Category: Business News & Economy

We see a pattern in messages across these pieces: Temporary management can buy time, but durable change needs structural reform

The fixed options offered in the new customercare delivery are making it tough for consumers to explain their problem, while getting through to a human exec is difficult, or simply not an option. This frustrating experience is now commonplace across e-commerce platforms, banks, airlines, etc.

If you are confused by personal finance terms, jargon and calculations, here’s a series to simplify and deconstruct these for you. In the 114th part of this series, Riju Mehta explains how personal laws govern marriage, divorce and inheritance for different religions.

Ageing housing societies that were promised bigger, modern living spaces have seen builders abandon or stall construction for years, with little recourse.

Luckily, the squeeze phase doesn’t last forever. Kids grow up, loans get paid off and people enter peak earning years as they move towards their 50s. And given the increase in surplus during this phase, many people can accelerate retirement contributions meaningfully.

Welcome to TrendMap, your guide to the performance of different investment segments. In this edition, we present a 10-year performance tracker of various factor-based investment strategies. The annual returns are ranked for 6 key NSE Factor indices, with a broad-based index, Nifty 500, thrown in for comparison. This map shows that no single-factor strategy consistently…

Trade deals and sourcing shift from China are reviving the sector that investors had written off.

Except for a small number of government colleges of repute, the demand for good quality colleges far outstrips the supply in India. Higher education remains costly and elitist and with the advent of edupreuners, Indian children often study at universities abroad after paying a steep fee or after taking educational loans.

From RSUs to retirement accounts, what returning Indians must settle before—and after—they land.

Earning income from futures and options trading or other side hustles? Cumbersome compliance, reconciliation and disclosures mean taxpayers should not wait until 31 August to file.