Calling all banks

The results of a survey of income expenditure and savings brought out jointly by the National Council of Applied Economic…

Numerical blasphemy

Ancient Greeks were in awe of numerals. Pythagoras was mortally petrified that his discovery of square-roots would invoke the wrath…

The union first

The transatlantic response to America?s financial semi-seizure might be coming slowly into focus. There is now a clear acknowledgement among…

Bellygaze a bit

Is everything alright with India?s globally acclaimed IT sector? The rising dollar is squeezing the price arbitrage model that is…

Estimates in flux

The Central Statistical Organisation in New Delhi has just announced its first official estimate of GDP growth this fiscal, 2007-08.

The IPO slump

It?s a fickle market. Within the space of little more than a week, brokerage houses and investment advisors seem to…