25-50 bps

Chidambaram to launch CPC (TDS) tomorrow

The CPC (TDS) will provide the tax deductors, taxpayers and the assessing officers a wide range of online services related to TDS

Banking: Prashant Joshi

Personal finance: You ask, we answer

Buy short & medium-term schemes

Get ready to file returns

With the deadline for filing returns just four months away, familiarise yourself with the processs so that you can avoid last-minute rush

Is your key man insured?

Keep them as options

Now, leasing a Merc is cheaper than buying

Leasing expenses may help save up to 30% for those in the highest tax bracket, but the salaried get no such benefits

PMS made more transparent for HNIs

Sensex has returned 18% a year in the last decade

If you stayed invested, you would have made huge returns. But few seem to have the courage in bad times

The premium for a fixed rate

No need to ban highest NAV products, say insurers

Final guidelines for banning these products may not be issued soon

Govt mulls new deposit scheme to bring down physical gold demand

Scheme will operate as normal cash FD, in which amount will be benchmarked to price of gold, redemption may be in rupees or in the precious metal

Road rage, region, the colour red: Factors that affect your auto insurance premium

Buying a car isn’t all picking colours and surround-sound stereo systems. Here’s what you need to know.

Axis equity new fund offering garners Rs 250 cr

Irda panel for sub-brokers in insurance to push rural sales

The report also noted that the aim of sub-broking is customer-centric giving the customer the opportunity to choose products from multiple insurers

India's first social sector pvt equity fund gets SEBI nod

The Ahmedabad-based social venture fund has been accorded registration by SEBI under SEBI Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) regulation 2012

Claim exemption on salary components