Corporate FDs are making a comeback, but do your homework before you park your money in them.

They span generations and are there in every field, from biscuits to banking, from HR to hospitals. Denied entry into a male bastion, they create another industry. They are the most powerful women in the corporate world.

Dynamic fund of funds switch between asset classes depending on market conditions. But are they good investments?

Our fifth annual survey of the companies who have managed to put a smile on their shareholders’ faces and delighted them the most.

When interest rates were low, many homeowners overborrowed. But, they are now finding it difficult to cope with the increased monthly instalments. How to survive the interest rate hikes.

Appointed: R.S. Pandey, as the new Petroleum Secretary. He replaces M.S. Srinivasan, who retires on July 31. Pandey, a 1972-batch IAS officer from the Nagaland cadre, is the Steel Secretary at present. Pandey will have a 17-month stint as the Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

When it comes to building your nest egg, how much is enough? Here’s what you should know about saving at different stages of your life.

Better returns to workers is one reason why pension management in the country needs sweeping reforms. Inadequate coverage is another. A report.

Rising inflation will hurt some consumers for sure, but consumption per se is growing, thanks to the wider affluence a strong economy is creating.

These are extraordinary times, not just for India but the whole world. At no time before in world history has inflation and economic downturn combined to create a “caught-between-ice-and-fire” situation. In India, rising inflation coupled with a moderating economy does signal a cyclical slowdown, but the country’s long-term growth story is still intact. An analysis by BT's Shalini S. Dagar.

Choosing a retirement product to suit one’s requirements is important. Insurance companies have launched pension plans that work like ULIPs. How do these work?

Before the financial year ends, here is a checklist to keep your tax outgo to the minimum.

Investors love it for its vision, customers adore it for its innovation and new product development and, between all that, the Birlas of Grasim Industries find the time to more than give back to the community.

This Budget was presented in the context of an interesting year from a macro-economic perspective. The year started out on a very positive note with strong economic indicators and a buoyant capital market, but ended with tangible concerns around a slowdown in global growth and its impact on emerging economies like India and China.

Budget 2008-09, which is high on promises for indebted farmers, rural development projects focussing on health, education and employment, also tucked in a few surprises for the urban tax payers.

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.

P. Chidambaram considers himself a lucky Finance Minister—that is, one who brings luck. And lucky he has been over the last four years as India’s Chief Financial Officer, but not so much because of his government’s policy making as the economic boom across the world.

The recent round of rate cuts is welcome, but will it rev up housing sales? Should you buy or invest in a house now?

In an unexpected windfall for P. Chidambaram, there has been a surge in gross tax revenue collections, which are likely to cross the Rs 6,00,000-crore-mark in 2007-08.