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Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: My media wish list for Santa Claus
Could we have the tools that are critical to understanding and analysing the industry?
Shailesh Dobhal: The digital year
India Inc will remember 2014 as the year when the threat and the opportunity of the digital world became real
As Omar Abdullah bows out, the Twitter-friendly CM has reasons for introspection
How will history judge Omar Abdullah's chief ministership?
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Anjuli Bhargava: Why Ajay Singh is playing SpiceJet's saviour
Sources say Singh is ready to invest Rs 200 cr into SpiceJet from personal funds & is busy trying to rope in some PE investors for more
 "Anjuli Bhargava: Why Ajay Singh is playing SpiceJet's saviour")
By not paying staff on time, are airlines taking risks with safety?
Commercial aviation is safe because the crew is paid well and trained extensively for contingencies, writes Arup Roychoudhury
 "By not paying staff on time, are airlines taking risks with safety?")
Flaws in policy
Farmers still struggling for access to govt schemes
Bruno Carrasco, Subir Gokarn & Hiranya Mukhopadhyay: Enjoying the capital flows ride
Make capital flow management more flexible so that volatility can be managed better
Rajni versus Chiru? Both fail
Katya Naidu writes about the two superstars from the south and whether they have any lessons to learn from each other
 "Rajni versus Chiru? Both fail")
The govt needs to intervene
A govt with reformist intentions and friendly govts in major states can do a lot to encourage investments
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Katie Benner: Microsoft and Google in a post-Snowden world
US tech companies face a harsh reality now as global politics could obliterate the advantages created by superior innovation and high-quality products
Abheek Barua & Bidisha Ganguly: A glimpse of things to come
The rise in US interest rates and associated change in the direction of capital flows, the fall in oil prices and the slowdown in China are three themes that will dominate the markets in 2015
Nitin Pai: Mr Modi's follow-through risks
For India to make the most of Narendra Modi's ambition and energy, he must get New Delhi to keep up
Now, the big push
Much work remains to get GST passed
Saradha scam: Is TMC unravelling under pressure?
All is not well with Trinamool Congress and West BengaI Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The party finds itself in the middle of a storm due to its alleged involvement in the scam and faces an exodus o
Ajay Shankar: Re-engineering infrastructure PPPs
To revive PPPs, the govt should take on macroeconomic risks flowing from uncertainties in GDP growth rates. The private sector can absorb project management and execution risks
A long face-off
A half century of cold war between US and Cuba ends
Aditi Phadnis: From heyday to Mayday
The handling of SpiceJet shows that political power is one thing, business acumen is quite another
Sunil Sethi: 10 best books of 2014
Sunil Sethi's end-of-the year listing of best books, in conventional hardcover format