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				</image><item><title>Are you looking for Mr Right?  </title><description>Before showing them the money, relationship managers should earn your trust.</description><link>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=307765</link><author>Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com</author> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:53:54 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=307765</guid></item><item><title>Bank FDs now score over govt saving schemes</title><description>Bank fixed deposits are back in favour. For the first time in five years, the rates seem more attractive than government savings schemes. CNBCTV18 has more.</description><link>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=266579</link><author>Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com</author> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:55:16 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=266579</guid></item><item><title>Now become a senior citizen at 60</title><description>Budget 200708 is set to redefine senior citizens of the country by reducing their qualifying age to 60 from 65 for availing of tax exemptions.</description><link>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=265740</link><author>Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com</author> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:59:46 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=265740</guid></item><item><title>Banks scramble for deposits</title><description>With credit picking up fast, most banks have liquidated their excess SLR holdings to support the credit growth and, in the process, hit the minimum requirement level of 25%.  </description><link>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=243263</link><author>Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com</author> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:19:01 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=243263</guid></item><item><title>Depositors look for shortterm plans</title><description>Of around Rs 1,000 crore each raised by Union Bank and Bank of India this fiscal, 8090% was from smaller towns and rural areas, according to bank officials. </description><link>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=241493</link><author>Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com</author> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:10:05 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=241493</guid></item><item><title>Back in favour, bank fixed deposits: Should you invest?</title><description>Instead of putting a big amount in one FD, break it into more than one FD of small amounts. Your FD starts from the date you deposit the money into your FD account and not when you issue the cheque.</description><link>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=239855</link><author>Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com</author> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:54:50 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=239855</guid></item><item><title>Now, home pension for elders</title><description>Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHF), a mortgage lender to the lower and middleincome segment, is the first to launch a reverse mortgage product in the market.</description><link>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=237765</link><author>Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com</author> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:10:06 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=237765</guid></item><item><title>Catholic Syrian Bank unveils term deposit for the elderly</title><description>Senior citizens with a minimum age of 60 years can open a domestic term deposit account with a minimum amount of Rs 5,000.  </description><link>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=236354</link><author>Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com</author> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:34:49 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=236354</guid></item><item><title>Piggy bank or real bank account: What to give your kid?</title><description>Either watch the saving grow as your child grows or watch the savings disappear as your child may just splurge it up.  </description><link>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=235555</link><author>Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com</author> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:36:04 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=235555</guid></item><item><title>SBI wooing depositors with value added services</title><description>Depositor is king that\'s the new banking war cry. Even as ICICI Bank promsies 8% for a 390 day deposit, SBI is all set to dangle a juicy carrot for the 510 year tenure. SBI says it will even wean away investors from  post office savings, reports CNBCTV18.</description><link>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=234579</link><author>Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com</author> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:59:23 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=234579</guid></item><item><title>Withdraw your NSS 1987 for better opportunities today</title><description>Quit NSS for better opportunities. Make a smart move and make your money work smarter for you.</description><link>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=232838</link><author>Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com</author> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:30:27 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=232838</guid></item><item><title>Fixed deposits: New and improved</title><description>It is possible to get overdrafts up to 90% of the deposit amount, for meeting shortterm funding requirements. The deposits can also be used as collateral security for commercial borrowings. </description><link>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=233172</link><author>Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com</author> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:49:10 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=233172</guid></item><item><title>Employees State Insurance offers amnesty scheme</title><description>The scheme would grant amnesty to employees who allegedly gave wrong declarations for excess payment and their employers facing prosecution under sections 84, 85 and 85A of the ESI Act. </description><link>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=232372</link><author>Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com</author> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:01:09 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=232372</guid></item><item><title>Tax sops: Bank FDs vs. postal savings</title><description>It\'s five months after the budget announcement. And now fiveyear fixed deposits in a bank gets one a tax break. But are they worth investing in? CNBCTV18 reports.</description><link>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=232188</link><author>Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com</author> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:57:40 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=232188</guid></item><item><title>Fixed Deposit tax sops come with a PAN rider</title><description>Note that investors cannot pledge term deposit as a collateral to secure a loan or any other asset. This is unlike the National Savings Certificate or Public Provident Fund that can be used as collaterals.
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