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Expensive two months for world's 500 richest people: Lost $436 billion

Mark Zuckerberg lost $10.3 billion and Larry Ellison suffered a drop of about $7 billion on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Mar 24, 2018

No, govt cannot ban bitcoin but there's lot it can do

In order to ban bitcoin, governments will have to shut down the internet and its very unlikely that any country would resort to that level.

Mar 24, 2018

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Top five investment options for salaried individuals

At a time when investment in shares has seen a downward trajectory in respect of returns for you, you can consider these five good instruments to recoup better returns.

Mar 24, 2018

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Personal Finance: How to grow small savings to Rs 1 crore

Most individuals believe that investing small sum will not guarantee good returns and therefore wait for a large sum to start investments.

Mar 24, 2018

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H-1B Visa application and process: What you need to know

The petitions for H-1B visas will be accepted from April 2 and the filing of the petition for the fiscal year 2019 will starts on October 1, 2018.

Mar 24, 2018

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Markets weekahead: Nifty to test 9,800 resistance as bears take charge

The Indian markets will focus on ongoing trade war tensions between the U.S. and China, Europe economic data and Lemon Tree IPO in the truncated week.

Mar 24, 2018

Bitcoin slips below $8,500; Charts suggest more pain ahead

Charts suggest further pullback in prices after the cryptocurrency failed to take out resistance around $9,000 levels.

Mar 23, 2018

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Markets bleed as US-China trade war becomes real; Sensex, Nifty tumble

'China doesn't hope to be in a trade war, but is not afraid of engaging in one'

Mar 23, 2018

Flipkart initiates aggressive tech hiring: Is it going Amazon way?

Flipkart has over 700 open positions in technology and related areas and planning soon to open a logistics park in Karnataka for enhancing its productivity.

Mar 23, 2018

Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs: Is India impacted?

Trump has exempted European Union and four other allies from steel and aluminum tariffs that take effect Friday.

Mar 23, 2018

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Union Bank of India fraud: Here's all you need to know

The state-owned lender was cheated to the tune of Rs 303.84 crore by a Hyderabad-based construction and infrastructure firm.

Mar 23, 2018

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ONGC, RIL to gain as gas prices set for a steep hike

Indian government may raise domestic natural gas prices to its highest level in two years to $3.06 per mmbtu from April 1.

Mar 23, 2018

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No longer banker to every Indian: SBI closes 41 lakh savings accounts

SBI shut these accounts for not maintaining the average monthly balance, an RTI query revealed.

Mar 23, 2018

Crypto investors beware! These exchanges are prone to financial theft

Exchanges such as Bitstamp and Livecoin are most prone to financial theft due to unsafe security practices, according to a latest study.

Mar 22, 2018

Elon Musk could earn more than $50 billion from Tesla pay package

Tesla co-founder Elon Musk will net $50 billion if he meets several key performance milestones over the next decade, according to a filing published by the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 21.

Mar 22, 2018