Domestic ore users should not set export policy

The iron ore dilemma

Business Standard

Free-speech hypocrisy

Overhaul state-run bank chiefs' selection process

Non-performing managers

Lessons from Samsung's India successSamsung replaced Nokia as the country's largest seller of mobile phones in terms of revenue in 2012-13, according to a survey conducted by Voice & Data, a telecom publication. Of the Rs 35,946-crore market, Samsung had a 31.5 per cent share, compared to Nokia's 27.2 per cent. While Samsung's share increased sharply from 25.1 per cent in 2011-12, Nokia's fell from 38.06 per cent, the survey of 30 mobile phone makers said. Nokia, till not so long ago, had over 70 per cent share of the market. That high a share was unsustainable. As India became the fastest growing mobile phone market in the world, most new entrants targeted Nokia, the market leader, for volumes - just like rivals have been eating into the dominant shares of Maruti Suzuki and Hero MotoCorp in the car and two-wheeler markets, respectively.For Samsung, it is the second big victory in India. A few years ago, it had ended LG's long reign at the top of the consumer electronics market (ag

Price isn't everything

Much spent, but still too few planes and ships

Under-defended India

Govt should help industry take advantage of depreciation

Gaining from the fall

A test for Mr Tewari

A big regulatory hole

Resist bailouts

High interest costs, slowing demand delay recovery

India Inc's dark winter

Financial markets are responding to structural problems

No stopgap solutions

Early elections can cut short the period of uncertainty

Time for polls

How Bajaj Auto ended the strike at Chakan

Bargains in a slowdown

The supposed rupee-dollar parity of 1947 is myth

Let's get the facts right

A new frontier is opening up for humanity

Life on Mars

PM's speech should have broken new ground

An old tune

RBI's fresh controls could be counterproductive

Creating a panic

Public sector banks' poor performance needs better response

SBI leads downwards

Devalued private sector is in no condition to rekindle growth

Unable to invest

Sand is vitally needed for economic activity

Stop only what is illegal

The wrong way to control the current account deficit

Worse than the disease

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