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Revealed: Where the world's richest people live in one chart

The global ultra-high net worth individual (UHNI) population is currently at record highs, with nearly 200,000 individuals collectively worth $28 trillion ans majority of the super rich reside in North America, followed by Europe and then Asia.<br />

How will interest rates behave after the elections? This is what history tells us

Using the SBI prime lending rate as a proxy, Morgan Stanley found that elections haven't really driven a visible change in the rates

Which Indian states face the maximum affordable housing shortage?

By 2021, the urban population is expected to increase to nearly 500 million, totaling to about 35 percent of the total population of India. Hence, the total housing demand in the country by 2017 could be as high as 88.78 million units.

Did Sonia check these facts before criticising Modi on poverty lines?

In blaming Modi for poverty lines, Sonia Gandhi overlooked the fact that it was her own party's government which curtailed the list of BPL families

Rahul, Modi or Kejriwal: Who's the richest of them all? Check these charts to find out

ahul Gandhi, the general secretary of Congress Party and son of party president Sonia Gandhi, wins hands down when it comes to the wealth factor: with total declared assets worth Rs 9.6 crore, he's on top of the pack, followed by Arvind Kejriwal with declared assets worth Rs 2.14 crore and Narendra Modi's assets of just Rs 1.65 crore.

No surprise here: At 1.5 Mbps, India's average internet speed is lowest in Asia Pacific

Akamai's State of the Internet report provides insight into key global statistics such as network connectivity and connection speeds, attack traffic, broadband trends and availability, and IPv6 adoption.

How India's e-commerce industry can become bigger than those of China, US

A recent report by Goldman Sachs pegs India's e-commerce industry value at $3.4 billion for 2013. With a country-wide internet penetration rate of only 16 percent, single-figure credit card penetration (2 percent) and a heavy bias for cash-on-delivery transactions (60 percent), India's stats pale in comparison to more mature markets like the US and China. (see table)<br />

Infographic: This is what India's economy would look like if it grew by 9%

In a report, rating agency Crisil gives us a dream scenario stating what India could have achieved if it grew by 9 percent instead of 6.5 percent a year.

Check it out: This tower in S Arabia will become the world's tallest building soon

Construction of the world's latest tower will begin in Saudi Arabia next week. Once finished, Kingdom Tower in Jeddah will stand a staggering 1 km high - over 568 feet taller than current Guinness world record holder Burj Khalifa in Dubai,which stands at 827 metres.<br />

Alto economics: Annual ownership cost is nearly 50% of buying a car

Owning a car in India is getting expensive. And we're not talking about car prices.<br />

Wearables will drive Big Data adoption in healthcare: Research

Over the next five years spending on bringing these wearable wireless consumer activity device collected data into healthcare big data analysis will grow to a $52 million market by 2019.

Infosys follows Wipro's footsteps: Consolidates its analytics biz

The data analytics move is part of the effort by Infosys to align the organisation to deal with the challenges thrown up by technological changes and evolving client needs.

Charts: Decoding Infosys, TCS and HCL Tech performances after Jan-March results

Three of them-Infosys, TCS and HCL Technologies-have announced the results and they seem to have spread considerable bullishness in the market.

Chart: India's governance stds worse than what they were in 1996. Blame UPA for that

A report from Standard and Poor titled 'India's Election Is Pivotal For Its Sovereign Creditworthiness', the ratings agency breaks down just how bad India has ranked on issues like government effectiveness, corruption control and regulatory quality.<br />

India needs to play a key role in ending global poverty. Will Modi be up to the task?

The UPA government may have claimed to have lifted the economy, but a World Bank report clearly indicates that we may be the worst country in terms of poverty.

Highly stressed: Banks sold record level of bad loans to asset restructuring cos

Faced with unprecedented levels of stressed assets, banks, led by the country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) sold over Rs 10,000 crore of bad loans to asset reconstruction companies (ARC) in March alone.<br />

Election shutdown: This chart shows how India's infra push has come to a grinding halt

As India goes to the polls, here's some more bad news for the UPA: Not only have the number of new project announcements in the fourth quarter of FY14 fallen sharply on a quarterly and yearly basis, the number of stalled projects are also on the rise, implying that already limping infrastructure development has come to a grinding halt.<br />

Map: India tops 2013 global remittances with $70 bn, more than annual software exports

According to a World Bank report, India leads global remittances in the year 2013 with a whopping $70 billion in its kitty, of which $65 billion were earned from the country's flagship software services exports.

All parties are promising an energy policy. But how will they solve the challenges?

Having analysed the manifestos of different parties through this framework, we find that they are quite similar in their lofty ideals, significantly influenced by the "coal scam", but largely silent on the real issues (presumably left to be handled in their Energy Policies, to be drawn up only if they win).

Manufacturing miracle: These 7 steps can put India at par with S Korea

According to a recent report by Goldman Sachs titled 'How India can become the next Korea', if India were to emulate the South Korean model and grow manufacturing at the same rate as South Korea did in the 1970s and 80s, it could add 1.4 percentage points to its GDP growth annually for the next decade.<br />

Delhi, Mumbai realty downswing shows nexus between builders and poll funding

The ongoing polls have not only caused project delays but also pulled down sales of residential units in big cities as election financing is bleeding already cash-strapped real estate developers dry.<br />

UPA's growth story was largely luck - and why next govt doesn't need to do anything drastic

In India, big reforms are brought on by crisis. The economic crisis of 2012-13 forced even the UPA to begin reform. The next government does not need to do anything spectacular to revive growth

Alert: Maruti Suzuki recalls 1.03 lakh cars. Is your model one of them?

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd is recalling over one lakh vehicles to replace the 'fuel filler neck', the carmaker said in a press release today.<br />

Chart: As India votes, these states see highest voter turnout in over 20 years

High voter turnouts are likely to have implications for the election results. Do they imply strong winds of change in India's political landscape?

Good, bad and ugly: Snapshot of India's economic recovery based on who wins polls

As India goes to polls, brokerage Nomura has predicted four likely outcomes and decoded what each political outcome means for India's economy.<br />

Move over HUL, Dabur. Nestle, others are poised to lead next big growth wave

FMCG players Hindustan Unilever, Dabur and Colgate may have ridden the rural wave for the last decade but the new growth area will not be rural but urban, which means players like Nestle, GCPL, GSK Consumer and Asian Paints are going to see maximum gains from the revival in urban consumption.<br />

End of Windows XP support boosts PC shipments a notch higher

All regions indicated a positive effect since the end of XP support stimulated the PC refresh of XP systems, finds Gartner.

Sensex closes at new record high. Will its winning streak continue after polls?

In the last two general elections in 2004 and 2009, opinion polls have got their numbers wrong and the market, a report by J.P. Morgan points out.<br />

Yes, there's an e-commerce boom in India. But what are Indians really buying online?

Electronics (34 percent) and accessories and apparel (30 percent) lead the pack. Surprisingly, books (15 percent) come in at a distant second, at only half the rate of clothes. Wrapping up the bottom are beauty and personal products, home and furnishing, healthcare and baby products.<br />