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Mumbai's desire for height

Centre should allow local authorities to take the final call

The rupee's fall still makes waves

An immediate aftermath of the recent fall in rupee is rise in fuel prices, the decision made politically easy by simply blaming it on the exchange rate

Life after the taper

The implications of phasing out quantitative easing for India may be far from disastrous

Rushing it through

Time to question the assumptions behind the food Bill

A program for Infosys V.2

A centralised, founder-led model that relies on organic growth is no longer workable

Suits wrapped in vengeance

A look at the dirty tricks they don't teach you at law schools...

A better place for business

India lags the world in attracting investment, because the country is seen as unfriendly to business

Passing on the green baton

Whether the tribunal can achieve what the SC did is a moot question

Crowns, cushions and crash helmets

India appears ill-prepared to deal with a reversal in exceptionally easy global liquidity conditions

A wrong diagnosis

NAC shouldn't have seen growth as the enemy of welfare

Tough but necessary

New RBI norms for restructured assets to improve transparency

For Tanvir, all the world was a stage

The KG basin price hike socialises costs and privatises profits

Why the Rangarajan Committee's complex pricing formula will inflict heavy burdens on the power and fertiliser sectors and give a private gas producer windfall profits

The twist in the GM tale

Anti-GM voices have inadvertently spurred farm scientists to support the use of gene manipulation for producing stress-resistant crops

Living with bull runs and bear hugs

Traders and investors are seizing upon available news flow and punting short term, so expect more session-specific volatility

Deficit miracles

The finance minister has achieved some impressive fiscal consolidation. Maybe he should raise the bar for next year

Protecting customers from 'banksters'

The RBI must apply its mind to the heart of the issue: are bankers competent to advise customers on anything other than their own banking product?

Stuck at the bottom?

Recovery is not guaranteed unless govt spends on asset creation

RBI should explain 'liquidity'

There seem to be several concepts of liquidity floating around. And a distinction is sought to be made between money supply and liquidity

Packets of relief

Rural poverty, not Naxalism, is wasting lives in Chhattisgarh villages as the govt tries to fight it with sops