Reforming the IMF?too late and too little The spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank group in Washington concluded last week. Gone… 19 years ago
Slippery steps in an ascending escalator India?s corporate sector continues to impress. The first 150 results announced by companies over April show corporate earnings (net profits)… 19 years ago
Cultural due diligence and takeover strategy M&A activity has clearly moved to the next level, whether it is the aggressive entry by global majors who are… 19 years ago
Factored economics in our Nepal strategy? The trade blockade has now been lifted by Nepal. Over a thousand trucks of products, juices, edible oil, garments and… 19 years ago
Importance of managing expectations YV Reddy got a lot of praise when he did not raise rates in credit policy 2006-07. Ironically, the credit… 19 years ago
Asian Currency Unit minus Indian rupee? Even though Asia has been slow to respond to the global trend in regional trade blocs in different parts of… 19 years ago
A new theory to sustain the bull market When two prolific letter writers set aside social issues and fire off letters blaming the spiralling Sensex on excessive speculation… 19 years ago
Careless communication and wrong signals Minutes of the March meeting of the US Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) were released on March 18. In… 19 years ago
Wanted, an all-inclusive approach towards Saarc Nepal is up in arms and so she should be. The abject poverty in this Himalayan kingdom, the rigid and… 19 years ago
Can merit and social justice be compatible? The debate generated by the proposal to reserve 27% seats in Union educational institutions for backward classes has predictably been… 19 years ago
Sense and sensibility vs pride and prejudice Prime Minister Manmohan Singh?s call last month for a roadmap to full capital account convertibility (CAC) has generated a torrent… 19 years ago
Where the umpire and player begin to merge In recent years, regulators around the world, including the International Organisation of Securities Commissi-ons (Iosco) have been grappling with ?conflict… 19 years ago
Originality and continuity add to value There was a time when a buyer with Rs 1 crore could buy up whole galleries full of our contemporary… 19 years ago
The huge hidden costs of strikes are missed Officials of State Bank of India (SBI) have reportedly said that the recent strike cost the bank enormously. Employees do… 19 years ago
Public-private-partnership: no panacea Public-private-partnership (PPP) is a favoured fashion. Its newly discovered virtues endow it with almost magical qualities to resolve the many… 19 years ago
Globalisation and worsening inequalities Going by a number of recent surveys by McKinsey, Pew, Gall-up and AC Nielsen, India is one of the few… 19 years ago
Not reservations, this policy is about statism There are 265 universities, 13,150 colleges, 8.821 million students and 0.427 million teachers (2003 figures) that make India one of… 19 years ago
Needed, a deep and liquid bond market From April 1, 2006, the FRBM Act prohibits the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from participating in the primary debt… 19 years ago
