A brand is not a brand till it is endorsed by someone who himself is a brand. This is no recent phenomena. Brand endorsement is as old as the time when celebrities were born.
At a time when the real estate sector has started reviving after two and a half years of downturn, the Finance Minister appears to have put a couple of roadblocks ahead for the residential as well as commercial real estate sector.
After a long standing debate amongst a couple of ministries relating to release and auction of 3G spectrum, a consensus has finally been reached paving the way for auction of 3G spectrum.
Annual Public Lecture on Analysis of Union Budget 2010 by Prof. J.D. Agarwal, Chairman & Professor of Finance, Indian Institute of Finance and Editor-in-Chief, Finance India
Real estate developers met finance minister Pranab Mukherjee recently to press for incentives in the forthcoming budget to boost housing. Among their key demands was a plea to allow external commercial borrowings (ECBs) for home builders.
As the financial year 2010 draws to a close, it is high time that you consider the merits of some tax saving instruments which are risk free and backed by government.
Perhaps inspired by the Aamir ad phenomenon, Shah Rukh Khan has also recently abandoned his carefully preserved designer image to play an old man, a frisky old man playing Romeo to his aged Juliet. And if there is an upcoming ad that is really grabbing attention, it is Kareena Kapoor’s upcoming advert where she will be playing a Spider woman/ Cat woman / Wonder woman kind of character.
The borrower has to consider many specific issues before stepping out to pre-pay a part or complete home loan he may have taken earlier. He must apply some basic checks before doing so, which we have have underlined.
With a growth rate of 25-30% this INR 11 billion industry is fast attracting global food chains from across the world to come and set their footholds in India. And the consumers are more than waiting to get engulfed in the vast arrays of offers completely suited to their lifestyle needs.
The success for getting high returns in stock market lies in tracking and investing only in stock and sectors which declare their volumes on a monthly basis.
There are many professionals who start earning late in life. This requires intelligent financial planning on their part to ensure that they do not remain laggards in savings.
The Retail business for Reliance Industries may have already grown to dizzy heights of Rs 4000 crore in less than three years time. However, the FY '09 annual report of RIL reveals that the retail business is still far from profitable.
The recovery in the BSE sensex to 17000 has still left a majority of retail investors and HNI's with a 'left out' feeling, as the FII inflows have driven the market into a fast track, with no signs of weakness in near future.
The benchmark indices of Indian stock market have turned to be the best performers in emerging countries after Vietnam and have offered a return of almost 100 per cent on strong foreign funds inflow.