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LIC to launch Jeevan Tarang, a whole life plan. The plan provides cover upto 100 years and guaranteed annual survival benefit of 5.5 per cent.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha on Monday that the authorities were aware of the identities of spenders with high income and will zero in on them.

The market closed higher. The Sensex and Nifty closed at all-time high. Buying was seen in technology, metal, consumer durables, oil and FMCG stocks.

Luxembourg Parliament's budget and finance commission has rejected the proposed changes to the country's corporate takeover laws.

India takes the lead in the billionaires' bracket in Asia and steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal tops the list of richest Indians with a net worth of more than $20 billion.

Here is what the Finance Minister has announced for the mutual fund industry in his Budget speech.

Annual Budgets should normally be a statement of government finances. However, customarily, in our country, the Budget has become a forum where the government also declares its intended taxation and fiscal policy for the year.

Here's the full-text of Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's Rail Budget 2006-07 speech.

As the financial year 2005-06 is coming to close, the individual tax payers now seem to start worrying about their income-tax matters. Expert helps you to reduce your tax liability.

The Battle of Brothers is not over yet. Anil Ambani has sought changes in several key agreements between his and his brother's companies.

The Sensex crossed 10k and the govt added to the cheer saying 8.1 pc is the expected growth rate for '05-06. The FM however, advised caution.

Eight months after the two brothers decided to go for an overall reorganisation, the Anil Ambani Group has accused the Mukesh Ambani camp of not fulfilling the deal.

Jet is not planning to position Sahara as a low cost arm and Sahara employees will be absorbed on a merit basis only.

Investors spooked by a raid on an Internet company and weaker US tech earnings dumped Japanese shares on Wednesday.

With the markets correcting 2.1 per cent for the week and more volatility expected, analysts give their favourite stock picks for the short to medium to longer term.

Market is trading lower amid losses in tech, metal, oil, consumer durables, FMCG, auto and capital goods stocks.