Power sector stocks have recently emerged as market favourites, evoking memories of the information technology and pharmaceutical booms of a few years ago and the real estate sector more recently.

Betting on power reforms

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Ratan Tata's recent statement should spur Indian corporates to devise succession plans.


Shyamal Majumdar: Time to step down

People who know him well have nothing but praise for Chef Ananda Solomon, and I find myself becoming an admirer too. 


Solomon, the wise!

Anirudh Dhoot, CEO of Electrolux, regrets not having bought a 100-inch LCD television, but wasted no time getting himself an Apple iPhone. Besides flaunting his iPhone, Dhoot is confident that he has

The Rolls-Royce of geeks

I suppose, all of us cherish a few dreamy minutes in our everyday routines much more than we do the other time spent doing things. For many, these could be the first few sips of sweet, adrak-chai

To walk the fine balance

I dont know if there is a Kashmiri conspiracy afloat, but The Oberoi Mumbai has a Kashmiri wazwan festival (which will be over by the time you read this), ITC Maurya Delhi had a Kashmiri

Unexpected rise of Kashmiri food

Warren Buffets famous comments about derivatives as financial weapons of mass destruction reverberated through the street for the whole of last week, as a plunging Nifty and its troupe of

Derivatives: Time to tinker

Its been a very long time since Ive seen a play, so Im looking forward to Tim Supples highly-acclaimed A Midsummer Nights Dream, which has been performed all over the world. The acting,

Curtains for topophobics

Though the Supreme Court has deprecated sneak assaults on IPOs, the companies seem to be still vulnerable.


M J Antony: Stitch in time, once again

Yahoo!'s memo on telecommuting divides the business world

Doing your home work

Why Italy's election results are bad news for India

The risks of austerity

Why Messrs Hollande and Cameron are wooing India

Calling on New Delhi

Unfortunately, four years after the onset of the global financial crisis, the urgency to make fundamental changes in financial regulation is gone

Debashis Basu: The bad old ways continue

It will help arrest economic decline but unlikely to lead to a high growth trajectory

Jayanta Roy: A sensible Budget within tight constraints

The main interest in this year's Budget hovered around the measures to curb fiscal deficit to reasonable levels and to boost investment and savings.

Prudent FM with a flawed team

As the central bank suggests ending or at least tapering the current QE3 programme, emerging markets need to start adjusting to lower inflows

Abheek Barua: Feds QE: Time to cut back?

The US needs to control its fiscal deficit and bank reserves, or the dollar will fall more rapidly

Martin Feldstein: The dollar gets riskier

Budget underestimates food, fertiliser subsidies

The wrong direction

In his annual letter of 2012, Warren Buffett has touched upon the long debated issue of dividends: when they make sense and when they don't. Buffett has looked the subject differently and should add value to academicians and the investors. Definitely his readers and followers have much more to gain.

Buffetology: When dividends don't make sense

Despite warnings from a parliamentary panel, the list of tax exemptions in 2012-13 shows a rising trend

Sreelatha Menon: The freebie nation

Today, Delhi Dialogue-V assumes far greater significance since it is the first event after the Asean [Association of Southeast Asian Nations]-India Commemorative Summit in December last year, where we enhanced the level of our relationship to a strategic partnership. The vision statement adopted at the summit presents vast opportunities for stronger cooperation between Asean and India. India's relations with the Asean member countries have seen a constant flow of ideas, culture, knowledge and practices. It has been a two-way civilisational connect and a history of trade, commerce, and educational exchanges. In modern times, we are not only able to rediscover it but also advance it to diverse areas for mutual benefit of peoples of India and Asean region.In the recent times, as the global dynamics witness unprecedented changes and trends today, Asia is assuming new responsibilities commensurate with its capacities. Political, economic and security structures are evolving globally, and, i

'Our growth rates have depressed... but are healthy'

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