Polemicists like Jairam Ramesh and Rahul Gandhi have made a virtue of economic stagnation in the name of protecting tribal communities from mining corporates.
If the Railway Minister can hike fares and freight without a grandstanding budget speech, why waste time over it?
Economist Paul Krugman's silly idea to get over the Republican refusal to raise the US debt ceiling is a dangerous one. It will destroy all trust in the dollar
Most Indian companies do not disclose information on probes being conducted against them. The investor, however, has the right to know about these actions as it has a direct bearing on the stock of the company.
The Sahara Group has done the improbable: returned money that had no need to be returned till 2013. Its ads confuse more than explain what is going on.
Jackie Chan has repeatedly spoke up for curtailing individual freedoms for the cause of development, a sentiment that finds resonance in India too. But as China's own experience shows, an authoritarian political system cannot deliver over the long term.
S&P's rating action call on Tuesday is premised as much on India's political outlook as on economic fundamentals. But then, nobody ever lost money betting on the Indian political establishment's infinite ability to wreck the economy.
We want FDI in retail to do the job we won't do ourselves - eliminate middlemen and help farmers, or improve the competitiveness of Indian businesses
His solution - which lies in shaping policy through referendums - isn't the solution that he claims it to be. It is the template for ushering in the dictatorship of the idiotic, ill-informed majority.
President Obama and the House Republicans have presented contrasting proposals to avert a fiscal cliff. But they can't seem to agree on the central issue: whether wealthy Americans should pay more taxes than they do now.
Clearly, cash transfers mean a lot of homework, but the Congress has not done enough of it so far.
Neither Centre nor state can afford to be distributing free money as politicians' birthday gifts, but this is what they are doing.
The S&P downgrade has been good for the US. It has managed to lower long-bond yields, which was the purpose behind the US Fed's quantitative easing policies.
RP Singh was thus one frog in one well with a limited view, and CAG, which had a better overall perspective, was in a better position to take a larger view.
Spending most of your time attacking the opposition is a wrong policy. What a politician needs to do is to offer a positive concept first and then point out that his or her opponent lacks this concept.
The company has received a poor response for its book building process. It is better to avoid investment in the company at the IPO level, but one can look at the stock as it comes down post listing.
Whatever Kejriwal's principled stand on corruption may be, his party's economic policy will drag India back into a socialist time and place that only bodes ill for India's future.
RP Singh is guilty of cherrypicking from other official reports from which he quotes to discredit the CAG estimate of presumptive losses. More disturbingly, his shifting of goalposts seems motivated by a political agenda. <br /><br />
Today our top picks include Sun Pharma, Divis Lab and Tata Motors.
After the Congress' attempts to discredit the CAG's report on the scam, an erstwhile insider has stepped up to carry forward the hit-job. But his claims lack conviction.
Here are the nine picks of the day - Neyveli Lignite, Reliance Industries, Infosys, Auro Pharma, Kotak Bank, Dena Bank, IVRCL Infra, JSW Steel and HOEC. Also listen to our podcast on global cues that could impact the market today.
Dividend yield is a good investment option. While in the short term, one can benefit from dividend inflow, over the long term, investors could gain from capital appreciation.
The New Pension Scheme, which was opened up to the general public just before the 2009 general election, has been a failure so far. No one has been selling it with enthusiasm. The Bajpai committee has suggested remedial measures.
Equities do well when risk appetite increases. But the performance of the dollar, gold and bonds shows that this is far from being the case so far. Going long is not an option in the short term
The current dilemma involving Dayanidhi Maran is unlikely to disturb the strong business of Sun TV, irrespective of the outcome. However, sentiments can affect the share price.<br /><br /> <br /><br />
The stock has just bounced up and the government is ready to sell. It could be a worse time for BHEL.
The recent rally does not mean the bears have given up. In fact, the current rally is a good time for investors to partly book profits.
The UPA's rush to implement cash transfers in lieu of subsidies can also be seen as a pre-election reform that will be like a fully legal bribe to the voter
Collections are keeping IRB Infra in a fine shape. There is good news on the traffic flow, too.