Both Apple and Amazon are increasingly leaning on their own home-grown chips, causing ripple effects across the $400 billion semiconductor industry
The US' economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will hinge to some extent on how quickly show managers can become electricians, whether taxi drivers can become plumbers, and how many cooks can manage software for a bank
For too long, the story of Indian agriculture has been a tale of market distortions. These seemingly insurmountable hurdles frustrated successive policymakers whose repeated counsel to dismantle these barriers often ran into political resistance, like now
Corporate India’s adoption of virtual AGMs amidst the COVID-19 lockdowns has been remarkable. Given the experience of the 2020 AGM season, regulators must consider making hybrid meetings a permanent part of the AGM process
How can the central bank reduce excess liquidity while maintaining monetary accommodation?
Sales of Lux Industries, Dollar Industries, Rupa & Co. grew at a decent pace in the September quarter, helped by sales of economy range products and growth in smaller urban centres
While the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh aims to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities on the one hand, it also seeks to weaken the Iranian regime from within. The method points to the enemy within and sows suspicion and discord within the ranks of Iranian security and intelligence
Acquisition of Richcore Lifesciences will give Laurus Labs a foothold in the growing biotechnology sector. Scale-up of the business can be time consuming but can yield meaningful earnings benefits
The oil market continues to be flooded with supplies with OPEC+ nations themselves producing 25.31 million bpd in November, 750,000 bpd higher than in October
Proposed regulation not in sync with the mechanism of dynamic pricing; can increase compliance cost of ride-hailing aggregators
Hiring temporary staff with no stake in the system could be security risk for banks
Rather than quickly trading in and out of it, more investors are seen using Bitcoin as a place to park part of their investment portfolios outside the influence of governments and the traditional financial system
The transition team will be focussed initially on increased federal spending to reduce unemployment and an expanded safety net to cushion households that have continued to suffer as the coronavirus persists and the recovery slows
One thing that needs to be appreciated of the BJP’s approach towards elections is that no matter its performance in previous polls, the BJP is constantly working towards improving its chances in the south and increasing its footprint in the 130 Lok Sabha seats
Ministries that spent more: rural development, agriculture, health; spending lower in defence, education, women & child development
With the recovery, inflation has also started to pick up
Information has always been central to the workings of financial institutions, whether a Swiss private bank, Boston money manager or a City of London investment bank
China’s voracious appetite for steel has lifted prices benefiting India's steel producers, but that could change when China dials back its stimulus
Banks are parking the liquidity in government bonds, driving down yields
The real return on fixed deposits with banks is around -2 percent at present
It is very likely that the fall in credit to large companies is because they were able to access funds from other quarters, such as the debt and equity markets and through foreign direct investment
The big jump in Chinese imports is a boon to the exports of the rest of the world
It’s easy to cast aside efforts to discredit the 2020 United States presidential elections as ridiculous, but to do so is both wrong and dangerous
Recent policy measures by the central government should have a positive impact on growth, says Matthews
Uddhav Thackeray continues to exuberate confidence and his demeanour and poise do not have the trepidations of a first-time chief minister. His detractors are increasingly getting frustrated as he either ignores them, or finds constitutional means to tackle obstacles.
