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From Pope to Snowden: In 2013, the smart guys won globallyAll the world may have been a stage in Shakespeare's day, but in our time, it's more like an endless sandlot ball game slugged out between ...
US data surveillance: Welcome to the anti-social networkIf US did have access to your emails, FB posts and Skype calls, you’re indeed in a time imagined by Orwell: there’s no way of knowing wheth...
Space age stealing: Bank robbery no longer attracts the best and brightest criminal mindsNot a techie? Not a problem! If you can dial a phone, use an instant message service, or sign a lunch cheque, you’re good to go.
Cyprus crisis may be overdone, but Eurozone troubles remainAfter five years of financial calamities, the West has become a bit addicted to the idea of apocalypse. There is a nice shiver of excitemen...
Poke Me: Do macroeconomists know economics?If you've never met a macroeconomist in real life, you may be surprised to find that they are just like the rest of us, but with fewer frie...
Financial crisis in the west: Should policymakers look to private companies for inspiration?Much of southern Europe is now hopelessly conflicted about how to deal with their public finances, so much so that Italy may not even be ab...
Thirteen ways of looking at BlackBerry 10BB 10 is a nice device, of course. What if it clicks after all? Will the business model of the Waterloo, Ontario, firm look different? ET e...
How Internet is going to change the world in next 30 yearsSome analysts say that Big Data or Industrial Internet may have an even bigger economic impact than the internet has had in its first 30 ye...
Sunday ET: Global predictions and wishful thoughts for 2013ET Magazine forecasts the headlines for 2013 — if sanity breaks out.
The Apple question: When and why do great cos, ideas and technologies begin to falter?Established companies often don't innovate because the competitors' first products seem more like crude toys than real competition.
Is a retail revolution always good? Lessons from AmericaIn 1972, the average American family spent 21% of its income on food, according to government statistics. By 2012, that has fallen to 9%.
Sunday ET: Colorado, gurudwara killings aftermath: Why Americans think it is right to own guns?It may seem a little bizarre that many Americans insist people have the right to buy a gun that can spit 60 bullets per second.

Roughly every 18 months or so some new banking scandal usually arises among one of the major international banks. Afterwards, the banks all...
Rajat Gupta's fallout may not make dent in NRI success story but may trace his conduct to IndiaWhile Rajat Gupta's rise may have mattered earlier as an example of Indian potential, his fall has come at a time when NRIs are on the verg...
Sunday ET: Why didn't Rajat Gupta plead guilty?In his mind Rajat Gupta had to know the odds were against him.The charges are dismissed only 8 or 9% of the time, and only 1% of defendants...
Are company CEOs muppets? Troubles of Lloyd Blankfein & Indra NooyiPay is important, but perhaps what the Anglo-American business world needs to create a culture that creates a few less Miss Piggys and a fe...
Will the US economy save the world again?Recent economic numbers look surprisingly good. If the trend continues and if America can produce, as it has many times, the 'next big thin...
Lessons for democracies from Berlusconi's fallThere are also a few important lessons for citizens of any democracy where money buys too much and votes buy too little.
- Why did rich Rajat Gupta turn to grubby business of insider trading?
Federal prosecutors claim that Gupta leaked information to Raj Rajaratnam, the CEO of the Galleon Group about key corporate developments.
- Eurozone sovereign debt crisis through the eyes of a bond trader
It doesn't look much like a crisis. He agrees that there seems to be an odd disconnect right now. But it won't last, he adds.