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| July 22, 2008 | | Why price controls are bad
Price control is distortive and encourages consumption when it should be discouraged - oil prices being a case in point.
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| July 17, 2008 | | How to succeed in difficult times
Focusing on core (not only core in terms of operating sectors but also core consumers/customers, and markets) businesses and leveraging core strengths to tide over the tough times would not only prevent erosion of the strength of the business but also keep them in good shape to take advantage of the many opportunities that India will surely offer in the coming years.
Does core inflation really matter?
One feature that stands out is that there has not been much of a difference between general and core inflation in the Indian context
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| July 16, 2008 | | Of James Murdoch, Star and return of a heir
From a Harvard drop-out who set up his own music label, James Murdoch became a surprise potential successor to the News Corp throne. Till then only elder brother Lachlan had been in the reckoning. James went on to head BSkyB, one of UK's top pay TV brands.
Globalisation consensus? It is dead!
The old globalisation model is unsustainable. The world economy awaits its new Keynes.
Bull run for the buffalo
The launch of a genomics project will improve productivity of this multi-purpose domestic animal.
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| July 12, 2008 | | Mumbai the commercial capital? Well. . .
Track the new businesses being started up in the country, and if they are not in the tech sector, the chances are that they are located in Delhi/Gurgaon/Noida. The majority of FMCG companies other than Unilever are in the Delhi area: Nestle, Coke and Pepsi, Dabur, Gillette, GSK Consumer Brands, etc. The same is true of the newer consumer durables companies, like Samsung and LG.
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| July 09, 2008 | | How to control rising inflation
To control rising inflation, central banks need to orchestrate their monetary policy.
IPR: What India needs to do
What we need is some informed debate on what is India's best interest at this particular stage instead of going for a wholesale import of an American system that could prove ineffectual.
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| July 08, 2008 | | Oil at $135 -- enough is enough!
Oil is now in the $135 range. If this price holds for the next 12 months -- as the futures markets tell us -- the added burden will be a staggering $99 billion. Losses in 2008 could reach $6.1 billion. The situation is desperate and potentially more destructive for the industry than our recent crises -- SARS, terrorism and war -- combined.
Has Idea's time come?
A choppy beginning followed by flashes of good work. Strong pedigree, yet lagging behind peers. That could be actor Abhishek Bachchan or the mobile phone service he endorses, Idea Cellular. The analogy goes further. Just like Amitabh decided to step in and shore up his son's career, Idea's parent, AV Birla Group, has taken the cellular services provider by the scruff in a bid to make it one of the top three in the business.
Can RBI come up with exact inflation rates?
The Reserve Bank of India may soon be given the job of both collecting and processing inflation data.
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| July 07, 2008 | | Banking: Why India's different from the US
Making affordable financial services available to the un/under-served has been the cornerstone of the evolution underlying institutional development, product and policy innovation in India.
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| July 05, 2008 | | How poor are we? A reality check
It is of course true that a lot of low-income people can indeed afford mobile phones today, as handsets cost no more than Rs 700.
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| July 02, 2008 | | The myth about India's politicians
The reason for their silence is that the Ranbaxy deal has not hurt the interests of most sections of the voting community. Let alone farmers, even the urban voters are not bothered by the deal as it has no direct adverse impact on them.
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