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Retirement Savings: When is enough really enough?

You need 18 to 35 times your annual expense at age 60 to retire. Inorder to calculate that, create an expense multiplier rather than an income multiplier.

Mar 31, 2018

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Markets weekahead: RBI monetary policy, auto sales, macro data

The Indian markets will focus on the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy review, auto sales, macro-economic data in the coming week.

Mar 31, 2018

Commuters stuck in traffic for 16 hours ahead of Good Friday weekend

The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) of Singapore had warned that there would be heavy traffic and congestion ahead of the long weekend.

Mar 30, 2018

ICICI Bank-Videocon loan case: What is the Chanda Kochhar connection?

While the board of the lender has come out in support of bank's MD & CEO Chanda Kochhar, concerns still linger.

Mar 29, 2018

Saudi crown prince to meet Oprah in charm offensive: Leaked itinerary shows

The leaked document states that the 32-year-old crown prince Mohammad bin Salman will meet Oprah Winfrey in Las Vegas.

Mar 29, 2018

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What jobs growth? Employment rate actually fell under Modi govt

The employment rate in India shrank by 0.1 percent in the financial year 2015-16 and by 0.2 percent in 2014-15.

Mar 29, 2018

#CBSEpaperleak: 'I seriously want to die,' angry student vents on Twitter

The CBSE has issued a circular to announce the decision to re-conduct class 12 economics and class 10 mathematics exams.

Mar 29, 2018

Mali hotel attack: Gunmen kill one, wound others

At least three people, a soldier guarding the entrance and two Hotel la Falaise workers, were struck by bullets.

Mar 29, 2018

Climate change: Early humans survived abrupt, harsh cooling 11,000 years ago

The end of the last ice age brought about an extended winter that lasted over a century, but the Mesolithic people thrived in spite of this.

Mar 28, 2018

Mutual fund investors beware! Your asset manager may be overcharging you

SEBI's recent study revealed that fund managers have overcharged mutual fund investors as much as Rs 1,500 crore in the last five years.

Mar 28, 2018

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Lone analyst says sell ICICI Bank and he may be right

The Singapore-based Sanford C. Bernstein & Co analyst has a bearish call with a "buyer beware" warning on the whole banking industry.

Mar 28, 2018

Tiangong-1: Why did China launch a space station and later abandon it?

The space station was designed to be in orbit for only two years, but spent over four years in space. It is finally coming down on April 1.

Mar 28, 2018

Income tax department freezes Cognizant's bank accounts in Chennai, Mumbai

Nasdaq-listed Cognizant's Indian unit allegedly failed to pay tax of more than Rs 25 billion ($386 million) in the 2016-17 financial year.

Mar 28, 2018

Anushka Sharma, PV Sindhu make it to Forbes '30 Under 30' list

In its third year, Forbes' annual 30 Under 30 Asia list features 300 young innovators and disruptors across 10 categories who are driving change in their respective fields.

Mar 28, 2018

China says North Korea pledges denuclearization during friendly visit

China and North Korea both confirmed Wednesday that Kim Jong Un had visited Beijing and met Xi Jinping during what China's official Xinhua news agency called an unofficial visit from Sunday to Wednesday.

Mar 28, 2018