Banking And Finance
Canada was too expensive! A couple quit 9-to-5, sold their home to move to Japan: The FIRE strategy behind it
For a Canadian family, the mundane 9-5 hustle until around age 65 wasn’t working. With an ardent desire to spend more time with their children and step off the default…
Can a 29-year-old achieve FIRE by 40 with a ₹1 lakh monthly home loan EMI? I asked ChatGPT
Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) is a strategy that combines aggressive saving and intentional investing to accumulate enough money to retire early. The math behind the FIRE movement is beautifully…
ITR filing 2026 for pensioners: Health insurance, bank interest — These key deductions can reduce your tax outgo
Filing an income tax return (ITR) is an important annual exercise for taxpayers, and this obligation does not just end with retirement. Many pensioners continue to earn income through pensions,…
PhonePe wallet inactivity fees do not affect bank accounts or UPI transactions
New Delhi: Inactivity fees on dormant wallets do not affect users’ linked bank accounts or transactions, according to clarifications issued by the company after notifications sent to some customers triggered…
Market
Old is gold: Jewellers efforts to promote recycling pays rich dividend
The exchange of old gold jewellery for new ones has started picking pace with the recent fall in gold prices boosting purchases by consumers. Gold prices have moderated from the…
India diversifies LPG imports during West Asia conflict as OMCs absorb price shock
India sharply diversified its sourcing during the West Asia conflict, increasing imports from the US, Iran and several other countries to reduce dependence on the Gulf region, while state-owned fuel…
SEBI board brings back open market buybacks, formalises new code of conduct
The (SEBI) board on Friday cleared the reintroduction of open-market buybacks through stock exchanges, a faster rollout mechanism for alternative investment fund (AIF) schemes, aligning securitisation norms for RBI-regulated entities,…
India’s BoP outlook improves, INR depreciation pressure to ease: Goldman Sachs
India’s balance of payments outlook looks more favourable than the rupee’s recent weakness suggests, with a Q1 CY26 surplus and lower oil and gold import assumptions prompting Goldman Sachs to…
Market
Amazon & Walmart among America’s biggest companies that earned $2.1 trillion last year, employing fewer people than ever
Every headline number in this year’s Fortune 500 points in the same direction: revenue, profit and market value all hit records. Yet for the first time outside a recession since…
Nvidia, Micron, Broadcom have cheap valuations despite big gains, and one Google decision could explain why
Cheap valuations on some of the AI sector’s biggest names may look like a bargain, but according to one markets research firm, cited by Business Insider, they could be a…
Reliance eyes ₹4 lakh crore EBITDA by 2031; Bets big on AI and clean energy
on Friday placed and clean energy at the centre of its future growth strategy, unveiling plans for one of the world’s largest AI computing platforms, a sovereign satellite broadband network…
Nipun Aggarwal, Vinod Kannan emerge as frontrunners to lead Air India after Wilson’s early exit; final decision pending
Two months after Air India’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) resigned, Nipun Aggarwal and Vinod Kannan have now emerged as the frontrunners to take over the helm of Air India, as…
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