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Gold fell in early Asian trade. Investors are mainly in a wait-and-see mode ahead of major U.S. bank earnings and inflation data this week, said Zaner Metals.

Oil futures declined on a possible technical correction after solid gains overnight.

The Karnataka High Court ruled that postal authorities could not deny PPF interest after allowing an irregular HUF account to operate for 12 years. The decision highlights the authorities' responsibility for irregula...

Buying property in a spouses, childs or parents name can invite benami law and tax scrutiny if ownership and funding arrangements do not meet legal requirements. Know the statutory exemptions, potential penalties and doc...

Find insight on major Gulf stocks, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and more in the latest Market Talks covering financial services.

Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan post higher profit, but the mood on Wall Street is becoming more cautious.

The RBI's 25-basis-point repo rate hike could increase the EMI on a ₹50 lakh home loan by ₹852- ₹867 a month over 30 years, or ₹759 over 20 years under a separate interest-rate assumption. Borrowers with larg...

Plus, memory stocks fall, and private equity is facing a reckoning.

Pensioners aged 80 and above can submit their Jeevan Pramaan Digital Life Certificate from October 1, while others can do so from November 1 to 30. Heres how to generate a life certificate using Aadhaar-based face authen...

A returning NRIs UK workplace pension is tax-free in India while they qualify as RNOR, but becomes taxable as salary income once they become ROR, even if it remains in a UK bank account.

Investors building a mutual fund portfolio for a 10-year goal should balance large-cap stability with mid- and small-cap growth, while diversifying across debt, gold and international equities. Experts explain how valuat...

Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan post higher profit, but the mood on Wall Street is becoming more cautious.

A consumer commission has directed United India Insurance Company to pay ₹70 lakh to a BMW owner whose car was gutted in a fire after a tyre puncture left him stranded on a Maharashtra highway. 

LTCG tax is back in focus after SBI Research proposed scrapping the tax on equity investments. Here are the latest LTCG tax rates, the ₹1.25 lakh exemption on eligible equity gains, property taxation rules and what inv...

Mumbai ITAT has ruled that ₹82 lakh received by a flat owner as hardship compensation under a redevelopment agreement was not taxable as income. The ruling offers guidance to homeowners receiving compensation from buil...

SBI Research has urged the government to scrap long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax on equities and extend holding periods to two or three years to attract foreign investment. The proposals come amid heavy FPI outflows and...

The ITAT has ruled that the sale of Transferable Development Rights (TDRs) for ₹6.02 crore attracts capital gains tax after the land was surrendered for road widening. However, eligible land costs and deductions must b...

E-commerce giants use psychological tricks like countdown timers, artificial price inflations, and easy financing to drive impulse buys during festival sales. Experts warn consumers to track price histories and look out ...

Will LTCG tax be scrapped? Union Finance Minister Sitharaman signals openness to debate as SBI Research urges tax relief to attract foreign investors.

The Income Tax dept is scrutinising records at the Badshahpur tehsil office in Gurugram after it found the same PAN was used for 25,000 property registrations, worth transactions of ₹55,000-crore.

UPI MDR fee update: NPCI has deferred the implementation of Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges on select person-to-merchant (P2M) UPI transactions until after Diwali 2026. The exact date is yet to be announced. The def...

An EPF account may become inoperative after three consecutive years without contributions following retirement or age 55, whichever is later, or after moving abroad. Here's how you can recover your account or corpus&...