What Obama said in his State of the Union speech

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday delivered his State of the Union speech in the US Congress. Here's the transcript:Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the 112th......

WTO must re-invent policies to ensure robust trade globally

There is a need to look at the World Trade Organisation's vision again as countries look to shift from a multilateral platform to a plurilateral one, says TS Vishwanath. The current turmoil in the......

Retail trade in derivatives: Is there really a problem?

Before considering reducing the freedom of private investors in the derivatives market, we need to check if the maladies in markets elsewhere exist in India, says Susan Thomas. In a recent......

Some business practices of Google under lens

CCI had initiated investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices by Google. Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) is investigating some of the business practices of......

Sebi has done well to permit MSME exchanges

The decision of the Securities and Exchange Board of India to allow the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange to set up exchanges aimed at micro, small and medium enterprises is......