It is common to view banks as financial intermediaries which take deposits and lend funds, thereby earning profit primarily from the difference between the interest rates they charge for loans and those they pay on deposits. Banks, however, provide a range of other financial services. Each of the major banks, for example, offers insurance, funds management, advisory services, financial markets ...

The aviation sector is one the modern innovations in recent times. According to the Federal Aviation Authority (2005, p. 1) in 1903 the world population was estimated to be 1.6 billion, while presently the same number of people use aviation industry as mode of travel. The industry also provides around 28 million jobs and carries 40% of world carriage. But with growing concerns on environmental ...

To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette Sir,?It has come to my knowledge that some of the Insurance Companies are paying only Rs. 5 for examination of cases when, as a matter of fact, the legal fee for the same, as allowed by majority of Companies is Rs. 6 or Rs. 8 per case up to Rs. 2,000. Therefore I would request my fejlow practitioners to charge not less than Rs. 6 for each case. If the C...

Domestic tourism has an important role in socio-economic development in several ways including creating jobs and improving income distribution. Although several researcheshave been done on tourism demand, a small proportion of them have been on domestic tourism. In this paper, the price and expenditure elasticities of the household demand for domestic tourism in Iran, focusing on the case of Ha...