Business

India Makes Its Stance Clear

Ninad D. Sheth

This is one high table India has only recently got onto. Reflecting the new economic world order, G20 meetings are seen as more important than G7 meetings.

Cars, Rain and other Good News

arindam

Surging auto sales and an on-time monsoon can only mean reassurance for India.

The Big Bucks

TR Vivek

World Cup fever has gripped well-off, upper-end Indian audiences. Alas, Indian advertisers are looking away. They are busy chasing the TRPs of India-Sri Lanka cricket.

The Herbal Fuel Druid

TR Vivek

The semi-literate ‘inventor’ of herbal petrol has a secure place in the modern Indian pantheon of conmen. After 15 year, he’s back with new tricks.

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Business Briefing 29/05

arindam

To Each His Own Fate, Finally; Why We Love Corruption

Anil Ambani’s Dream Falters

TR Vivek

Dhirubhai’s younger son is a businessman who once had the grandest of plans for his half of Reliance in a wide variety of sectors. Today, he has little to show for them.

After the US Meltdown, a Eurozone Crisis

arindam

It’s not a bloodbath yet, but the signs on Dalal Street don’t make for happy reading. In just a month, the gains made by Indian stockmarkets have been grievously eroded.

Backward Intervention

Alam Srinivas

The Supreme Court’s decision on the Ambani brothers’ gas fight represents a pyrrhic victory for Mukesh, a loss for Anil and a big win for politicians harking back to the Licence Raj.