Railways, bullet trains & Raghuram Rajan in focus

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Saudi Arabia risks running out of financial assets in five years: IMF Saudi authorities are already planning spending cuts as the world's biggest oil exporter seeks to shore up its public finances. read more India is harvesting the good governance of RBI governor Raghuram Rajan: Pioneer Investments "India is enjoying the benefits of falling commodity prices but more than that I would give credit to the monetary authorities." IT firms spending millions to train workforce to meet increasing demand for digital services IT firms are spending ever larger sums of money as they enter a skilling arms race to keep pace with the increasing demand for digital services.

Editor's Pick How Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, a CA, is trying to make railways more efficient & profitable Railways is teaching what traffic accounting is all about, and how the cash collected from a platform ticket makes a long journey from the ticket counter to Nagpur. Bhendi Bazaar: Rs 4,000 cr cluster redevelopment project could be a template for others On the back of urbanisation, Indian cities have grown without much planning. Slums and clusters have mushroomed alongside highrise buildings. Pruthvi, a chip, can connect India's rural population to the internet A tiny chip designed in Bengaluru, the size of a postage stamp, might hold the answer to a goal chased by the likes of Google, Facebook. ET Awards 2015: Piyush Goyal wins Business Reformer award A rare combination of a chartered accountant, lawyer and an investment banker, Piyush Goyal has brought coal, power sectors to life.

Most Popular This Week Reliance Communications, Aircel and Sistema begin talks for three-way merger Limited H-1B visas may force Facebook to skip placement season at IITs this year Rafale deal: France agrees to invest 50% of contract's worth in India's related sectors America's multinational retail corporation Wal-Mart paid millions of dollars in bribes in India: Report PM Narendra Modi, President Pranab Mukherjee to launch one stop research funding mechanism 'IMPRINT'

Story of The Week Japan offers India soft loan for $15 billion bullet train in edge over China Japan has offered to finance India's first bullet train, estimated to cost $15 billion, at an interest rate of less than 1 percent, officials said. read more

Money Why NPS can help you retire comfortably Just investing in gold and real estate will not help you build a savings corpus substantial enough to finance retirement. How to make the right choice when buying a house Buying a house is a big financial commitment. Don't let an investment of Rs 50-60 lakh be influenced by freebies worth say Rs 25,000.

Stock Round Up Dalal Street rises in line with global peers on hopes of ECB stimulus On Friday, the BSE Sensex gained 183 points, or 0.67 per cent, to close at 27,470. Nifty rose 43 points, or 0.53 per cent, to end at 8295.

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