Business Briefing 15/08

“The US will be back in a big way”

Deutsche Bank Research CEO Norbert Walter talks about the recession and America’s place in the global order

Back to Africa

The quest for food security is driving companies and countries to buy large tracts of farmland in poor countries. Indian firms are at it too. Neo-colonialism or globalisation?

Corus and Its Teesside Storm

Tata Steel’s British acquisition faces labour ire as the recession forces it to restructure operations and cut jobs.

More Hospitals, but Many More Patients

Nilekani’s Losing His Identity

Budget

Grant Pranab Mukherjee this. His Budget for 2009-10 gives UPA-2 a sound if unflamboyant start, with much strokeplay left to come

Wheeling the Worrisome Way

Air India now wants taxpayers’ money to paper over its faults

Resisting the Trade Spaghetti Bowl

The threat to a revival of the Doha Round comes from the US, which may undercut the multilateral regime by making bilateral deals with developing countries

The Harder They Fall

Investment bankers have long been used to the divine stature they acquired during the boom years. Getting used to life as failure prone mortals is not easy