The Luxury Quotient

Luxury homes continue to dazzle in the wake of robust demand and keen investor
interest. check out some of the top offerings in the country
EVEN in the midst of low sentiments haunting the real estate sector, there is one segment that is totally unfazed by it all. Luxury homes continue to dazzle in the face of [...]

What Women Want-Luxury !!

Luxury perfumes are a must-have in your accessory list. Splurge on these fragrant buys
DISCOVERt he mesmerising fragrance of luxury perfumes. Featuring aromatic accents of rose, jasmine, lavendar,violet and many others, these are a must-have in your accessory list. Brands such as Moschino, Lancome and Fendi have some interesting new ranges in store for women. And [...]

Service sector to give more revenue

The contribution of service tax to the country’s GDP is quite low at 1.1 per cent and the government expects to get more
revenue from this sector in future, a top official said.
Contribution of the service sector in the GDP is 56 per cent but the share of the service tax in the GDP is just [...]

Dhoni On Number One

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni retained his place at the top of the batting chart while teammate Zaheer Khan stormed into the top 20 of the ICC ODI bowlers’ rankings issued on Saturday.
Dhoni, who had toppled his South African counterpart Graeme Smith off the top spot on August 28, maintained a 21-point lead from [...]

Brand Value In Luxury Market

Emporio, home to 90 top-of-the-line brands, comes as a delight for the uber rich craving for luxury products .
LUXURY has a new address. DLF’s luxury mall, Emporio, in the capital has created a 3.38 lakh square-feet home for luxury brands in the country. For years, luxury brands in India have been limited to small confines [...]

Supreme Court defines who’s an idiot

Idiot’ is a grossly misused word and an oversimplified epithet, if one goes by the Supreme Court’s brand
new definition of the term. It is almost impossible for a person to qualify as an idiot, says the Court and therefore, few can expect to get a reprieve for an offence.
To be legally accepted as an ‘idiot’, [...]

India set to export record quantity of basmati rice

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India looks set to export a record quantity of basmati rice in the current fiscal.
Last month, the official agency monitoring the export of basmati rice issued 658 registration-cum-allocation certificates (RCAC) to traders, enabling them to export 165,148 tonnes of basmati rice worth $252 million (Rs.10.08 billion).
In July last year, by contrast, the Agricultural and Processed [...]

Currency trading at NSE

NOT A FALSE
START
Currency derivatives trading got off to a curious start on Friday. Even as finance minister P Chidambaram rang the bell, the thread snapped! Finally, the FM had to ring the bell with his hands — not the kind of auspicious start you would have imagined. But in the actual ring, things were much [...]

Every Indian Will Go to mobile by 2012

Every 2nd Indian will go mobile by 2012
With India now adding 8-10 million mobile subscribers every month, up to half the nation’s population—or
one in every two citizens—will own a mobile phone in India by the middle of 2012.
According to Business Monitor International, a renowned London-based research firm, 612 million mobile
subscribers by 2012 will help India [...]

Now life insurance for 40% less

MUMBAI: Life protection has become far more affordable. The cost of
life insurance has come down by up to 40%, with Insurance
Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) reducing the capital
that insurance companies need to sell term policies. For the second
time since the liberalisation of the insurance industry in 2000, there
has been a dramatic reduction in term-insurance rates, [...]