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The annuity pitch your parents got — and why it’s wrong
Annuities are not inherently bad, but the way they are sold creates strong incentives that aren't aligned with the buyer. carmannews walks…
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Priya Iyer
Business Editor
Priya leads the carmannews business desk, covering small business operations, personal finance, and the corporate moves that quietly shape what people earn and spend. Before carmannews she covered banking and credit markets for a wire service. She holds the CFA charter and writes the Sunday business briefing.
Credentials: CFA charterholder; 11 years on personal-finance and small-business beats.
Based in: Mumbai, India
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Side businesses that survived 2025 — and ones that didn’t
Across 2025, print-on-demand, dropshipping, and reselling struggled while service businesses, niche newsletters, and digital templates grew. The pattern explains both groups.
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Service-business pricing: why cost-plus kills margins
Cost-plus pricing — calculating your hourly rate and adding margin — is the wrong starting point for a service business. carmannews walks…
Business
The cap-table mistake that kills founder-team trust
A vesting cliff that nobody explained, a 1% sliver for an "advisor" who disappeared, an unrecorded loan from a parent — the…
Business
Most “passive income” advice is from people who never did it
Most "passive income" advice comes from people earning off courses about passive income, not the income streams they teach. Here is how…