MUMBAI: With the rupee under pressure, the RBI has rolled back an earlier move to give exporters more time to bring in export proceeds from Oct 2026. In Jan, the RBI had allowed exporters 15 months from the date of shipment or invoice to realise and repatriate the proceeds from Oct. The Sept amendment retains…
Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran India’s relationship with the US is in an “uneasy equilibrium” as trade disputes between the partners persist, a senior govt official said. “There is this issue of unsettled relationship with the US, starting from the tariff-related issues last year, which are still continuing,” chief economic adviser V Anantha Nageswaran…
NEW DELHI: Tata Motors is absorbing a substantial share of rising input costs as price increases and savings fail to fully offset the pressure, even as it expands its compact sedan offering for family buyers.Commodity inflation over past five-to-six months had created uncertainty over costs and margins, said Shailesh Chandra, managing director, Tata Motors Passenger…
CHENNAI: Following a two-year decline in volumes, the small car segment is showing signs of revival, helped by GST rate cut on small cars. The lower tax burden has reduced the price barrier for buyers at the bottom end of the market, making entry-level cars more affordable.Overall small car sales fell from 16.4 lakh units…
After the bank failed to return their original property papers, the couple approached the Banking Ombudsman. (Image for representative purpose only) You take a home loan and you repay it in full, but the bank loses the property papers. What do you do and what are your rights?A Delhi-based couple faced precisely this situation. After…
The proposed five-day work week would increase working hours from Monday to Friday by 40 minutes to compensate for the additional day off. The Finance Ministry has reportedly dismissed claims that it had agreed to the implementation of a five-day work week for banks, saying there was no such commitment from the ministry.The clarification comes…
The stock market’s performance of late has been marked less by a sharp collapse and more by a prolonged period of muted returns. On September 26, 2026, Sensex hit a lifetime closing high of 85,836.12. Two years later, on September 25, 2026, the 30-share index closed at 73,895.74, down 13.91% from its highest ever close.Foreign…
The builder claimed that the reference to it paying the stamp duty had been included by mistake. (Image for representative purpose only) You sign an allotment letter for a property which indicates that the stamp duty and registration costs will be borne by the builder. But, at the time of the sale agreement he backtracks….
The global bond selloff has pushed borrowing costs higher and intensified concerns over inflation, further rate hikes and pressure on asset valuations. US Treasury yields remained elevated on Friday after a fresh selloff in global bonds pushed the 30-year yield to its highest level since 2004, raising borrowing costs and adding to concerns about the…
A major property deal that began more than a century ago with a grieving widow turned a huge private wilderness in North Carolina into one of the most important public conservation achievements in American history. In May 1914, Edith Vanderbilt agreed to sell 86,700 acres of valuable mountain forest from the private Biltmore Estate to…
