German car manufacturer Volkswagen said it was thinking about the introduction of a car smaller than Polo in India to capture the fast-growing compact car sector in the country. Volkswagen Group’s India Communication Head Kurt Rippholz said, “Believe me, we will have something smaller than the Polo. We are working on it”. But he did… Read More »
Tata Technologies, the engineering and design arm of Tata Motors, has been chosen by US-based Genovation Cars to plan and develop a model of an electric car for it. The Maryland-based producer of environmentally friendly cars is involved in production and designing of battery-run, custom-designed cars for the US market, although on a very small… Read More »
Car manufacturer Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M), said it will be introducing a new sports utility vehicle (SUV) in the Indian market within a year’s time. Pawan Goenka, Mahindra and Mahindra’s Auto and Farm Equipment Sector’s President said, “We will be launching the vehicle in the first quarter of FY 12.
The government has cleared infusion of Rs 6,211 crore into 5 PSU banks, a step which will assist in lending an extra Rs 77,637 crore to different sectors of the economy. The banks to receive capital infusion include Union Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, IDBI Bank, UCO Bank and Central Bank India.
Japanese two-wheeler giant Suzuki has introduced its superbike GSX-R1000 costing Rs 12.75 lakh (Rs 1.28 million) (ex-showroom, Delhi) making it the most expensive product from the company’s group in India Suzuki Motorcycle India, the fully-owned associate of the Japanese giant, introduced another superbike
Capital gains on stock and mutual funds, even those held for more than a year is proposed to be taxed. Also, capital gains could become part of total income after allowing a deduction at a specific percentage of capital gains without any indexation.
Having discipline is extremely important. You have to have discipline in the way one spends and controlling one’s expenditures. It is the key to reduce liabilities and debts and save more. As per a famous trading and investing legend- One must not spend time looking for the Holy Grail of investments or trading systems. It… Read More »
Disability insurance falls in the grey area between life and general insurance and both wait for the other to introduce this product. That is the reason such a policy cover is yet to make a foray into the Indian markets. Therefore, the best thing to do is to opt for the disability rider in a… Read More »
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said banks should get top management approval to carry on business association with a current client who then becomes politically connected and that the banks should carry out customer due diligence (CDD) on politically exposed people.
Many PSU banks said they will fix the base rate for personal loans at about 8%. This new system is set to come into effect from 1st July 2010. SBI chairman OP Bhatt said the base rate of the bank would lie between 7.5% and 8.5% while Punjab National Bank CMD KR Kamath said it… Read More »