Stocks look vulnerable to vertigo

Even pigs can fly. Rarely could sporting triumph have come as such a welcome distraction as World Cup victory has for Spain. After the trials and tribulations of past six months, the flag-waving and d.. Read full story

Avoid mindless ban on technology

Despite the growing tendency to see the world as black or white — the with-me-oragainst-me syndrome, echoed by an important Indian cal leader too — most people do recognise the many s.. Read full story

Confused signals

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has taken up the war against inflation in right earnest. So the Governor assured us in his postpolicy briefing with the press. So it seems on a reading of newspaper hea.. Read full story

Get Elavated

COMPARE the skyline of any metro with what it was five years ago and you will understand why people want to be in the elevator business in India.With the rapid level of urbanisation in India,not on.. Read full story

Open the doors to organised retail

The story of Indian retail is a complicated one. To put things in perspective, about 40% of the country’s total GDP of $1 trillion comes from retail sales to Indian consumers. The local, one-.. Read full story

How to control inflation

Let me start by welcoming the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) move to have a mid-quarter review of monetary policy from now. In a fast-changing and quite unpredictable macroeconomic environment, t.. Read full story

The importance of capital inflows

Prior to the recent global credit crisis, India achieved above 9% GDP growth for three years in a row (2005-06 to 2007-08). We believe a strong global growth environment and large capital inflows p.. Read full story

Safeguarding financial stability

Central bankers around the world failed to see the current financial crisis coming before its beginnings in 2007. Martin Cihák of the International Monetary Fund reported in July 2007 that, .. Read full story

Arms Act

When Mahendra Singh Dhoni applied to buy a 9 mm pistol, it triggered a riot of redtapism in his home state of Jharkhand. He was made to run from pillar to post for several months, before his applicati.. Read full story

Asian century: Cooperation or conflict?

Statesmen, public policymakers and transnational financial institutions and reputed credit rating and fund-giving agencies of the advanced capitalist countries are asserting that the erstwhile un.. Read full story