Given the global financial crisis, 2009 shows every sign of being a slow year for retail sales. To lure upscale customers some of the globe's biggest brands are coming up with attractive price cuts.

Investing well—as some youth have begun to—doesn’t mean end of confusion. Money Today spoke to four experts to clarify five fundamentals.

Here's  a quick guide to help you pick the right processor amidst confusing choices.

It is easy to prove that the Indian economy would do better if Indians had to pay less tax.

After lying low for most part of the decade, Manoj Tirodkar is back with a bang with two big deals in 2010.

Subsidies on LPG and kerosene are not only desirable but can also be made viable, argues Kirit Parikh.

She was credited with turning around the North American operations of cosmetics major Avon in the '90s. Today, as President & CEO of Colorado-headquartered $5.3-billion Western Union, Christina A. Gold, 62, has her task cut out:

The UK-India Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) was set up in pursuance of the UK-India Joint Declaration made at London by the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and India on September 20, 2004.

PSU stocks will be in the spotlight in 2010, if the government walks the talk on disinvestment, circa 2003.

Most market experts expect the Sensex to remain in 12,000-16,000 range for a while—unless the government lifts the sentiment with big-ticket reforms.

Despite the apex bank’s efforts, liquidity remains a concern. Cash will be king for some time to come.

With the Software Technology Park Of India (STPI) Scheme likely to be phased out next year, the government could extend tax holidays to IT companies under the industrial park scheme.

Buoyant tax revenues a lower fiscal deficit and an economy that’s in top gear permit the FM to pump big money into agriculture and the social sector. Those efforts might help at the hustings, too.

Cash-rich property developers eye the telecom sector.