'When you forgive a farmer's loans there is this ideological economists lobby which says: 'That's socialism. And that's bad'.' 'But to forgive the loans of big people, so that they will be interested to invest further is capitalism and is good.'
Ma and the other co-founders had finalised the name "Alibaba" after much research on its acceptability.
A selection of Indian corporations are cutting costs and contributing to a green economy by embracing clean fuel and India Inc sees a strong business case in adopting renewable energy to power their operations.
A selection of Indian corporations are cutting costs and contributing to a green economy by embracing clean fuel and India Inc sees a strong business case in adopting renewable energy to power their operations.
The threat may be a decade away, but it has brick-and-mortar sellers rethinking their strategies and banking on the govt to regulate online companies.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your stock market queries.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries:
The measures to reduce the current account deficit should have focused far more on narrowing the trade imbalance, principally through export facilitation and linked FDI, says Nitin Desai.
Budget smartphones will rule the market in 2015.
20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history. Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.
In the concluding article of a six-part series, Business Standard visits Ludhiana, one of the largest industrial towns in Punjab, to assess the effect of demonetisation.
Darjeeling is on the boil over the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state. June and July are bad months to have a strike. Tea picking during its most valuable season has been affected. Those consequences will be felt all over the world and ultimately damage Darjeeling tea.
Bharti to spend Rs 1,600 cr for spectrum payout over 10 yrs; Telenor to service its own debt.
He wants his companies to have speed and agility to adapt to turbulent times
Internet-based systemic wisdom connects machines and people, and will drive next-gen enterprises, said Huawei's Yatish Nagavalli.
In good times, analysts justify valuations giving interesting investment rationale.
Dabur has launched 44 products during the year.
Sentiment has improved but no progress on GST & ending 'tax terrorism' disappoints.
'Dibakar Banerjee isn't simply giving a particular fascistic regime the finger.' 'Here, he wants to offer us a preview of the invisible forces and human tendencies that drive fascism, blind conformity, and mass hysteria,' says Sreehari Nair.
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The Sensex was around 18,600 by the end of August.
As an entrepreneur the most important quality you have to have is that all consuming passion to become an entrepreneur.
With Jaitley preferring continuity over change, good days might take a little longer to arrive, says Shankar Acharya.
Rate-sensitive sectors like banks, realty and auto witnessed heavy selling pressure ahead of the RBI Monetary policy which is scheduled on September 29.
Estimates suggest about $100 million has been poured into these companies and a lot more is still to come.
Venture capitalists are leveraging their experience to build something new.
The numbers in India may not be as big but the opportunity for serious growth is all there.
Recent easing of restrictions does not address the pain in the sector.
Ranju Sarkar finds out more about Nowfloats, the start-up that is used by 240,000 businesses that reach 13 million consumers.
India is witnessing its own tech tsunami, and is poised to become the second largest global startup hub by the end of the decade
This is the story of a Bangalore-based startup that has been recycling e-waste. And why you should think twice before you throw away any of your electronic gadgets.
The latest results suggest Tata Steel Europe may have lost pricing power, though production and turnover are up.
Malini Agarwal reveals how she blogged her way to Bollywood, fame and success.
In the broader markets, BSE Midcap index slipped 0.3% whereas the BSE Smallcap index inched up by 0.2%
The retailer has registered a new company called 'Wal-Mart India Private Ltd' in the country.
Although the markets could see a knee-jerk reaction, they rule out a sharp fall.
Zomato, the India-based global restaurant search and discovery business entity, has accelerated plans to get into new products like online food ordering.
The combined networth of India's 100 wealthiest is $381 billion (nearly Rs 25.5 lakh crore), a rise of 10 per cent from $ 345 billion in 2015
'Farmers are like living corpses in India.'
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the states were free to announce farm loan waivers if they had the fiscal space and that there would be no shortfall this year in divestment and non-tax revenues.
During a crisis situation, effective communication both internally and externally is one of the most important measures.
