India Economy

Rajan sees India as having too little financial innovation and too much regulation. He is likely to favour an equilibrium.

Under a gold amnesty scheme, gold can be put to productive use, the Government can raise cheap money and forex reserves will rise.

While Indian companies have had a cost advantage that has been honed over decades, foreign players have a design advantage.

Mid-cap IT stocks, which have good cash flows, strong management and healthy return ratios, are attractively valued.

Our diversified loan book will help overcome weakness in any particular segment.

The business of food is all about achieving high ‘turns’— focussing on making food move fast.

Store brands are among the fastest growing and most popular items on sale today.

Given that a large number of claims are likely to be filed in a short period, settling them quickly will be the challenge.

Acknowledging mistakes early and taking timely objective action reduce business risks.

Higher gas prices with some sort of linkage to market rates will help attract investors to the sector.

Businesses with high operating margin are easier to run, not to mention ‘more fun’ compared to their low-margin cousins.

Business groups, redeploy cash generated, offer high returns, into not as productive.

Some industries foster institutions that become self-sustaining, while others remain very person-dependent. It appears that the IT sector belongs to ...

The Cabinet nod for the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill 2013 has been met with approval, concerns and questions. The time frame for ...

There appears to be a dichotomy between the characteristics that seem to matter and the actual trend observed in companies.

Last week, a friend of mine was talking to me about the tight economic situation and its effect on the job market. Then, he made an off-the-cuff ...

“ We are planning to invest in a series of projects to develop around 4 trillion cubic feet of discovered natural gas resources from the block…We ...

This article is inspired by the Ten Commandments for Business Failure — an interesting book written by Donald Keough. Don is on the board of ...

The US bank operates on the principle of focusing on core banking activities rather that fee-related and trading activities.

“ It would be inaccurate to say that monetary transmission has not taken place. It has been there — although not as much as we would have liked or ...

"I am happy that a new law is coming. However, I will not be happy till we are able to return the money to investors… Panic should not be created. I ...

“Big four” is a term that usually refers to the big four accounting firms, but to Warren Buffett the term refers to his largest public holdings – ...

Due to the different business characteristics, the IT services has been able to weather the volatility in revenues pretty well compared to the auto sector.

“ I had done everything in consultation with the Prime Minister. After demitting office, I told everyone that whatever I did was in consultation with ...