The deal would involve Pfizer paying with 11.3 of its shares for each Allergan share.
Never one to mince words, Rajan will walk away with a mixed legacy
No country has achieved a faster, deeper modern transformation than China, says former ambassador Kishan S Rana.
'We have seen in India that radical ideology has by and large not been successful in taking root.'
India needs to strengthen its economic growth, says IMF.
Since 2000, China has had the world's largest outflow of HNIs.
Will Greece manage to pay euro 1.5 billion to IMF?
US President Barack Obama told Prime Minister Narendra Modi, when the two met on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Myanmar in November 2014, how he barely had two years left to his presidential term and so much to do. The wish list included getting his daughters to see a tiger in the wild and the Taj Mahal.
Global brokerage firm CLSA is positive on India's growth stroy.
Emerging markets and Asia may be first in the firing line
China's intended role for AIIB is not so different from the existing Western lenders like the World Bank.
Amid a grim global scenario, India will have to labour hard to hold on to seven per cent growth in 2016-17.
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India's share of 2015 emerging market allocations will be driven by FII perceptions on likely growth and reform.
In India we have to be careful not to copy any level of dependence on the financial sector and infatuation with the get-rich-quick syndrome, says Jaimini Bhagwati.
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Else, more capital outflow and pressure on rupee likely.
Arun Jaitley is on a 10-day trip to the US.
Richard Clarida's recent paper could be key for policymakers in deciding whether India should move to an 'inflation targeting policy regime', says Vivek Dehejia.
Some investors had speculated that the US central bank might put its plans on hold given the jitters overseas.
It was a year of stocks shining bright when it comes to adding to the investors' wealth, and the glitter of gold and silver fading for the second straight year in 2013.
'No matter how severe sanctions the UN security council imposes on North Korea, the impact of the sanctions would depend on how faithfully they are enforced by China,' says Dr Rajaram Panda.
A lot will depend on how the equity markets in the US play out in April-May this year. A correction there, long overdue, could change all the variables in the current equations, says Sonali Ranade
Describing the Narendra Modi-led BJP's electoral victory as a "breathtaking landslide", eminent American think tanks and experts have said the win has given him an opportunity to "redefine" Indian politics.
The ecosystems of India and China today jostle against one another across Asia and much of the world.
Berkshire Hathaway annual meetings are most awaited.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley witll spearhead the campaign with BJP President Amit Shah as its chief strategist.
After Pyongyang tests a missile potentially capable of reaching the US, Dr Rajaram Panda explores the realistic -- and peaceful -- options before Donald Trump and the international community at large.
Although there are serious risks facing the US economy in the coming year, there is also a good chance that growth will be substantially stronger than it has been since before the recession began.
A common factor that binds all these men is greed.
Anand Sharma who is at the WTO meet at Bali has been making all the right noises in opposing the peace clause. However at 9 PM on Friday, he will have to make a crucial decision.
Market experts poohpooh fears of capital flight from India.
Deployment of THAAD in South Korea could unfold a new cataclysm in the Korean Peninsula with unwelcome prospects.
An industry of scamsters is operating in the guise of call centres in India.
'We are allowing FDI on the terms of the investors, multinationals.' 'We bow down to whatever they say.' 'When they say you open this sector, we open that sector.'
A gradual increase works best for the US, as well as global markets, says Nizam Idris managing director, head of strategy (fixed income and currencies), Macquarie Bank.
'Today, the gift of a good education and the opportunity it creates are out of reach for millions of struggling Californians. That's why I'm running for governor -- to create jobs and give kids a quality education. Jobs and education. That's it. That's my platform'. Neel Tushar Kashkari, the son of Srinagar-born and raised Kashmiri Pandit immigrants, throws his hat in the ring for California governor.
Govt rules out controls on FII capital as Sensex tanks 3.97%, rupee breaches 62 intra-day & gold surges the most in two years
Babulal 'Bob' Bera, US Congressman Ami Bera's 83-year-old father, faces five years in prison.
The crisis remains acute with the country's banks already closed.
China has relaxed its one-child policy and further freed up markets in order to put the world's second-largest economy on a more stable footing.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, and his Republican counterpart, Mitch McConnell, ended a day of constant talks with optimistic proclamations, as details leaked out of the pact they were negotiating.
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