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Corporate India welcomes Pension Bill, says FDI to flow in

The Pension Bill has been hanging fire since 2005 when it was first introduced in Parliament. It was reintroduced in 2011. <br /><br />

Credit history: Why you can run but not hide

Increasingly banks are using skip-tracking tools to trace those people who skip payments.

India, Japan agree to $50 bn currency swap arrangement

Earlier in December 2012, the two countries had entered into a bilateral currency swap arrangement for $15 billion.

5 easy steps to check PF balance online in less than 5 minutes

EPFO today launched a facility to enable its over 5 crore subscribers view their updated accounts online on real time basis without waiting for their annual PF account slips.

BSE revises circuit limits of over 460 scrips

The revised circuit limits, which ensures that the price of a scrip cannot move upward or downward beyond a limit set for the day, is effective from today.

Why co-tenancy arrangement works well

Getting a safe and affordable accommodation in cities is not easy. Either you shell out a huge amount for a safe location or you compromise on safety. Getting all the parameters right is not easy.

NSEL scam: Why caged parrot SFIO may not dig deep enough

The NSEL settlement crisis has snowballed into a scam with alarming proportions and as events unfold, skeletons are likely to tumble out of the closets of a few high and mighty.

Buying right insurance policy is your responsibility, not your agents'

This means the customer has to do his homework while dealing with life insurance agents. The first step towards this is to find out if you need life insurance at all.

Check out your PF account, interest details online from today

Besides this, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has also announced it would put in place the facility for online PF account transfer claims on changing jobs next month.<br /><br />

Sensex ends flat on rupee fall, Sesa Goa surges 8%

The BSE Sensex opened at 18623, up 0.64 percent, while the Nifty opened at 5506, up 0.65 percent.

Can you afford to ignore LIC Housing's New Fixed 10 home loan?

The interest rate of the New Fixed 10 home loan is 11.50 percent for ten years, while other lenders in the market are offering fixed rate loans in the range of 11.25 percent to 13.75 percent. But the question here is.

The week ahead is critical for rupee, GDP data

India will report June quarter GDP on Friday, which will indicate how much the economy has slowed

Insurers can now invest in private equity, debt funds: Irda

The regulator said the overall exposure to venture funds and AIFs put together should not exceed 3 percent of the respective fund in the case of a life insurance company.

For some foreign investors, India growth story far from over

The prospect of an end to the Federal Reserve's cheap money has taken its toll on perceptions about India as an attractive destination. However, that is contradicted by remarkably sturdy foreign inflows, despite concerns that high foreign ownership could make the country more vulnerable to selling.<br /><br />

No proposal to hike FDI limit in banks: govt

The penetration of the insurance sector is below France, Switzerland, the UK, the US, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.<br /><br />

Centre plans to sell stake in five public entities

The disinvestment target for the current fiscal has been fixed at Rs 40,000 crore.

Why you need to be doubly careful with Rs 1000 notes

The Reserve Bank of India's annual report says 98,459 counterfeit notes of Rs 1,000 denomination were detected during 2012-13, compared with 83,280 in the previous year.

Gold suffers second biggest fall in a week, tumbles Rs 1,250

Gold lost Rs 1,085 to Rs 32,575 per 10 grams in Kolkata but at Chennai, it managed to close Rs 130 higher at Rs 30,305 per 10 grams.

Rupee fall: HSBC downgrades Indian shares to neutral

Global financial services major HSBC has downgraded Indian equities from "overweight" to "neutral" citing that the country would struggle to defend a falling currency and declining growth.

Coal India disinvestment: Govt may appoint two legal advisers

The government plans to garner Rs 40,000 crore this fiscal by way of disinvestment and CIL's stake sale would be the largest.

NHPC buyback to kick off govt's backdoor disinvestment

With market conditions unlikely to improve in the near future, it will be difficult for the government to meet its Rs 40,000 crore disinvestment target for the year, a Reuters report said yesterday.

Why Nasdaq opted for caution over speed in restoring trade glitch

Most of the 191 minutes that the exchange was dark was spent in sometimes frantic conversation with scores of banks, brokers, investment companies and rival exchanges who wanted Nasdaq's assurance that a restoration of trading would be orderly and would not lead to panic.

Here's how to find out if your investment options are wise

Financial Planning gives the choice of investment options which best suits a particular situation or phase as per the identified financial goals at the same time taking risk profile into consideration.