http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Mon, 20 May 2013 19:30:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/vodafone-tax-deal-may-drive-indian-markets-today-401137.html#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2012 03:07:06 +0000 Vembu http://www.firstpost.com/?p=401137 Looks like P Chidambaram has started off with a bang. There are reports of a tax deal with Vodafone, which if confirmed could revive investor sentiment. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/vodafone-tax-deal-may-drive-indian-markets-today-401137.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/fm-claws-back-policy-space-from-sc-in-voda-2g-next-303634.html#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 10:25:40 +0000 The Business Blog http://www.firstpost.com/?p=303634 Pranab Mukherjee made it very clear that making policy was government's right, not courts. Does this mean it will make its own 2G auction policy?]]> http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/fm-claws-back-policy-space-from-sc-in-voda-2g-next-303634.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/business/is-vodafone-ready-to-blink-in-tax-dispute-with-govt-294147.html#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 07:43:28 +0000 The Business Blog http://www.firstpost.com/?p=294147 There are signs that Vodafone may be ready to compromise with the government in its tax dispute. What gives?]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/is-vodafone-ready-to-blink-in-tax-dispute-with-govt-294147.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/business/fin-secys-poser-did-voda-offer-to-take-on-hutchs-tax-dues-286491.html#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:59:44 +0000 The Business Blog http://www.firstpost.com/?p=286491 The finance secretary has hinted that Vodafone may have offered to take on Hutchison's tax burden and got a lower price for this reason.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/fin-secys-poser-did-voda-offer-to-take-on-hutchs-tax-dues-286491.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/business/tax-case-vodafone-wants-to-eat-its-cake-and-have-it-too-285392.html#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:38:34 +0000 The Business Blog http://www.firstpost.com/?p=285392 Can Vodafone argue that India can't tax a Cayman Islands deal, and then say the same deal is covered by an investment protection treaty? ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/tax-case-vodafone-wants-to-eat-its-cake-and-have-it-too-285392.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/should-finmin-be-run-by-fm-or-fiis-and-foreign-dalals-284928.html#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:52:28 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=284928 Why do the finance ministry and the PMO spend more time propitiating foreign investors when they contribute just about 10 percent of our savings?]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/should-finmin-be-run-by-fm-or-fiis-and-foreign-dalals-284928.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/business/voda-case-is-less-about-right-and-more-about-might-283660.html#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:48:28 +0000 Jagannathan http://www.firstpost.com/?p=283660 Many have questioned the morality of a retrospective law to tax Vodafone, but ultimately the question is: does India have the global muscle to pull it off?]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/voda-case-is-less-about-right-and-more-about-might-283660.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/business/is-vodafone-barking-up-the-wrong-tree-on-arbitration-281198.html#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:30:37 +0000 The Business Blog http://www.firstpost.com/?p=281198 Vodafone, which has sent the government a notice on a law that is still to be passed, seems to have jumped the gun on arbitration. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/is-vodafone-barking-up-the-wrong-tree-on-arbitration-281198.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/business/the-voda-tax-why-india-cant-be-a-pushover-in-taxation-270984.html#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:05:57 +0000 Jagannathan http://www.firstpost.com/?p=270984 Retrospective taxation may be bad. But there is simply too much revenue at stake for India to play softball on tax issues anymore]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/the-voda-tax-why-india-cant-be-a-pushover-in-taxation-270984.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/with-upa-in-terminal-decline-india-is-closed-for-business-263337.html#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:03:38 +0000 Vembu http://www.firstpost.com/?p=263337 A weak government that has lost the will to govern has created a vacuum that countless other players are rushing to fill. The result: a Tower of Babel, policy muddle, and an environment that is forcing investors to flee. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/with-upa-in-terminal-decline-india-is-closed-for-business-263337.html/feed 0