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The post-election map

Congress chastened, BJP wins, and a more federal polity

Jaimini Bhagwati: Tax treaties & market distortions

Sebi should ask for more information on participatory notes as round tripping of funds might be involved

Moving forward on mergers

Bank consolidation needs supportive reform

A V Rajwade: Will Rajan get a second term?

The RBI governor set inflation targeting as the single-point agenda. Is there a conflict between the single-point agenda and the RBI's role as banking supervisor?

Meeting halfway

New intellectual property rights policy a step forward

The second coming of Amar Singh

After years in the political wilderness, Mulayam Singh Yadav's former right-hand man is all set for a second innings in the Rajya Sabha

SBI subsidiaries merger: a case of 'too small to survive on your own'

General consensus is that the merger will be erode value for SBI in the short run, while subsidiaries will gain

Goal-oriented investing is a better strategy

An investment platform launched by a former CFO of Citigroup shows it is easier to state life-goals than it is to define risk-tolerances accurately

Apar Gupta: Legislative intervention needed in defamation

Make the civil law of defamation clear, effective and balanced and repeal the criminal remedy that exists today only to coerce than to convict

R Gopalakrishnan: Start-ups must learn corporate ayurveda

Older companies can teach them five lessons that do not assure success but do not backfire either

Low-hanging fruit

FM takes realistic view of govt policy agenda

Kumar Visalaksh: States at war with e-commerce firms

The need of the hour is to support e-commerce companies through benign policies and not to treat them as mere cash cows

Good monsoon may still be a gamble

While it has reasonable odds, the investor should get confirmation before buying 'monsoon' stocks

A K Bhattacharya: Driving in different directions

The value of investment proposals slid 23 per cent in 2015 even as the number of jobs to be created through such investments rose 12 per cent. This necessitates a closer look at the state of job creat

Ajay Shah: Tax policy for a globalised India

Public finance principles to consider when thinking about Mauritius, Panama, and FIIs

Work in progress

Govt accomplishes much in two years, but more remains

Ajay Chhibber: Reviving private investment is key

Sustained GDP growth of eight to nine per cent will be possible only if India's investment rate, which has dropped below 30 per cent, climbs back above 35 per cent

Shishir Prashant: Trust vote won, Rawat sets sight on Assembly polls

After two months of political impasse in the state brought on by the imposition of President's rule, Rawat is back in the saddle as chief minister. He is now gearing up to retain the post in the elect

Deepak Bhojwani: Brazil's crisis and India

Brazil is a regional power and a member of the BRICS grouping. India has a major stake in Brazil's stability and prosperity, and will watch closely as the tussle for legitimacy plays itself out in tha

Time travels

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