Articles, tagged with "competition commission", page 1

Indian Merger Control : Top five things you need to know now when doing deals in India

On 1 June 2011, the merger control provisions of the Indian Competition Act 2002 (the “Competition Act”) and the supporting Competition Commission of India (Procedure in regard to the transaction of business relating to combinations) Regulations, 2011 (th... Read >
Author: Gitesh Sinha

IP Set To Replace PPI That Can No Longer Be Sold

In recent financial news, the latest provider of payment protection insurance, nationwide has made a move to shift from PPI after the scandals that rocked financial institutions and has developed short term income protection (IP) to replace PPI products. ... Read >
Author: tcapper

Bharti sells entire stake in insurance JVs with AXA to RIL

After nearly five years of its association, the Bharti group on Friday exited from its financial services joint ventures with French firm AXA and sold its entire 74 per cent stake in general and life insurance businesses to Mukesh Ambani-led RIL for an un... Read >
Author: Bimadeals

Between Giants and Minnows

The personal computer market in South Africa appears to be competitive, as it is globally, with no single vendor possessing the power to sustain small but significant price increases for any length of time. In 2009, JSE-listed Mustek, a local compute... Read >
Author: mariever

Prepayment penalty on home loans set to go

Banking leader State Bank of India dropped ‘prepayment charges' on all its loans over the past fortnight. The announcement coincided with the hiking of the bank's base rate and withdrawal of the controversial teaser home loan schemes. With the SBI taking ... Read >
Author: Deal4Loan

Edinburgh Airport Parking and Info

Above the final handful of many years Edinburgh has overtaken Glasgow as Scotland's busiest airport and is now tough Luton for 5th spot in the Uk with nine million passengers passing by way of its terminal every year.For decades Edinburgh trailed Glasgow ... Read >
Author: joanne

PSBs to scrap home loan foreclosure fee

In major relief for home loan borrowers, the government has suggested that the public sector banks (PSBs) stop levying pre-payment penalty or foreclosure charges on home loans. Banks impose penalty of over 2 % of outstanding principal on borrowers who rep... Read >
Author: Deal4Loan

Fund basis key to keep away from home loan prepayment fees

Cash engender from sale of shares or other assets or a bonus from your employer would qualify to pre-pay a loan from a housing finance company without prepayment charges. However, loan repayment from money borrowed from friends and relatives or an advance... Read >
Author: Deal4Loan

PPI point-of-sale prohibition confirmed

The Competition Commission (CC) has confirmed it is to implement a point-of-sale prohibition on all forms of payment protection insurance (PPI), apart from retail PPI, as part of a reform package. This form of protection is an insurance product that is... Read >
Author: RickDahne

Overregulation of steel, economic downturn suffocate wire industry: Strathclyde Associates Construct

The South African wire industry has been adversely affected by the eco- nomic downturn, especially since stadium contracts for the 2010 FIFA World Cup were com- pleted, while the overregulation of the steel industry by government is resulting in the clos... Read >
Author: strathclyde

prepayment of home loan easier

Home loan prepayment may soon become easy. The government is planning to seek changes in the prepayment rules to enable a home loan borrower to shift to cheaper lenders if his bank raises interest rates soon after disbursing the loan. The Competition C... Read >
Author: Deal4Loan

Hulu looking to Launch its Free TV in The UK Within Two Months Provider

For more information please check Live Internet TV Website: http://top-liveinternet-tv.com/ Hulu has revealed that launching its online Free TV services in the UK is a top priority and has said it is ready to work with isp's to make it happen. Althoug... Read >
Author: paddy zhang

Project Canvas Will Probably Be Scrapped Says 3view MD

For more information please check : http://top-liveinternet-tv.com/ Freeview set-top box supplier, 3view have along with Sky and Virgin, joined in the criticism of Project Canvas. 3view MD John Donovan has said that he is "concerned" about the potentia... Read >
Author: paddy zhang

Credit Cards Shamed Into Reducing Charges

Indeed, between 80% and 90% of store cards held by some 11.5 million customers charge more than 25%. But some retailers have jumped the gun realising that their sky-high charges couldn't last forever. Three store cards have already taken steps to trim bac... Read >
Author: Maxwell Gould

The Tarnished Reputation of PPI

In 2009 - 2010, it is believed that circa 135 people on average were filing official complaints on a daily basis with regards to their payment protection policies. Although PPI can be a helpful policy for vulnerable individuals, especially in a time of f... Read >
Author: Harvey McEwan

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