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Shut in India
Nokia to close Chennai plant, sending a disturbing signal
The power of money
Campaign-finance norms should be implementable
Subir Roy: Designed in India
There is one route that takes advantage of India's global competitiveness in software. The role model has to be Apple and not Sony
Flipkart's Big Billion Day a watershed event for Indian consumer
The Big Billion Day sale marked an unprecedented event in the e-commerce world, the equivalent of the one-paisa mobile phone call
 "Flipkart's Big Billion Day a watershed event for Indian consumer")
Day after Flipkart's big bang, Myntra offers up a damp squib
Unlike Flipkart's Big Billion Day sale, which had the urgency of a street bazaar, Myntra's 'cracker of a sale' found few takers
 "Day after Flipkart's big bang, Myntra offers up a damp squib")
Satyajit Das: Poker bluffs & the European crisis
The ECB programme is a tactical bluff in the long poker game to buy time in the hope that growth, inflation and some structural reforms restore the euro zone's fortunes
Martin Feldstein: Why the Fed will go faster
United States inflation could be higher than expected, and so monetary policy may tighten
Closed access
Time to ease bottlenecks in open access for power supplies
Out of town
Prime minister needs more reform to cash in on his summits
Devangshu Datta: Market sentiments stable, but only just
As investors try to second-guess the US Fed, corporate and election results could have a bearing on market direction
 "Devangshu Datta: Market sentiments stable, but only just")
A K Bhattacharya: Opportunity knocks
After managing to rein in non-Plan expenditure, the government now has the chance to introduce durable reforms in the subsidies regime
Vinay Umarji: Is Gujarat heading back to the pre-2002 era?
After Narendra Modi's exit from state politics, the BJP and Hindutva forces are falling back on communal politics
Premvir Das: How Mr Modi can revive security co-operation
It is defence that can drive India's relations with the US, Japan and Russia
Kishan S Rana: How Mr Modi can revitalise the foreign ministry
The prime minister has emphasised economic diplomacy, and the MEA's priorities and structure must reflect that
Oh what a circus, oh what a show
Our patriotism problem is not new, but it's a lot bigger now, and a lot uglier
 "Oh what a circus, oh what a show")