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The Strategist Quiz (#545)

The Strategist Quiz, January 11, 2018

Legacy problems in oil and gas: New licensing policy hurting old players

Participants in original rounds of privatisation unhappy with key changes in production sharing contracts that are up for renewal

Japanese co-working space WeWork lets staff bring dogs and kids to office

Pets are already a feature at the startup's locations from London to New York

60-second ad warns riders about Uber and Lyft, but some call it alarmist

The ad is the third in a campaign introduced in 2015 to promote Ride Responsibly, an initiative that encourages riders to "think before you app"

H1B visa: Global firms setting up captives in India to tide over changes

While TCS, Infosys and Wipro have stepped up local hiring, global companies are setting up captives in India to tide over the planned changes in H1B visa rules

The stormy petrel of AAP: How long will Kumar Vishwas stay in the party?

Of late, Vishwas's comments have had a strongly pro-BJP tone; he has supported the BJP's triple talaq legislation

Nissan's car of the future will read your brain waves to make driving fun

The driver still turns the wheel, but the car anticipates those movements and begins the actions 0.2-0.5 seconds sooner

Looking at cryptocurrencies? These altcoins are rising faster than bitcoin

Ethereum, the second-largest by market value, has roughly tripled in the last two months

New foreign secy Vijay Gokhale likely to play no politics, work to a script

Gokhale's two-year tenure will ensure lines of succession in the Ministry of External Affairs are not disturbed

Snapshot of alternative assets in India

Private equity and venture capital forms the largest pool

Start-up investors are doing fewer deals

But they are writing bigger cheques

Embassy, Blackstone may join hands for RMZ stake

Baring is also looking for buyers for its stake. It has appointed Standard Chartered Bank to find buyers

The Strategist Quiz (#544)

The Strategist Quiz, January 04, 2018

New ground realities in iron ore

An increase in court-mandated production caps offers miners some marginal relief; export duty cuts are their next demand

Amara Raja plans to double revenue in 3 years, overtake Exide

ARBL has been among the preferred vendors in a wide spectrum of companies - from infrastructure and power to railways and telecom, among others

Mental-health IPO is a leap forward for China

Only 20 million receive professional treatment

How do you vote? 50 million Google images give a clue

For computers, as for humans, reading and observation are two distinct ways to understand the world, said a researcher

India upsets the Apple cart

The iPhone maker may have to rethink its India strategy in the wake of the customs duty hike

Newsmaker: Former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan now in a safe house

With the Bombay HC denying permission to prosecute the former Maharashtra CM in the Adarsh housing scam, he is now in a position of make a renewed bid for a Congress comeback

In China, drones, not jets, are the stars

Founded in 2006, DJI has grown to account for more than 70% of the global market, according to Skylogic Research