Business

To Be India’s Most Valuable Company

Alam Srinivas

Coal India and Reliance Industries, big earners both, are battling it out for market capitalisation supremacy in India

Who Killed the Reforms Rabbit?

Alam Srinivas

The Indian middle-class, the biggest beneficiary of liberalisation, is the prime accused. Here is why

The Rare Earth Scare

Shailendra Tyagi

Crunch time: China, which controls 97 per cent of rare earth supplies, has restricted their exports

The Mysterious World of Global Investors

Alam Srinivas

How they control Indian firms with minority stakes

Radio Gaga

Rahul Bhatia

It was a sad day for music fans when WorldSpace closed its India operations in 2009. Thankfully, it wasn’t just another job for some of its employees—they are set to revive the service

Alas, Someone Has to Pick up the Tab

Shailendra Tyagi

S&P had many valid reasons to downgrade US sovereign debt, the latest being an ugly political wrangle in Washington DC

Cracking the Case of Counterfeits

Alam Srinivas

Apart from soaring domestic interest rates, the Centre’s searing fiscal deficit, and high inflation coupled with lower growth, there is another threat to the Indian economy.