At the overall level, many youngsters are finding it difficult to get jobs because of the lack of appropriate skills
The Tesla founder will join Zuckerberg, Brin and Page in exercising unparalleled sway over the world’s biggest communications platforms. That is a troubling prospect
It is not enough to say Make in India. We must also consume Made in India. This will not only give Indian businesses the potential to take on global competition, but also give the government adequate leverage when pushing some foreign policy imperatives
A currency board may be a better fit for the country as it navigates a perilous financial future
Gold may not have given as high a return as equity, but gold is an asset that is a good hedge against uncertain times, like the one we are facing currently
Higher interest rates would effectively increase the capex costs for automakers, as well as financing costs for vehicle buyers. The only sustainable way out of this double whammy would be a pick-up in employment and growth and consequently, demand
A successful trade deal between New Delhi and Brussels will be the proof of both sides’ commitment to a stronger strategic engagement
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Its internal assessment in 2013 put a value of Rs 70,000 crore on its real estate and art holdings. Imagine how much Rs 70,000 crore would have appreciated in 2022
The ongoing conflict is the first time crypto-assets have come into prominence from a financing point of view, and this poses several new questions as to how conflicts are financed. It opens a new front on how economies adapt during conflicts
The Prime Minister’s April 27 remarks need to be seen in the context of the high tax structure in petroleum pricing, which is a painful legacy issue in a rather flawed design of India’s energy economics
Twitter has had a set of teething problems that need to be fixed first before it takes off. The problem is that many of those problems are vastly exaggerated
Investor ecosystem is as much to blame as founders for the governance deficit in many unicorns
A recent Supreme Court decision where it reversed SEBI’s order of disgorgement of about Rs 8.30 crore of alleged insider trading profits and penalty raises disturbing questions
HUL’s volume growth may have been flat but its price hikes held up margins. While its management pointed to near-term margin declines, the Street seems to be taking a longer view
Shifting to short videos has a risk. But it might help Meta deal with market saturation
The larger question is how can governments with perennial problems of revenue deficit underwrite the cost incurred through subsidies and freebies
M&As, rather than PE-VC funding and IPOs, are set to reshape the start-up landscape in the current year. Already, in the quarter to March 2022, there were over 100 M&As involving start-ups, which accounted for almost half of all M&A deals during the period, Venture Intelligence data analysis shows
The PLI scheme aims to help the man-made fibre/technical textiles segment achieve economies of scale, become competitive and generate employment opportunities
History may not be a very good guide about what happens in the markets this time because of the unprecedented nature of the challenges ahead of us
The data show Japan has the best score on the misery index while Turkey has the worst
Lord Ismay, NATO’s first secretary general, had said the organisation was created to ‘keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down’
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Setting high-power charging infrastructure for EVs is rather a chicken and egg problem where having such an infrastructure in place can only be financially viable if there is a sizable number of EVs on road
Now that the deal has fallen, the Congress has given its opponents and critics a stick to beat it if the party performs poorly in future elections
