http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Tue, 21 May 2013 06:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/business/how-govts-fuel-pricing-drilled-a-rs-10000-cr-hole-in-auto-cos-pockets-798237.html#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:43 +0000 FP Editors http://www.firstpost.com/?p=798237 First it held on to the administrative pricing mechanism for such a long time that it became difficult for the government to liberalise it meaningfully for fear that any step in that direction will make it unpopular.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/how-govts-fuel-pricing-drilled-a-rs-10000-cr-hole-in-auto-cos-pockets-798237.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/ahead-of-wedding-season-indian-jewellers-struggle-to-meet-gold-demand-799037.html#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 11:42:32 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=799037 Jewellers in India faced shortage of the yellow metal ahead of the key wedding season, keeping premiums supported at higher levels, despite meeting part of the demand through left over consignment stocks from banks.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/ahead-of-wedding-season-indian-jewellers-struggle-to-meet-gold-demand-799037.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/rbi-may-soon-launch-cpi-linked-bonds-too-798997.html#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 11:34:55 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=798997 The Reserve Bank of India may switch the indexing of inflation-linked bonds to the consumer price index ( CPI) if this measure stabilise]]> http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/rbi-may-soon-launch-cpi-linked-bonds-too-798997.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/foreign-investors-can-buy-inflation-bonds-too-rbi-798809.html#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 10:58:17 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=798809 Foreign investors will be able to buy inflation-linked bonds within the existing total investment limits of up to $25 billion for government debt]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/foreign-investors-can-buy-inflation-bonds-too-rbi-798809.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/business/banking-licence-vikram-pandits-india-play-will-not-be-easy-797241.html#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 07:58:35 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/?p=797241 It remains to be seen how Pandit, who is credited with steering Citi out of its darkest days, plans on making lives better for millions of Indians through financial inclusion without actually getting his hands dirty.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/banking-licence-vikram-pandits-india-play-will-not-be-easy-797241.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/investing/new-bonds-will-insulate-govt-from-inflation-not-the-poor-797431.html#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 06:18:43 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/?p=797431 By launching bonds that are keyed to the WPI inflation, the government is actually saving itself from inflation by robbing the poor.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/investing/new-bonds-will-insulate-govt-from-inflation-not-the-poor-797431.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/cobrapost-nabard-chief-gives-clean-chit-to-co-operative-banks-795853.html#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 03:17:45 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=795853 Online portal Cobrapost had in March made public a sting operation purportedly showing some executives at three top private banks -- ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank – allegedly agreeing to receive unverified sums of cash and put them in their investment schemes and benami accounts in violation of anti-money laundering laws.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/cobrapost-nabard-chief-gives-clean-chit-to-co-operative-banks-795853.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/investing/rbi-should-regulate-all-home-loans-says-sbi-chief-794619.html#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 11:09:45 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=794619 RBI had raised objections to SBI's dual rate policy on housing loan which was tagged as teaser loans introduced some time ago.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/investing/rbi-should-regulate-all-home-loans-says-sbi-chief-794619.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/investing/ban-investment-schemes-promising-very-high-returns-demand-mps-792853.html#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 13:22:55 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=792853 Members of a Parliamentary panel today pressed for blanket ban on investment schemes promising unreasonable returns and demanded that a law be enacted to have a single regulator to deal with all kinds of chit funds.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/investing/ban-investment-schemes-promising-very-high-returns-demand-mps-792853.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/investing/why-inflation-bonds-are-the-best-thing-chidu-ever-did-for-savers-787615.html#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 04:30:58 +0000 Jagannathan http://www.firstpost.com/?p=787615 Warts and all, IIBs are the best thing P Chidambaram has ever done for savers. So go for it – now or later.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/investing/why-inflation-bonds-are-the-best-thing-chidu-ever-did-for-savers-787615.html/feed 0