By flooding the market, the Middle Eastern country is hoping to make LNG plentiful and cheap enough to stimulate demand. Put simply: Qatar is trying to reassure Asian nations they can count on gas providing the necessary bridge to kill coal without risking either their finances or their energy security
In this edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Japan looks to revive ties with China, small cap stocks and lurking signs of danger, MSeva -- a missed opportunity maybe, banks face credit growth challenge, and more
On an examination of six parameters including who is the PM face, alliances, announcement of candidates, rallies and other events, campaign themes, vision and key promises, it is the NDA that is far ahead of the INDIA bloc. The latter is clearly struggling to present a cogent national alliance
The new framework for Tripura’s tribals was unveiled just as a host of contentious issues are again coming to a boil in the North-east. The central government must lend a sympathetic ear to the North-east concerns about the continuing Meitei-Kuki violence, implementation of CAA, scrapping of Free Movement Regime and the border fencing plan at the Myanmar border
America’s regulators say new rules will help maintain the dominance of US Treasuries, but others fear higher costs and lower liquidity
Data on the financial health of stocks show that smaller stocks are indeed doing well on some aspects, but there are enough red flags that should give investors pause for thought
Though the MSeva app has attempted to provide an indigenous app store, too few Indian startups have onboarded it. The absence of partnerships with phonemakers has limited the pre-installation of MSeva on devices, hindering its accessibility to users. Additionally, inadequate promotion and poorly designed user interfaces have contributed to its underutilisation
In 2011-12 the divisible pool made up 88 per cent of the union government’s tax revenue, but it fell to 77 per cent of the budget for 2024-25
Arizona Republicans produced legislation last week that would legalise shooting and killing trespassers on private land. Essentially, they took an existing law that allows someone to shoot a home invader and extended it outside to the property line — even if the property extends for hundreds of acres
The time needed to make a high-quality title has ballooned. From three years a decade ago to make a typical AAA game, firms need twice that now. Publishers have been trying out higher price points but gamers don’t like it, and have been trained to learn that prices will quickly plummet when they’re put on sale. Higher budgets are also making companies more risk adverse, reducing the diversity of software — and making many titles seem rather same-y
Sanghnomics: The Poshan Atlas, an interesting compendium by the Deendayal Research Institution which is rooted in Bharatiya wisdom, is based on the choices of ideal food mix to provide optimum nutritional value. It has mapped diverse food choices to the micro level and is likely to play a significant role in the policy framework of the central government in granting food subsidies and promotion of certain food consumption patterns
Commerce minister Piyush Goyal is satisfied with the outcome of the Abu Dhabi meeting, where consensus eluded on most of the crucial issues
The case may not be significant – but it will throw more light on why what started as a non-profit mission to democratise AI turned into just another profit-seeking business
Japan is taking steps to cut down its dependence on China for strategic reasons. But it faces resistance from the private sector which is closely intertwined with Chinese companies and regards market-based relationships as an essential part of business. Tokyo is trying to find a balance between market reality and national security. In some ways, India’s situation is similar to that of Japan
The current vendor diversification drive by big pharma is driving large business opportunities for Indian CDMOs
The steep currency declines in Africa should force a switch away from imports toward domestic production and exports. But barriers such as high labour costs, expensive power, poor infrastructure and inefficient regulation limit African firms’ competitiveness. The depreciations could end up reducing both imports and domestic consumption and lead to stagflation
A debate is underway, particularly in Washington, on whether to pressure Ukraine into a negotiated settlement with Russia or help its continued defence. If Putin has no further ambitions beyond Ukraine, then the interests of Europe and the US might indeed be best served by forcing Kyiv to settle by starving it of the means to fight — as brutal a betrayal as that would be
An excessive focus on the numbers tips the balance of risks toward keeping interest rates too restrictive for too long, unduly increasing the probability of output loss, higher unemployment and financial instability
The upward revision of the fair and remunerative price (FRP) and state advised price (SAP) remains a favoured governmental strategy despite the additional cost burden for the sugar milling sector. This coupled with export bans and ethanol caps to keep domestic sugar prices low have reduced sugar companies to a losing proposition, forcing them to drop capacity expansion plans
In this edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Q3 FY24 GDP data an acceleration or slowdown, small cap stocks on regulatory radar, school education needs radical new approach, this jewellery maker is set to glitter, and more
In a rare instance of a highly advanced industry stepping out of the comfort zones of India’s industrial belts like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, etc, Assam has bagged the prestigious Rs 27,000 crore semiconductor assembling and testing unit project. For months and weeks, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma made the rounds of the power corridors in New Delhi to dispel doubts of Assam’s ability to execute the project
Stock price of combined company tends to underperform after deals
The origin stories of Huawei and Comac are similar. Although the former is not state-owned, both benefit from serving explicit national interests, alleged technology theft, and continuously securing local orders at the expense of arguably superior foreign alternatives. Yet Huawei’s global success in winning long-term orders goes beyond these reasons
Howard Schultz didn’t start Starbucks, but he built it into the company it is today. And in him, we saw how the best and worst parts of founders and longtime CEOs are often one in the same. Everything is personal for them. They inject a company with passion and dedication, but that also can mean they make decisions using emotion rather than reason. So for Schultz, the arrival of the union was deeply personal. He believed that only badly behaved companies needed unions to protect their workers; in his mind, Starbucks was not that kind of a company, and he was not that kind of a CEO
Sustainability is treated by many companies as a compliance issue or as a theme that investors and customers want to hear. But enlightened boards will be able to see the link between it and superior long-term performance
