People

Whirlpool of India will cater to both mass and premium segments with products offering tangible consumer benefits, says its MD

I am 50, working in a private sector company. My wife is 49, and is diabetic. I have a son studying MS in the US. My parents are independent. I am ...

Full-service brokers, discount brokers or banks that offer 3-in-1 accounts — which one is best? Yoganand D spoke to some market veterans

They have been waiting for years for handover of their house. Aggrieved home buyers share their experiences with Anand Kalyanaraman

I am 49 and work in the private sector. My wife, 45, is a home-maker. My daughter is getting married in September. I have saved enough for her. My ...

Muthukumar K finds out how people plan their finances and carry money while travelling abroad

How have farmers survived two years of inadequate rainfall? What do they think about forecasts of plentiful rains this year? Seetharaman R finds out

Awareness of exchange traded funds is very low in India and mostly limited to gold ETFs. There are also other reasons why they aren’t tempted, say investors to Lokeshwarri S K

My fiancé and I (both 28) are government employees, covered under the New Pension Scheme and under employers’ medical facility. Our incomes are ...

Quarterly results put not only investors but also the stock market into a frenzy. Yoganand D sounds out some investors on how they ride the volatile markets

I am 39 and work in a private company. My wife, a home-maker, is 35. I have a daughter (5) and a son (3). My parents, while financially ...

Banks and NBFCs have a platter full of loan offerings. Yet many prefer to borrow from moneylenders. Meera Siva finds out why

How do people with a passion for investing in small and micro-cap stocks go about choosing their stocks? Maulik Madhu sounds out some investors

Rajalakshmi Nirmal talks to shoppers to find out why they will stop or continue buying online, if e-commerce companies stop discounts

Eswarkrishnan Chellam finds out whether taxpayers have made the most of tax breaks last fiscal

The US recently doubled the visa fees for H-1B and L-1 visas. How will the IT sector take it? Meera Siva talks with IT professionals to get their views

Not everyone is prepared when money is needed at short notice — if not for hospitalisation, God forbid, then for unexpected celebrations, weddings, travel, etc. How do people make good in such circumstances? Muthukumar K finds out

I am 47, working in the private sector. My wife is a home maker. My daughter is 15 and son is 11. I am planning to retire at 55. All my investments ...

I am 50 and my wife is 43. We are both self-employed. I have a 22-year-old daughter and a son who is 15. My father is dependent on me. My daughter ...

Service tax is set to rise to 15 per cent from this June, thanks to the Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) of 0.5 per cent introduced in this Budget. Harshavardhan gets the reaction of a cross-section of people to this increase

While the economy is on a slow track, what is the mood in college campuses as companies come calling? Seetharaman R chats with a few students to get a feel of the action

Come April, the rates on a horde of small saving instruments, including the NSC, PPF and senior citizens savings scheme will become market-linked. Anand Kalyanaraman spoke to a few people to get their reactions on the move

I am 56. I work in a public sector bank. Due to work pressure, I wish to take VRS. Both my children are married and well-settled. Is it possible to ...

And the winner is…no, we are not talking of the Oscars but of people who steal the show on the D-Street. Gurumurthy K and Yoganand D sound out traders who bet on previous Budgets and are gearing up for B-Day