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Preparing for the Fed
No room for complacency from RBI
Deepak Lal: Reality mugs rhetoric
The world is left with the disorder that Mr Obama's reliance on rhetoric rather than the robust action expected of a superpower has provoked
T N Ninan: What's RBI smoking?
RBI is encouraging companies to borrow more overseas, which has added to the upward pressure on the rupee
Diving Miss Daisy
Suddenly I was in a blessed silence broken only by my own breath, in a kaleidoscopic ballet of form and colour lit by lacy bars of sunlight. There were tiny orange-and-blue fish and big bright yellow
Wineries of north Karnataka
What has facilitated the survival of these wineries is the demand for wines in the economy segment priced at less than Rs 150 per bottle at retail
Why a Meghalaya MP opposed Vajpayee govt's move to ban cow slaughter
In 1996, a veteran MP from Shillong told Vajpayee's BJP how people from northeast were ashamed of them for trying to ban cow slaughter
 "Why a Meghalaya MP opposed Vajpayee govt's move to ban cow slaughter")
R Gopalakrishnan: Rosh gadol culture and a 'can-do' spirit
Companies should examine how to develop more rosh gadol, chutzpah and bitzua by influencing the organisational culture rather than only their processes
Jonathan Soble: Japan's businesses respond to Abe's push for higher wages
Shinzo Abe's aggressive intervention has produced substantial results as some of Japan's most prominent companies announced their biggest pay increases in years
Jaimini Bhagwati: AIIB & BRICS Bank
The World Bank and ADB now seem to be too driven by the sensibilities of NGOs in developed countries on sustainable development issues
No more patience
Fed signals the end of crisis-fighting
The wrong prongs
Draconian strategy on black money ill-advised
Finance Ministry blocks non-govt sites, but what's the point?
Arup Roychoudhury explains why the ban of non-govt sites for finance ministry officials is an absurd move
 "Finance Ministry blocks non-govt sites, but what's the point?")
Why LIC should buy 5% in IRCTC for $1 billion
An investment that size can help IRCTC go down the valuation route and perhaps even an IPO
 "Why LIC should buy 5% in IRCTC for $1 billion")