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Delhi's CP is still the fifth most-expensive office area in the world

Jun 20, 2013

Five of the six most expensive office areas in the world are in Asia, as demand by global companies to locate there outstripped the supply, according to a semiannual report released on Thursday by real estate services company CBRE Inc. #ExpertView #Connaught Place #CBRE
Rupee stability, easing inflation key to next rate cut: Experts

Jun 17, 2013

The repo rate remains at 7.25 percent and the cash reserve ratio (CRR), or the share of deposits banks must keep with the central bank, stays at 4.00 percent, despite falling inflation in recent months. #Inflation #RBI #Monsoon #PolicyWatch #ExpertView #Indian rupee #Rate cut
Fitch revises outlook on 10 Indian financial institutions

Jun 14, 2013

#India #ExpertView #Fitch #Financial institutions

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Rate cut probability low from here on, but India Inc wants more

May 03, 2013

Ball now in govt court to boost growth, experts say; India Inc wants more #India #RBI #Interest rates #PolicyWatch #ExpertView #India Inc #Rate cut
Dont rejoice just yet. Falling gold prices may not reduce CAD

Apr 29, 2013

High price sensitivity of demand may actually increase Indians� demand for gold and eventually end up with little or no impact on the CAD. #Inflation #Economy #Gold #RBI #Current Account Deficit #ExpertView #gold imports #policy
Financials emerge largest wealth creating sector

Dec 12, 2011

This new leading wealth creating sector has steadily increased its share of wealth from 12 percent in financial year 2006 to 24 percent in financial year 2011. #Reliance Industries #Wealth #ExpertView #wealth creator #Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd

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The Expert View: BT, Aggreko and Spirit Pub Co

2013-06-20 04:12:00

If you'd like to receive news alerts on any of the stocks mentioned in The Expert View, click on the star icons below to add them to your favourites. To buy shares via JP Morgan, click on the shopping trolley icon. No. of shares out BT (BT.L) chief execu #HSBC #David Cameron #Novartis
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The Expert View: Chemring, Unilever and Andor Technology

2013-06-19 06:08:00

If you'd like to receive news alerts on any of the stocks mentioned in The Expert View, click on the star icons below to add them to your favourites. To buy shares via JP Morgan, click on the shopping trolley icon. No. of shares out Defence group Chemrin #Unilever PLC #India #China
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An intelligence expert's view on The Americans

2013-06-16 18:16:00

Real-life spies have used poison-tipped umbrellas and bugged politicians, says intelligence expert Michael Goodman, but their lives weren't quite as exciting as The Americans 'We don't quite know who to identify with' … The Americans. Photograph: Craig B #Soviet Union #Washington, D.C. #Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Why India should have been prepared for Uttarakhand floods

But we aren’t helpless: we’ve failed because, though we’ve done our homework on how not to fail, we haven’t actually turned these lessons into practice.
Why the political isolation of Narendra Modi is temporary

If Modi stands in splendid isolation today, it would appear that he represents a break from the consensual leader. But once again the disagreement over Modi is all about optics.
Why is the Kedarnath pilgrimage so important? Five key points

According to reports, while the temple is safe, the outer compound has been damaged and the town around the temple has suffered massive losses as it felt the full force of the rising waters.
It's batting vs batting as India take on SL in Champions Trophy

The key player battles for the Champions Trophy semi-final between India and Sri Lanka in Cardiff.

The 4 MLAs who helped Nitish Kumar keep calm and carry on

Nitish Kumar’s fate today might swing on six independents. Four of them have extended their support, and two are undecided. Here we give you the low-down on who the decision-makers might be today
Hauz Khas Village: The hypocrisy of high-end 'alternative' chic

HKV provides Delhi’s socialites and chatterati with what they need most: Obnoxious status display masked as anti-establishment virtue.
Why diversification is at the heart of a good financial future

Diversification is a risk management technique that mixes a wide variety of investments within a portfolio. The rationale behind this technique contends that a portfolio of different kinds of investments will, on average, yield optimally desired returns while lowering a risk that is posed by any individual investment found within the portfolio.
India lose 1-5 to Australia, crash out of Hockey World League

An error-prone India needed a miracle to topple Australia in what was the 100th international fixture between the two sides.

Lok Sabha polls 2014: Back to basics for Congress and BJP

With the playing field level, from now on it will be a battle of strategies for the Congress and the BJP
Chidu's 'Ferrari' of reforms has an autorickshaw engine

A slew of economic reforms has been promised this month, but one should not expect anything more than fancy footwork from the FM.
From a fed-up, die-hard fan: An open letter to SRK

Forget all this surrogacy business. The reason we love Shah Rukh Khan is that he’s been one of Bollywood’s smarter actors. But of late, SRK’s been a bit disappointing, complains a fed-up, die-hard fan.
Dhoni has Ganguly's touch but with a difference

Rohit, Kohli, Raina, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar, Umesh – that’s the core of the Indian team today and perhaps it wouldn’t be wrong to say that they are Dhoni’s boys.

Vajpayee, Advani, Modi: Every leader has given Hindutva a twist

From Vajpayee to Advani to Modi –the Sangh Parivar has come a long way, presenting before India every few years a Hindutva face rendered presentable through a shrewd makeover
Why Nitish 'really' dumped the Modi-led BJP

While prima facie it might seem to be a clash of two strong personalities i.e. Modi and Kumar, there is much more to the split than that.
3 Indias at war: Sensex India, Maoist India, and Bharat

The current tensions in India can directly be traced to three visions of India – one of which will involve breaking the country
Last man standing: Why it's easy to feel sorry for Misbah

Sympathy for a Pakistani cricketer, especially a batsman, is a novel emotion for those of us coming from the 90s.

Fear of the unknown grips the BJP in Bihar

Although the party is maintaining a brave face, the eventuality of a split has left many leaders on tenterhooks.
In Mamata's Bengal: Zero tolerance for rape or protesting against rape?

Bengal tops the list in violence against women. There have been several reports of gang rape in the past few weeks. The Mamata government has taken quick and stern action – against the women protesting the rapes in front of the CM’s residence.
Food security: For poor’s sake, jholawalas must speak up

The subsidy to the rich accounts for more than 7 percent of the GDP while that for the poor, with the food security act, would account for 1.1 percent.
Patients get HIV in Assam hospital after blood transfusion, panic spreads

Many patients who were administered blood from the same blood bank fear the worst.

Why a BJP-JD(U) split will be good for India

Neither UPA nor NDA is an alliance. And the BJP and JD(U) were mere power-sharers, not allies. To grow, alliances have to be built around principles not just power-sharing
Chidu takes comfort in Fitch upgrade, but where are real reforms?

At a press conference, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, however, did not reveal any concrete steps but promised more reforms by August. He said the rupee’s decline is in line with that of the currencies of other countries with high current account deficit like India.
Why cutting interest rates will have little impact on industrial production

The index of industrial production (IIP), a measure of the industrial activity in the country, grew by a meagre 2% in April 2013, in comparison to the same period during 2012. The index was expected to grow by around 2.4% (source: India: Weak growth and sticky retail inflation. Sonal Varma and Aman Mohunta, Nomura). In [...]
Why 'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja is a people's genius

If one was simply to go by numbers, young and jolly Jadeja is on course to be a great. That’s not overrating him — it’s the simple logic of statistics one cannot argue against.