Worse than sleeping at the wheel

Several investors lost money recently in the Kolkata investment scam. Monika Halan, editor, Mint Money, and Vivek Law, editor, Bloomberg TV India, in their weekly personal finance show Smart Money, discuss why and how such schemes operate. Edited ...

I'm watching Jolly LLB (and if you write columns as a profession, you can't just watch anything without the brain firing away and looking for raw material to chew on for future work) and as the movie me-lords its way to the end, where the small town ...

As you go up the risk-return ladder advise has to come without which you can't buy the product. Staff Writer Also Read Soon there will be a new set of mutual fund (MF) distributors who will sell simple MF schemes. Vivek Law, editor, Bloomberg TV ...

there is a large hospital chain of national scale. Doctors are salaried employees and they're found to be prescribing medical products that are harmful to their patients. They recommend these products as they carry higher kick-backs from the drug ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut rates for the third time this calendar year, which certainly bodes well for debt mutual funds (MFs). Monika Halan, editor, Mint Money, and Vivek Law, editor, Bloomberg TV India, give you a perspective at their ...

If you are part of a group policy, then your pre-existing diseases get covered. Also Read It's common knowledge that it is difficult to get a health insurance cover if you have a pre-existing disease, but you can get one if you try hard enough and ...

I must admit I'm a bit surprised by the kind of debate that the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) Report (http -- //finmin.nic.in/fslrc/fslrc_report_vol1.pdf) has generated. The 439-page report has made recommendations to ...

How would you react if you are told that you will go on a tight health plan that builds in one hour of tough physical exercise every day and cuts out most of the things you love to eat and drink? You may do it if you were facing a health crisis and ...

Washington, April 4 (IANS) Ivy League Yale University has selected 16 World Fellows for 2013, including two from India, bringing the total number of fellows from India to 13 since the programme started in 2002. India has had more fellows in the ...