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Tax-saving funds: Where to invest?
Being in the last quarter of the financial year, tax-planning is a top priority for most investors. Investments in designated avenues are eligible for a deduction (of up to Rs 100,000) from gross total income under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act. ...(more)

Inside Bush's health plan
President Bush in his State of the Union address Tuesday laid out a plan intended to make healthcare more affordable, give everyone who buys insurance the same tax break and incentivize you to be more cost-conscious in how you spend your healthcare d...(more)

Scalpers bring Super Bowl sales online
Jeff Block is pensive about cashing in his life insurance policy, wistful about putting off his wedding engagement, fearful about making the big purchase.One thing the 31-year-old financial analyst is s...(more)

Home sales fall; show faint life-signs
New home sales fell in 2006 by the largest amount in 16 years, but they were up for a second straight month in December, raising hopes that the worst of the housing downturn is coming to an end.The (more)

How some mutual funds beat risk
How do you measure mutual fund performance? In simple terms, it is the change in your net asset value over a period of time. But academics say that while returns are important, what is equally important is the degree of risk taken to achieve that ret...(more)

Why you should pay an annual credit-card fee
In most instances today, it would be silly to pay an annual fee for a credit card simply because most cards don't have them anymore. But in a Senate Banking Committee hearing examining credit card practices this week, one consumer advocate suggested...(more)

The New Way to Earn Free Travel

TWO YEARS AGO, Paul Young, a company manager whose business trips rack up 75,000 to 100,000 miles each year, did something shocking: He abandoned his quest for frequent-flier miles. Young had been loyal to Delta ...(more)

College-loan fight looms for banks in Congress
Student loan giant Sallie Mae andsome of the nation's biggest banks are bracing for a fight inthe Democratic-led Senate over a problem facing manymiddle-class voters -- how to pay for college.

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U.S. new-home sales, durable goods show strength
) ended down 15.54points at 12,487.02. It had been down more steeply earlier butrecovered some of those losses on talk of possible bankmergers. The high tech-laden Nasdaq composite index ( - )eked out a 1.25-point gain to close at 2,435.49.Bond price...(more)

Bank of America, Countrywide in merger talks: FT
), the No.2 U.S. bank, and Countrywide Financial Corp. (NYSE: - ), thelargest U.S. mortgage lender, are in talks that could lead to ajoint venture or merger, the Financial Times said on its Website on Friday.

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Credit cards: Some dos and don'ts
More and more Indians are making use of credit cards, or some form of plastic money, be it in the form of an ATM card or a debit card, a smart card or a credit card.But as plastic money usage grows, more and more stories of credit card frauds and mis...(more)

Investing a $20k inheritance
Question: I've just received a small inheritance of about $20,000. Is there something I can do with it that's smarter than just sticking it in a savings account? - Liz, Fairbanks, AlaskaAnswer: Sure, there are plenty of smarter things you can ...(more)