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When Will Monetary Tightening Hit Financial Conditions?

The economy has not yet felt any contractionary impulses and markets have been relatively sanguine. When will that change?

January 19 2022, 5:40 PM

How Long Can RBI ‘Look Through’ Pandemic-Time Inflation?

The debate on the appropriate level of real rates, rather than the inflation trajectory itself, will determine RBI’s next steps.

January 18 2022, 4:30 PM

SEBI Reforms On Preferential Allotments: Both Facilitative And Protective

In its new preferential allotment rules, SEBI been both liberal at some levels and restrictive at others, writes Umakanth Varottil

January 17 2022, 4:33 AM

Microsoft’s $69 Billion Activision Deal Could Be A Blunder

If the deal goes through, it would become the biggest acquisition in Microsoft's history. But is this mega-deal a smart move?

January 19 2022, 3:47 AM

How Safe Assets Became Investors' Biggest Risk

The value of risk-free assets has gone all out of whack, and if that doesn't seem scary, keep reading.

January 19 2022, 6:51 AM

What Will It Take To Vaccinate The World?

Bloomberg's Clara Ferreira Marques speaks to Dr. Peter Hotez, professor and author of “Preventing the Next Pandemic”.

January 19 2022, 8:33 AM

India’s Inward Turn Could Stymie Its Rise

PM Modi is hoping the consumers will constitute a big enough market to power the economy. That could be a major miscalculation.

January 18 2022, 2:00 AM

Can You Afford To Join The Great Resignation?

If you're deciding to resign, it's worth bearing in mind that the job market might look different when you decide to dive back in.

January 18 2022, 6:52 AM

Does Novak Djokovic Really Pose A Health Risk In Australia?

The idea that Djokovic's refusal to be vaccinated could “excite anti-vaxxers” doesn’t seem serious, writes Therese Raphael

January 18 2022, 10:41 PM

How A Beleaguered Discom Fought A Losing Battle On Captive Power

Expect discoms to attempt to protect their bottom lines with ill-advised policies and unwinnable litigation, writes Akshay Jaitly.

January 14 2022, 5:20 AM

Don’t Look Now — Government Is Borrowing At Rates Higher Than Some Home Buyers

Government borrowing costs have risen but home loan rates are at decadal lows. How long can that last?

January 18 2022, 4:15 AM

Chandigarh Kare Rajneeti! But Opposition Doesn’t Learn.

If practical wisdom continues to elude opposition, it’s going to be Goa-Manipur-Chandigarh in an endless loop, writes Raghav Bahl.

January 14 2022, 2:37 AM

Why ID’s PC Musthafa Blindly Trusts His Customers And Countrymen

In a world ruled by distrust, Priya Ramani finds out what makes PC Mustafa’s “trust-based” business model work for ID Fresh Food.

January 12 2022, 4:46 AM

Talking Points This Week: Time To Bite The Bull(et)?

Every week, Niraj Shah studies how top business leaders and market makers are navigating the pandemic-altered financial landscape.

January 14 2022, 11:02 AM

Nifty Technicals: Key Clues From Inter-Market Analysis

Why the top & bottom of the 2-day range at the end of the week are action points for day traders in the coming week. By CK Narayan

January 15 2022, 4:14 AM

Vodafone Idea: The Zombie Company With A Modi Put

Between this conversion and a potential one five years down, Vodafone Idea needs to find more cash. Large amounts of it.

January 14 2022, 6:55 PM

Where Vodafone Idea Goes From Here

While conversion of government dues to equity will give Vodafone Idea a fighting chance, it's not a panacea, says R Chandrashekhar

January 12 2022, 9:07 AM

Unilever Should Know That Purpose Isn’t Strategy

Unilever wants all its brands to convey a broad benefit to society. That may be shrewd marketing—but is it a corporate strategy?

January 13 2022, 2:58 PM

India’s Tek Fog Shrouds An Escalating Political War

For much of PM Modi’s tenure, the relationship between social media platforms, journalists and BJP has been nasty and vitriolic.

January 13 2022, 4:53 AM

The Davos Gang’s Risk List Makes For Depressing Reading

The 17th annual Global Risks Report makes for thoroughly depressing reading — for its context as much as its content.

January 13 2022, 3:06 AM

Chinese Developers’ Short-Sighted Games Are Backfiring

Cash-strapped real estate firms’ maneuvers could cause longer-term damage.

January 13 2022, 12:02 PM

How Government Should Handle Its Stake In Vodafone Idea

What government does on policies around telecom may become pivotal to the final outcome of its stake in VIL, writes Sanjay Kapoor.

January 11 2022, 1:28 PM

Jerome Powell Pitches Benevolent Interest-Rate Hikes Again

To appease both Democrats & Republicans, Powell made the case that the Fed has to bring down inflation to achieve max employment.

January 12 2022, 9:55 AM

The Euro Is Facing a Make-or-Break Year

Italy’s bloated debt load may finally doom the experiment with Europe’s shared currency.

January 12 2022, 4:04 AM

Web3 Just Had Its Emperor’s-New-Clothes Moment

This idea for the next iteration of the web is a terrific concept, but like communism, can’t really work in its current form.

January 12 2022, 3:35 AM

To Vaccinate The World, We Need To Look Beyond mRNA

mRNA vaccines need low temperatures for storage and their unfamiliar production isn’t easy to replicate, writes Mihir Sharma.

January 12 2022, 4:31 AM

Digital Cash Can Prevent Accidents On The $19 Trillion FX Highway

On any given day, you’ll find $19 trillion of payment obligations dotting the highway of global finance, waiting to be settled.

January 12 2022, 3:28 PM

Mild Omicron And An Aggressive Fed May Hurt Gold

The rise in real interest rate indicators for the Federal Reserve may spell trouble for gold.

January 11 2022, 4:52 AM

It’s Not Too Late To Avoid Getting Covid

Tests and treatments are in short supply. But this isn’t March 2020, the situation is likely to improve dramatically soon.

January 12 2022, 10:34 AM

L&T Chairman On Infrastructure, Private Capex And Budget 2022

L&T Chairman AM Naik prescribes the measures needed for India to see healthy, invigorating, and sustainable private sector capex.

January 07 2022, 10:28 AM

2022 Is When Oil Supply Panic Replaces Fears About Demand

Bulls and bears of the oil market agree on one thing: The oil market in 2022 will not be 'serene.'

January 10 2022, 9:02 PM

Hong Kong’s Covid Strategy Has Failed. Miserably

Impossible to keep the virus outside its borders, time for authorities to admit their folly and develop a real plan for moving on.

January 10 2022, 6:42 AM

Airlines Are Going To Need Big Data To Recover From Covid

Carriers are flying blind on what’s driving passenger behaviour & that will hinder the fast revenue growth needed to survive.

January 10 2022, 9:34 AM

The GST ITC Reconciliation Headache Just Became A Migraine

Matching of GST input tax credit became more complex and burdensome for taxpayers from Jan. 1, write Ritesh Kanodia & Smruti Amin.

January 09 2022, 10:04 AM

Thinkpad: The More Things Change...

Thinkpad: A third wave, corporate developments and budgets. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

January 09 2022, 1:49 PM

The Magical Land of Low Inflation and No Rate Hikes

January 20 2022, 12:32 AM

Amazon’s Legal Tangles in India Are a Cautionary Tale

January 20 2022, 12:00 AM

Wall Street Is About to Take Oil Out to a Wild Party

January 19 2022, 11:33 PM

Does the Trump Family’s Grift Add Up to Fraud?

January 19 2022, 11:21 PM

Cathay Pacific Is On Life Support, and Hope Is Running Out

January 19 2022, 11:14 PM

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