If the car flops, Daimler's goal to regain leadership in the premium segment by 2020 will be a pipe dream.
Make in India has big shortcomings when it comes to natural resources.
The central bank has ordered lenders to clean up balance sheets by March 2017
Volkswagen's emissions scandal is fueling investor fears about the environment.
FM has agreed to dump an ill-conceived plan to slap a retrospective 20% levy on overseas asset managers
India's investigating agencies have in the past made a lot of noise about probes that resulted in few convictions
India's track record of over-promising and under-delivering also leaves plenty of room for doubt.
Several US businesses were hit by technological issues on July 8.
Facebook is fast learning the limits of tech exceptionalism.
Raghuram Rajan is correct -- the RBI's monetary response to inflation in the past has been too weak.
Getting out of the zero-rate armchair was overdue, and many in the market will be glad it has finally happened
For India startups, pulling in the reins now may enable them to live longer - even if it means shedding their unicorn status, says Una Galani.
Though fundraisings for startups still rank amongst the biggest deals struck this year, the average ticket size has fallen sharply, says Una Galani.
Among India's capital-starved local banks, Essar is viewed as too big to fail.
Many of India's sleepy state banks don't have the management capacity they need to tackle bad debts and deals at the same time, says Una Galani.
Some of Modi's biggest reforms have met with fierce political opposition.
When Zuckerberg and his wife pledged last year to give away the majority of their Facebook shares to a new foundation they had formed, questions arose about how that might happen without him losing his grip on the company.
Nikesh Arora is indeed paid a lot, networks hard, and has made some punchy bets.
The carmaker was presenting itself as being run by technological diehards obsessed with building the world's best cars.
Patent fees will likely squeeze margins, and in turn the company's valuation.
India's tough stance is better late than never.
Google is learning the ABCs of conglomerate life.
The $9.5 billion Nokia deal was the last in a string of bad deals struck by Chief Executive Satya Nadella's predecessor, Steve Ballmer.
Reliance earned $11.50 for every barrel of crude that it processed during the last three months of the calendar year - almost 60 per cent more than a year earlier.
The judiciary has sent a strong message against crony capitalism.
India's crony capitalists will have had their day in the sun.
It is startling that Mark Zuckerberg has failed to convince so many in India about the merits of Free Basics.
A 2008-style bank run seems unlikely, but if it did happen, the sector is much better prepared.
New Delhi has made it clear that any blow to its outsourcing industry would make the country less receptive to helping American companies that run into trouble in India
Tech companies typically do lots of business overseas and book profits in low-tax jurisdictions.
Tata Consultancy Services, the $73 billion IT group, is India's biggest company by market value and four times the size of any other listed Tata entity
Skimping on state-of-the-art emissions technology between 2009 and 2014 probably saved VW a measly 4.3 billion euros, less than it has so far set aside to meet recall costs.
It isn't yet clear whether Martin Winterkorn knew about the "defeat devices" in certain U.S. cars, notes Olaf Storbeck.
Volkswagen can pay $18 billion, over time, and retain its credit rating.
Volkswagen may also have to compensate customers for misleading them about a car's performance.
Govt is selling a stake in Coal India worth around $3.7 bn.
Fears of Chinese economic troubles and slowing iPhone demand vaporized more than $100 billion of the company's value since mid-July, reducing its market capitalization to $630 billion.
Plenty of other factors are likely to keep a lid on prices.
The sector has become a serial capital issuer.
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