Peter Coy, BusinessWeek

Stories by Peter Coy, BusinessWeek

H-1B visa fraud: 11 arrested across US

H-1B visa fraud: 11 arrested across US

Rediff.com   16 Feb 2009

An ongoing federal probe into H-1B visa fraud leads to 11 arrests and the indictment of IT services firm Vision Systems Group

Young and investing? Here's some expert advice

Young and investing? Here's some expert advice

Rediff.com   13 Feb 2009

It's a bewildering time to begin saving and investing.

Rebuilding America's job machine

Rebuilding America's job machine

Rediff.com   3 Feb 2009

Industrial policy isn't dead. It's thriving in the statesand may be the start of a U.S. comeback strategy

Stimulus: To spend or not to spend?

Stimulus: To spend or not to spend?

Rediff.com   30 Jan 2009

Economists are engaged in a fiscal feud over Obama's spending plan and how much of a boost it will give the recession-wracked economy

Soaring cancer drug costs may cripple medicare

Soaring cancer drug costs may cripple medicare

Rediff.com   29 Jan 2009

A new report says laws crimp Medicare's ability to control costs on cancer, leading to a 267% increase in drug spending over seven years

Mortgages: 7 things you need to know in 2009

Mortgages: 7 things you need to know in 2009

Rediff.com   28 Jan 2009

Mortgage rates are at historic lows and may be poised to go even lower next year. It's a great time to buy a home - if you can

India, China, and Obama's oil policy

India, China, and Obama's oil policy

Rediff.com   28 Jan 2009

The author of Riding the Indian Tiger says the inevitable end of U.S. dependence on oil will have far-reaching consequences for both consumer and producer nations

How to protect your portfolio from inflation

How to protect your portfolio from inflation

Rediff.com   27 Jan 2009

Inflation isn't a top worry currently, but you still need to guard your retirement savings. Inflation-protected securities could be attractive now

Why you'll work through your retirement

Why you'll work through your retirement

Rediff.com   24 Jan 2009

The recession is only one of several trends combining to change the way Americans live out their golden years

Executive pay: Making Wall Street pay it back

Executive pay: Making Wall Street pay it back

Rediff.com   24 Jan 2009

'Clawback' provisions tied to federal bailout funds will be hotly contested. Right now only bankers who committed clear fraud are liable

Rates: When zero is way too high

Rates: When zero is way too high

Rediff.com   21 Jan 2009

Interest rates still aren't low enough to stimulate the U.S. economy. Washington needs to engender more inflation so "real" rates turn substantially negative

Obama: A new era of regulation

Obama: A new era of regulation

Rediff.com   21 Jan 2009

New government controls across a wide swath of industries are on the way

America's new menace: 'Zombie' debtors

America's new menace: 'Zombie' debtors

Rediff.com   17 Jan 2009

More has-been companies like Citi and GM will feed off taxpayers, investors, and workers. That threatens to sap the lifeblood of healthier rivals and the economy

Barack Obama's audacious economic agenda

Barack Obama's audacious economic agenda

Rediff.com   17 Jan 2009

Barack Obama's audacious agenda of stimulus, reform, and regulation will shake up every business and industry

Cyberscams hit social networks

Cyberscams hit social networks

Rediff.com   21 Nov 2008

Now fraudsters may log on as your "friend." How Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social networking sites are fighting a rise in scams

Challenges facing the new US President

Challenges facing the new US President

Rediff.com   5 Nov 2008

From an economic summit to a Detroit bailout, Obama or McCain will have to jump right on the U.S. economic crisis

Safe investments when gold is too volatile

Safe investments when gold is too volatile

Rediff.com   31 Oct 2008

Swiss currency funds, silver, and farms look like good bets - for now

Business lessons from the Great Depression

Business lessons from the Great Depression

Rediff.com   21 Oct 2008

Here is a sampler of companies that shunned debt, diversified, and innovated during hard times and are still here today

After Google, Motorola readies Android phone

After Google, Motorola readies Android phone

Rediff.com   21 Oct 2008

Amid a boom in social-network-friendly handsets, Motorola prepares a new entry, but its Android may not debut until 2009's second quarter

Advice for today's market? Diversify wisely

Advice for today's market? Diversify wisely

Rediff.com   17 Oct 2008

Two pros say the fundamentals remain in times of market turmoil-and smart risk management can spare you financial pain in the long run