Gold and social stock exchanges bound to click
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A guide to acquiring necessary soft skills to mould one’s career, peppered with advice from successful leaders.
Making independent directors truly independent
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How to distribute Covid-19 vaccines
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Ringside View | Book Review — India’s Power Elite: Class, Caste and a Cultural Revolution by Sanjaya Baru
An insider’s account of the wheeling and dealing in the country’s power circles
Gold exchange a good idea
The proposed gold exchange will open competition across modes in which the metal is transacted
The Power of Six | Book Review — Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age by Ram Charan
A book outlines six principles which can be applied to any company that wants to be competitive
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The curious part of this QE exercise was that all these measures were invoked at a time when there was surplus liquidity in the system.
Book Review: The Fail-Safe Startup by Tom Eisenmann
A book provides a clear view of why startups fail and how they can avoid the pitfalls
Poll Position: Making sense of elections and Covid-19 numbers
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Covid-19: How to meet vaccine costs?
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An interesting read on how makeshift ideas can lead to long-lasting innovation
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On the whole, M Narasimham would have been satisfied with the progress made in reforming banking in India, given the socio-economic conditions in the economy where it is not easy to change systems easily. Where it was urgent,
Robert Mundell (1932-2021): Mundell can never be forgotten
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Lockdowns Again: Back to the start?
The economic impact of the current lockdowns will be significant, though not as sharp as that of last year
Stock market beats the virus
All through the year, the markets were not too much enthused by government policies as the series of announcements made under Atmanirbhar Bharat campaign drew an indifferent response. The same was with the Union Budget. There
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It can be argued that the CRR should remain, and RBI has been fair to banks as the cost of the CRR is permitted to be included in the calculation of the base rate and the MCLR.
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The world is dynamic, and businesses have to keep pace, especially with technology
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