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Jet Airways : Special discount for women

This one is for women fliers & for men who are being accompanied by women on a flight.
India’s largest private airline, Jet Airways has a special discount for you, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, on March 8.

Anyone making a booking on the Jet Airways website from March 1st to March 31st, can [...]

Wish all the readers a Happy New Year 2010…

Longer waiting period for Cars and Bikes

The good old days of waiting for your favourite car are back.  Car manufacturers have reported an unexpected surge in the demand for the cars during the recently concluded festive season. What’s surprising is that the demands have failed to drop even after the end of the festive season.
Customers now have to wait for a [...]

Get GOLD rates instantly through SMS – Today’s 22 carat and 23 carat gold prices

They are not concerned about the gold price overall, but just want to know if they are buying the Gold at that specific date’s right price. So, we see people hopping between jewellery shops to know Gold’s right price on that specific day.All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federations (GJF) which represents the country’s Jewellery retailers, manufacturers, miners, wholesalers, gemstones and diamond cutters, trade media and bullion traders, read the problem and put forth a simple solution. To bring in some discipline in the gold jewellery business, GJF has decided to make 22 carat and 23 carat gold prices available for anybody who wishes to get it through an SMS. GJF announced that by sending an SMS ‘GOLD’ to 575758, gold jewellery buyers can get the latest 22 carat or 23 carat gold rate for hallmarked jewellery by SMS. This rate would be the recommended 22 carat hallmarked gold rate by GJF and it expects most of the country to follow the same in the interest of consumers.

Golden Diwali for Indians this time

In what can be seen as a mockery of the hue and cry over recession, Indians this year have bought a whooping 56 tonnes of gold this diwali, a 8 day period surveyed. This is nine trucks full of gold costing a whooping 2 billion dollars. Though this figure is only three tonnes more than [...]

Changed rates for sms on Diwali: Money minting idea

What can be called a new way of money minting is the charges mobile operators charge during the festive season. For instance, the sms which is free for a connection as per the plan is charged 50 paise per sms for Airtel, 25 paise per sms for Vodaphone and Re.1 for the recently launched Tata [...]

Shopping this Diwali: A boon to the consumers

With the biggest Indian festival just round the corner, the consumer is flooded with attractive offers from various brands to woo him. Here are some of the best ones. The list of what ,where and how to buy this diwali:
In the auto market, the manufacturers are offering discounts in the range of  Rs 50,000 on [...]

Price rise vs Festivities!!

The biggest Indian festival is around the corners. But the festive mood is not the same as other years. The reason being, after a bad recession price rise has come to haunt Indian middle class. The soaring food prices are sure to dampen the festive spirit as Diwali is synonymous to sweets and other special [...]

Gold: The new golden investment option

In times of changing tax reforms from the Govt. and doubts being raised over the benefits in housing loans, the question of where to invest to get maximum returns is a very valid one and will be in the minds of one and all. Going by the current trends, Gold seems to be a very [...]

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi

Lord Ganesha