Small businesses in e-commerce ecosystem can benefit from temp IDs
The innovation allows businesses to escape the burden of full GST registration but avail of its benefits and improves compliance
Investing for tax planning? Avoid the last-minute rush
If you leave very little time before the tax deadline, investment decisions often prove to be less than optimal. Here’s how to avoid that
Finding UP, Mumbai, Delhi, Jalandhar and Gandhi in a Pakistan election
Among Pakistani politicians, it is not just the MQM’s Altaf Hussain with his votebase among migrants from India, who traces his past to India. The Sharifs, Bhuttos, Imran and even the Jamiat have age-old Indian connections
A vote amid hopelessness as everything, including the Army, weakens in Pakistan
Pakistanis needed hope that their country will not forever be living off handouts from the IMF. The formidable economic and climatic challenges were hardly discussed at any great length during a campaign that was lacklustre because voters could see that the current elections are neither free, fair or outcome oriented
A soft landing for the US economy could slip away
Rather than drawing out the timing of the first rate cut, creating anxiety among businesses and consumers needing to borrow or refinance debt, it would be better to start sooner and cut slowly, communicating that there’s no guarantee the easing cycle will be long and deep if the economy shows signs of a meaningful reacceleration
'Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League' is just about better than Marvel’s Avengers
On its part, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League enjoys well-made cutscenes and solid gameplay mechanics.
MC Pro Quick Take | Nestle India’s results highlight premium divide in FMCG results
Its sales grew on the back of price and mix, said the company management, implying volumes did not contribute much. That may have put it in the category of underperforming companies but its profitability tells a different story
Whoever wins in Pakistan elections, it will be India setting the terms of engagement
One of the key outcomes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy is making Pakistan irrelevant to the Indian diplomatic scheme of things. And it has been working well so far
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Extended trading hours a welcome move
In this edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Investors drop equity hedge funds, elections in Pakistan may not abate future crises, protests in Ladakh a Pandora’s Box, India's Gen Z a force to reckon with, and more
UK universities grapple with who to prioritise: International or domestic students?
Recruiting overseas students to supplement a shortfall in revenue is reasonable. When this income stream becomes so important that institutions are willing to prioritise international applicants over better-qualified local students, though, it’s a sign that the system’s incentives have become skewed
Pakistan Elections: Foreboding of a fraught future
The trouble is that not just the politicians but even the military thinks they can keep doing business as usual with a few tweaks here and there. It is almost as if the entire country is in denial over the reality of the magnitude of the crises confronting it
Investors desert equity hedge funds after years of poor returns
Clients pull nearly $150bn in assets from a strategy once known for its star stockpickers
Pakistan needs to get past 'Lock Him Up' politics
Pakistan cannot afford to let political jostling hold up essential economic reforms. The winners and losers should at least find tacit agreement on a minimum reform program which could be launched, perhaps, by an apolitical finance minister
China’s clean technology is made of dirty metals
Decarbonisation is fueling consumption of metals, chemicals and glass, which are in turn causing a lot of greenhouse pollution as they’re manufactured. Clean-energy products are much more efficient than the alternative once they’re being used — but producing them is causing a spike in carbon emissions
Made in America may be stamped on China stimulus
Beijing is showing every sign of watching the Federal Reserve chair closely. Prospects for a meaningful boost to the economy hinge to a significant degree on whether US Fed officials opt to cut interest rates and by how much
India's Young Workforce: Being bullish on Gen Z
Amidst these challenges, Gen Z grapples with an uncertain future shaped by rapidly changing technology and shifting job landscapes. Working collaboratively as a community to understand and tackle these challenges empowers Gen Z to navigate their journey with strength
Protests in Ladakh – The opening of a Pandora’s Box?
Centre’s commitment to restore statehood to Jammu & Kashmir has left Ladakh out in the cold. The demand for statehood for Ladakh and inclusion in the Sixth Schedule calls for a political review of the situation in Ladakh, and in Jammu and Kashmir, which can help towards making the necessary course correction
Eyeing alpha returns in stocks? Think of long term as a series of short terms
Whether a stock or a sector generates outperformance or not is a function of where it is in the cycle and other initial conditions like valuations
India must secure its nuclear energy supply chain
Like big countries globally, India, too, is quite heavily dependent upon Russia for much of its technologies, and enriched uranium. But India has domestically developed technologies which could help
Zuckerberg’s plan for AI hinges on your Facebook, Instagram data
If Zuckerberg wants to make a more powerful chatbot, the pile of data he’s sitting on is especially valuable because so much of it comes from comment threads. Any text that represents human dialogue is critical for training so-called conversational agents, which is why OpenAI heavily mined the internet forum Reddit Inc to build its own popular chatbot
Big oil’s boring quarter was great news for investors
ExxonMobil Corp, Chevron Corp and Shell Plc all did in the fourth quarter what they’d promised: Start new oil and gas projects; cut costs; reward shareholders. Together, the Big Three returned more than $80 billion to shareholders last year, up from $78 billion in 2022 despite lower oil and gas prices, lower refining margins and fewer trading opportunities
Truly, an interim Budget!
The interim pre-election budget document was not laced with populist dole outs; perhaps, the government has saved the best for the full budget speech
Punjab: AAP fancies a sweep, Congress in delusional mode, Akali Dal & BJP fear public memory
After its impressive Jalandhar victory, Aam Aadmi Party believes a four-cornered fight in Punjab may end up benefiting it. Congress fears that an alliance will reduce it to AAP’s junior partner in Punjab. Shiromani Akali Dal is still scarred by the sacrilege incidents, and BJP by the farm law protests
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Nifty’s missing earnings upgrades
In today's edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Commodity trading calls for new tricks, public healthcare delivery needs reformation, decoding the reason behind rally of PSU stocks, ‘Anusandhan’ scheme a revisit of 1991 AI development moment, and more
Indirect taxes in the journey of India’s economic growth
Indirect taxes have played an important role in contributing towards the economic development by replacing a fragmented indirect tax system
