SBI’s fourth quarter profits for 2008-09 have risen 46%, beating forecasts. There is a sense of d?j? vu here. Profits…
Serious academic researchers are, generally speaking, averse to doing two things-comment upon a yet-unfolding event in a timely manner; and…
All said and done, the Satyam fiasco has been managed exceptionally well from the point of view of the company…
Crises-financial or otherwise-sometimes provide opportunities and the necessary political climate for much-needed change. However, long-term strategic thinking is probably best…
There is something not quite right about hosting a party when a city burns. It is actually immoral when the…
The skewed sex ratio in India has been highlighted over the years, without any concrete answers.
The Satyam mess has understandably raised concerns about scaring away independent directors. Indeed several independent directors have actually quit in…
A perverse mix of mobile telephony and banking can lead to harassment & abuse.
Wednesday?s admission by B Ramalinga Raju that Satyam?s books were cooked for years poses several questions that are problematic not…
A few months back I had written a column about the skeletons in Indian business groups that an economic ebb…
Despite the problems of 2008, the ex-finance minister deserves praise for his tenure.
India?s people?s car has found a welcoming home in Narendra Modi?s Gujarat. In the process Modi made national headlines with…
You must forgive the government, if in some weak moments of its ongoing battle with the global meltdown it has…
The Singur drama has finally come to a close with the exit of Tata Motors. It is now time for…
The Fed had earlier helped the Bear Sterns rescue as well as provided a $85 billion bridge loan to the…
Given this exclusion of foreigners, the currency futures in India, together with those trading in Dubai, create an interesting situation…
What is perhaps less obvious is that Singur is one of only two assembly constituencies in the Hooghly district to…
Kashmir would be a small, landlocked, subtropical, primary producing nation with tourism as its only significant non-primary sector. It turns…
