Ronak Morjaria In the current wedding season, I have been meeting lot of friends, relatives and clients. I usually tend to ask whether they have a health insurance cover (mediclaim) or not. Some of them are covered, while some are not covered but plan to buy one. The ones who […]
Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Company has launched a new home loan scheme—Bridge. This scheme is a short-term home loan especially for customers who would like to purchase a new house without immediately selling their existing house. Hence, this product basically covers the funding gap between the purchase of the new […]
Divya Baweja, Preeti Gupta and Sahil Bhasin The globalisation of the economy and development of international trade and business has considerably increased the international movement of individuals across geographies. The existence of differing regimes in various countries often plays an important role when it comes to cross-border movement of employees […]
Investors have generally shunned emerging market assets this year, made riskier by the international trade tensions and the increasing attractiveness of dollar yields thanks to the US Federal Reserve’s steady pace of rate increases. There will be little respite for the bruised Indian rupee over the coming year, depressed by […]
The Caixin/Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for October, released on Thursday, edged up to 50.1 from 50.0 in September. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a reading of 49.9, just off the 50-mark that divides expansion from contraction. China’s manufacturing sector barely grew after stalling in September, a private […]
Along with the comprehensive car insurance, one should also buy add-on covers like engine protection cover, roadside assistance covers and consumable cover. Monsoon is one of the seasons which is eagerly awaited in India. It gives a huge respite from summer heat. However, monsoon also brings along various challenges especially […]
British families are at last spending more money than they did before the financial crisis, splashing out on cars and holidays. The average household spent £554.20 per week in 2016-17, excluding mortgage payments, the Office for National Statistics found. That is up from £533 in the previous year, a low […]
Global business and political leaders come together in Davos next week, with a mission to reform the global economy in the face of voter discontent CREDIT: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP The global economic system is failing to boost living standards for average people around the world and must be reformed to ensure the benefits […]
Diminutive droid R2-D2 zips around the screen in the Star Wars movies, repairing machines, taking orders and saving the day. Enduring the harsh void of space and surviving alien swamps, the bleeping and whistling automaton provides Luke Skywalker with much needed company, too. Unlikely as it may seem, this could […]
Retailers suffered the weakest Christmas shopping growth for five years as higher prices hit family spending. December’s retail sales rose by 1.4pc by volume compared with the same month of 2016, the slowest growth since 2012. To get that modest rise in goods, shoppers had to spend an extra 4.4pc, […]
Visitors walk through the Alice in Wonderland Maze at Walt Disney Co’s Shanghai Disneyland theme park during a trial run in 2016 Walt Disney has joined the growing list of American businesses handing out extra bonuses in response to Donald Trump’s sweeping tax reforms. Disney said on Tuesday that more than 125,000 […]
