The pandemic accelerated a trend that had been blamed for decreasing their labor force participation.
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There are other important prerequisites for achieving internationalisation — the existence of deep and well-functioning domestic financial markets, a trusted legal framework for contract enforcement, low inflation, and stable and predictable macroeconomic policies
Large Language Models like ChatGPT and Bard burn a lot of cash in chip acquisition and various operational costs. These have implications like the latest AI offerings not being made publicly available because every free user costs money for the company at the backend, and not-for-profit business models becoming rendered unviable. How AI companies monetise LLMs will be keenly watched
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Cochin Shipyard shows major improvement in earnings, sharp improvement in margins of FMCG firms, crude oil deserves more investor attention, death of the dollar, and more
The reality is that nothing in fixed-income markets is ever risk-free
The June quarter will see a sharp improvement in gross margins of FMCG companies but the market has priced it in. What can justify their rich valuations?
Markets have been boosted by liquidity and strong fundamentals and economic indications. Though it appears that nothing can go wrong, one needs to watch out for uneven monsoons and global slowdown
An analysis based on 2019 Lok Sabha poll data suggests that NDA possessed only a 42.5% vote share against 47.9% for MVA before the NCP split. Now with Ajit Pawar’s entry, tables have turned and NDA is at a 50.4% notional vote share and MVA has slipped to 40%
Can Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta adapt its new service quickly enough to out-run Elon Musk’s network?
Meta's release of Threads on Thursday is beautifully timed to capitalise on growing unease over the way Elon Musk has run Twitter. And it’s also horribly timed, coinciding with the imminent launch of a new European Union law that undermines Meta's plans to turn Threads into another outlet for data harvesting strikes and money-making
One sign of a smart bounceback of microfinance is the fall in the proportion of loans where repayments are overdue beyond 30 days. This has fallen to 2.2 percent by March quarter from as high as 6 percent a year ago
The language of decline, of a country whose time has passed, is gone: From think tanks to hedge funds, Japan is on everyone’s lips. Tokyo is at the heart of Washington’s strategy to “de-risk” from China. Money is flowing into the markets, led by Warren Buffett. And tourists are flocking back
What is TAP? What are the allegations in the case? How is NSE involved? An explainer
Investors in the US Major League Cricket are making two bets. The first is that the Indian diaspora in America has reached the critical mass required to sustain a cricket league in the country. The second is that fans of the sport worldwide will watch televised games from the US. The first bet is the surer of the two
Spending by seniors can touch $1.3 trillion mark by 2030, according to one estimate. But strangely marketers don’t see this market as an opportunity
Jio is addressing the challenge of low features and underpowered phones by simultaneously announcing two new prepaid recharge plans for Jio Bharat users
The temptation to invoice trade in currencies beyond the US dollar has risen, but currency pairs do have an underlying dollar component one way or the other across trade
Oil producing countries want prices to move up. But that’s a risk for India’s import bill and inflation and in turn, for richly-valued equities
The government has rightly emphasised the need for shifting away from chemical fertilisers, reducing imbalance in nutrient use and rejuvenating the soil. But this won’t be possible till the existing policy framework is changed
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: SCO fails to meet India’s objectives, credit growth in private banks improves, drone sector could be a disruptive force, second half of 2023 mired in challenges, and more
BJP has hit Sharad Pawar where it hurts. But there’s a catch. While Ajit Pawar battles his uncle and reaches for the magic number of 36 to duck the anti-defection law, his induction and CM ambitions requires BJP to assuage the aspirations of the Shinde faction and its own rank-and-file
As more resilient economic data rolls in, we have to admit that the probability of a soft landing is rising
For the first time since Elon Musk’s takeover, the app is at imminent risk of losing its status as the watercooler of the internet
It’s not by separating their fees from trading commissions