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  • Blocking investments

    Blocking investments

    Subhomoy Bhattacharjee:  May 13, 2013 at 0157 hrsA lot of effort needs spending to make foreign investments come into India in a year that is plainly going to be a politically volatile

  • Credit squeeze shackles exports

    Anil Sasi: May 09, 2013 at 0118 hrsThe rupee depreciated against the US dollar by over 10 per cent in the last 12 months
  • Buying into the India story

    Buying into the India story

    Anil Sasi: May 01, 2013 at 0118 hrsAt a time when fragile business sentiment and the continuing weakness in consumer demand have triggered question marks over the India growth story
  • Just another meeting

    Just another meeting

    Subhomoy Bhattacharjee: Apr 29, 2013 at 0048 hrsIndia has experienced a painful storm in the past few years on a swathe of economic issues

  • Hanging fire, will FCRA Bill see the light of the day in Budget session?

    Sandeep Singh: Apr 27, 2013 at 0111 hrsAmong the several bills pending before Parliament, the Forward Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2010, has been hanging fire since its introduction
  • Strategic imports need foreign policy support

    Strategic imports need foreign policy support

    Anil Sasi: Apr 24, 2013 at 0104 hrsThe PM’s Economic Advisory Council chairman C Rangarajan has specifically mentioned coal, along with oil and gold, as the major areas of worry for the current account deficit
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  • Good coal economics

    Good coal economics

    Subhomoy Bhattacharjee:  Apr 22, 2013 at 0106 hrsIn a denouement of sorts this week, the Union Cabinet will end the plan for price pooling mechanism for coal which was a sort of throwback

  • No export targets set for FY’14

    Shruti Srivastava:  Apr 19, 2013 at 0132 hrsWhile announcing the foreign trade policy (FTP) on Thursday, the commerce ministry did not set a target for exports in the current financial year
  • Killing fields

    Killing fields

    Subhomoy Bhattacharjee:  Apr 15, 2013 at 0050 hrsA report on the stars of India’s food chain was released by Mckinsey with CII, last week

  • Ponzi schemes: Familiar plots, different players

    George Mathew:  Apr 12, 2013 at 0118 hrsFew days ago the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India issued a graphic warning against Ponzi schemes

  • Making M&A easier

    Shruti Srivastava:  Apr 06, 2013 at 0245 hrsThe order is one of those which do not grab the headlines but is eminently useful for an economy when industry is trying to cut costs and regain competitiveness.
  • Who is to be blamed for money not coming into financial markets?

    Who is to be blamed for money not coming into financial markets?

    Sandeep Singh:  Apr 05, 2013 at 0113 hrsTo make their money come to the financial markets, the government and regulators will have to do more.
  • Mauritius: the end game?

    Mauritius: the end game?

    Subhomoy Bhattacharjee:  Apr 01, 2013 at 0122 hrsJust as India has hit a high current account deficit of 6.7 per cent for the third quarter of the fiscal year, Mauritius which accounts for just a shade less than 40 per cent
  • Passing rate cut benefits: Banks face ALM hurdle

    Passing rate cut benefits: Banks face ALM hurdle

    Anil Sasi:  Mar 30, 2013 at 0052 hrsThe RBI, over the last 12 months, has reduced interest rates by 75 basis points