According to the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, India is estimated to have around 4.6 trillion cubic meters of CBM reserves. But only 0.24 mmscmd (million metric standard cubic metres per day) of CBM is being produced today.

Audi is no longer an also-ran in the luxury car race. By 2015, Audi hopes to become the number one luxury car brand in the world as well as in India. In fact, everyone in the company wears a tiny badge on her lapel that says No 1.

The government is keen on making domestic companies meet 70 per cent of the country's defence needs within the next five years.

And, the pain won't go away soon. Samsung's Goliath-beating journey in the Rs 55,000-crore mobile phones business is as much luck as nose-to-the-grind execution. The luck was in the call it made two years ago on smartphones.

This shrinkage in assets under management, or AUM, of over 8.5 per cent, from Rs 6,41,937 crore in September 2011, is not the only bad news plaguing the industry.

The interest rates on various instruments under the Union government's small-savings scheme have been increased by 20 to 50 basis points (bps, or one-hundredth of a percentage point).

Economic turbulence failed to curb the rise in the number of ultra-wealthy in 2011. Emerging economies will continue to outpace the developed world in creating rich individuals.

Are you scouting for a loan to buy a house, a car or for your child's education? Given below are the best deals on offer from public and private sector lenders.

Havells India is among the top gainers in the last six months with return of over 60 per cent.

Since inception, DSP Blackrock Equity has outperformed its benchmark 11 times.

Gold ETFs emerged clear winner among all other categories of funds in the past five years, but analysts feel gold has run its course and is due for correction in future.

With people living longer, they need to plan well if they want to continue with the lifestyle they have before retirement.

Couples with children face multiple challenges they may not be aware of. While most plan for children's education, they do not account for an increase in regular expenses still. These expenses can upset the budget.

Given that Tata Sons recently altered its retirement policy, requiring even the chairman to quit at 70, Chairman-designate Cyrus Mistry gets only 26 years and a few months to find greatness.

Business Today's N. Madhavan went to London in April to check out the city's Olympic preparations. The excitement has also brought in a share of fear among many Londoners who are worried what the Games will do to their routine, he writes.

Marriage means sharing goals and aspirations as well as assets and liabilities. So, finances, too, need to be planned out together.

Whether you are asked to leave the job or you quit yourself, the result is the same-a heavy strain on finances. According to financial planning experts, first, one must keep six months' expenses in a liquid investment to avoid panic.

How about an online business where all that you need to do is collect payments? Sounds too good to be true? Thanks to the drop-ship business model, it is a possibility.

Here's how you can reduce the stress caused by too many financial products.

With almost all brokerages worth their name coming out with research reports on stocks, one should be alert to which ones to be relied upon.