Even a decade after the sector opened up to private companies in 2000, nobody is rejoicing except LIC, which still enjoys 69 per cent market share. Be it customers, agents, the regulator or the promoters of private life insurers, everybody has a sob story to tell. They can see exciting times only if the government relaxes FDI guidelines to 49 per cent.

Performance-linked compensation is a significant step for an old private sector bank to achieve - not because it is rocket science but because it calls for reorienting employee mindsets to the new realities of the marketplace. Some of India's oldest banks are thus beefing up their top brass with MNC talent in a bid to stay competitive.

With stock markets on an upswing in the past month, there are signs of the effect rubbing on to the primary market as well.

The market is back to the January 2006 level. Value Research and Money Today look at how India’s most wanted stocks fared in this journey.

Looking for one central theme for Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign in 1992, political strategist James Carville had come up with a line that became a memorable slogan: ‘It’s the economy, Stupid”. For a few days after the announcement of January figures of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) this slogan reflected the mood and movements on the stock markets.

 We bring the best kept secrets till today. Successful personalities from all walks of life share words of wisdom that most influenced their financial lives.Slide-show: What SRK, Karan & Dravid have to say

With remittance levels going up to $200,000, a non-rupee account makes sense if you want to take advantage of overseas investments.

“Inflation is driven by high commodity prices and food prices; since we’re importing commodities, we’re actually importing inflation”

How do you turn a music television channel into a marketing vehicle that goes beyond plain vanilla advertising? MTV thinks it has the answer. And it's called Viacom Brand Solutions.