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Justin Fox: The rise of Nokia's also-rans

After the handset business was sold to Microsoft, Nokia Networks was all that was left of Nokia. And, it's a company that is still a major global player in wireless infrastructure

Nitin Desai: Chinese lessons

As China slows and India revs up, what can New Delhi learn from Beijing's errors in its high-growth phase?

Licence Raj's last sigh

Reservation for small enterprises is ended, finally

Concerns over inflation

Numbers raise questions about RBI's monetary policy stance

India does not need net neutrality

Net neutrality is not a priority for Digital India. The internet in India is in no grave danger of dying. It does not need to be saved.

DTH pricing teaches us why net neutrality is important

Rising DTH prices serves a grim reminder why the government should prevent business interests from spoiling the net neutrality party

Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: Net neutrality - Lessons from cable TV

A look at the havoc carriage fees have wreaked in TV is a good way to appreciate the benefits of net neutrality

Can getting an ATM PIN cost you Rs 300? It's possible!

It can if your debit card belongs to a PSU bank

Forget swadeshi, Modi wants BJP to emulate cricket and not kabaddi

Modi wants party workers to learn from cricket's far reaching popularity to spread the message of BJP's ideological tenets

Leaks in lending

Subsidised farm credit also goes to companies

A K Bhattacharya: Empowering the states

Steve Lohr: Immelt putting his own stamp on Jack Welch's GE

GE's announcement that it plans to sell off most of its big finance unit punctuates the transformation of the company under Jeffrey Immelt

Parthasarathi Shome: GDP estimation methodology - exasperating improvements

Reform of the GDP series should address how to measure the correct extent of activity in the black economy

Intent creates hope

But investment revival needs credible policy action

Indian e-commerce awaits a smartphone revolution

E-commerce, particularly sales of FMCG products, will take off only once smartphone usage reaches higher numbers

Twitter dictates 5-star journalism in India

India's 30 million Twitter users now run roughshod over what's newsworthy for a population of nearly 1.3 billion people.

Stefan Nicola & Reed Landberg: Germany proves life with less fossil fuel getting easier

The energy model in Germany is being copied from California to China as wind and solar displace traditional fuels such as nuclear and coal

Shailesh Dobhal: Spring-cleaning at India Inc

Companies big and small are shedding businesses that they no longer need or can't afford to keep

Shreekant Sambrani: Transfixed in soil

Ajai Shukla: 'Make in India' on the guillotine

The French have been rewarded for their obstinacy with exactly what they wanted - an order for fully built Rafales without technology transfer