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Fifteen years of Sula
Sula built a strong sales network and has had long-term partnerships with its distributors - many of whom were relatively new in the field - this has enabled wider availability
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How Dadri and debate around beef ban is taking a toll on European expats
European expats and diplomats worried about their safety as the political heat over beef consumption rises
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Widening the net
PSU reforms necessary to attract global talent
Another promising start
India needs to scale up engagement with Africa
Mihir S Sharma: The toxic temptation of targets
Forget the 'Doing Business'rank; we will know India is a better place to do business only when exports begin to boom
Vandana Gombar: Climate finance on the upswing
A report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development pegs the climate finance mobilised by the richer nations at $62 billion in 2014, up from $52 billion the preceding year
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Vindu Goel: Purchasing fine art is just a click away
At the low end, people are now comfortable buying works for a few hundred dollars from sites like Amazon and Art.com, and the vast middle of the market is also starting to trust online vendors
Ease of doing business: from 130 to 50
Long road to genuinely improving business
Supply chains and geopolitics
India needs to develop and use supply chain capabilities as a tool in geopolitics
8,380 key target on the upside
Nobody expects a policy rate hike on the dollar but even threats of a hike in the near future could also cause some panic
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Dropping the ball
Trai must consider durable remedies for call drops
Rahul Jacob: Piling in to IndiGo
IndiGo is arguably more a financial services company than airline
Kenneth Rogoff: The French exception?
A healthy French economy could help lift the euro zone but structural reforms are necessary
A V Rajwade: Rethinking banking regulation
We need to look at the acceptance of deposits for lending as a tightly regulated public utility, which is essential for the economy but has limited profitability
Michael Schuman: IBM should hold on to its code
The company's source code contains the secrets to its software - and its success. By revealing that vital know-how to China's govt, which owns most of the country's biggest companies, IBM is undercutt
Why the government has got 'Skill India' all wrong
Instead of pumping money the government should create a sustainable environment where employers can directly tap into the labour resource pool
Myanmar - an uncertain democracy
Myanmar votes for the first time in 25 years. What has prompted this transition and will democracy prevail