While all real estate is local, not all property buyers are.
It was a 'turbulent year' for global oil markets.
Passwords are most insecure, says a study
Number of people travelling between Asia and North America, and between Asia and Europe grew by nine per cent from 2010 to 2011.
There is no doubt that competition is increasing the world over, but there are cities that are more competitive than others.
The rising prices of fossil fuels and the unreliability of alternative sources like solar and wind power means that the charms of nuclear power may still returns, thanks to improvements in safety and technology, says Dr K S Parthasarathy.
Let's take a look at GDP per person in 2011 and 2060 around the world, including India.
Debroy is expected to have a role and responsibility similar to the erstwhile chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council
Organizations operating in multiple geographies, legal environments and cultures face a complex set of challenges and risks as they develop their business.
Uttar Pradesh's GDP per head is close to that of Kenya.
In the G20 countries, the Internet economy will grow at more than 10 per cent annually for the next five years.
The continued rise in interest is a pressure on fiscal, but it is not an easy way out unless the government cuts back on populist measures and sticks to fiscal prudence as laid out in the FRBM, which the government missed for the second consecutive year.
The deal did not include the FT Group's 50 per cent stake in The Economist magazine.
The passage of the Bankruptcy Code could set the stage for other important legislation that may see India undergo more economic change than all governments combined since the reforms implemented by P V Narasimha Rao in 1991-93, says Ben Merton.
Until recently, average incomes in advanced countries were increasing at much faster rates than in the rest of the world.
According to the first-ever index of security of nuclear materials, India is among the last just above Iran, Pakistan and North Korea.
The Modi government has handled inflation far better than any government in the past two decades. Both the stock market and currency indices have begun to show confidence in the economy, despite the mounting global headwinds of trade.
Mistry's intention of selling ailing steel maker Corus, Tata's so-called feather in the cap, was one reason for his ouster
India's GDP would more than treble in dollar terms by 2021, be as big as a stagnant Japan's, and therefore poised to become the third largest economy in the world -- a decade ahead of the Goldman schedule.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday alleged that the hike in petrol prices was yet another act of "midnight deceit" by the UPA and insisted that the common man would not spare the dispensation led by the "economist" Prime Minister for its arrogance.
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Craig Wright identified himself as Satoshi Nakamato, the pseudonym he says he created when launching the currency in 2009.
The move may release funds locked in government securities and add to liquidity. With inflation expectations lowered, this should not impact bond sentiment in the short run
While cities from Canada and Australia hogged the limelight, there was not a single city from either the US or Asia among the top 10.
Refusing to buy Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's argument that his government is not "lameduck and comatose", Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday said the economist PM had failed to control prices, check corruption and take the opposition along on issues like the Lokpal Bill.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranked Singapore as the priciest ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Geneva and Paris.
China keeps most of its foreign reserves in the United States Government securities.
CNN is one of the handful of global media brands that have managed to harness the power of the internet. Just like The Guardian, The Economist or BBC, it started by investing time, effort and people into the business as early as the mid-1990s.
From 1980 to 2014, the top 1 per cent captured 29 per cent of total growth, as much as the bottom 84 per cent put together.
Speaking on the sidelines of a foundation stone laying ceremony of at Trishundi in Amethi, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Thursday disapproved of Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Chandan Mitra's demand of stripping economist Amartya Sen of the Bharat Ratna and went on to endorse the views of the Nobel laureate against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said they must offer good services to the customers if they want any help from the government.
A staunch defender of demonetisation, it would be interesting to see how he handles the government's increasing demand for more cash from the RBI, and letting some weak banks get out of prompt corrective action.
He said that land, a state subject, was a big destination of black money while reform in political funding was also important
Singapore retains the title of the world's most expensive city.
The esoteric world of international finance is resonating with the clash of currencies, says
A recent study by the Economist Intelligence Unit stated that the worst cities in the world are scattered around Africa and Asia.
'After we released the report, the stir it created took us by surprise.'
Kanti Bhatt, respected Gujarati author and journalist, passed into the ages on August 4, 2019, at the age of 88. In tribute, we reproduce an article his wife Sheela Bhatt wrote about him 19 years ago.
Bajaj hit out at banks for not passing the entire benefits to consumers.
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