No batteries? Thinner packaging? US businesses look for ways to offset tariffsBrands are exploring cost-cutting measures to avoid significant price hikes, focusing on methods like tweaked product designs and reduced m...
02 Apr, 2025, 09.56 AM IST
Don't fall for the not-so-fine art of fakingArt forgery remains a significant issue, with nearly half of the global art market affected. Proving an artwork's provenance is crucial, pa...
18 Jan, 2025, 10.59 PM IST
How Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can resolve US-China relationsChina's high-tech manufacturing has surged, fueled by Trump's policies. This growth poses a challenge to U.S. dominance. The author propose...
18 Dec, 2024, 07.27 AM IST
A billionaire farmer fights his jailing as tycoons face crackdown in ChinaChinese billionaire Sun Dawu, serving an 18-year sentence for corruption, warns that his company's collapse could impact over ten thousand ...
10 Sep, 2024, 03.08 PM IST
Facing budget crunches, Chinese tax collectors descend on companiesChinese authorities embarked on a crackdown to recover decades-old unpaid taxes from companies and individuals to address significant budge...
08 Aug, 2024, 12.39 PM IST
Feudal Buddha: The spread of Buddhism to Southeast Asia, Central &East Asia, had a lot to do with politics & economicsIt all began in the 19th century when Europeans rediscovered Buddhism. They were able to translate the various Pali texts from Sri Lanka. T...
29 Sep, 2023, 11.36 PM IST
An economist explains: What you need to know about inflationInflation refers to a general increase in prices and the resulting decline in the purchasing power of money. While most of us can sense whe...
21 Aug, 2022, 11.10 AM IST
How auction houses and art galleries are trying to beat the Covid blues with a digital pushArt has always grappled with disease and death and pandemic. How contemporary artists portray Covid-19 has yet to be seen, but there is a s...
05 Sep, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
Income tax department raises Rs 55 cr from selling Nirav Modi paintingsOf the gross proceeds, the department will get a net of Rs 54.84 crore, with the rest being the commission to the auction house Saffronart ...
27 Mar, 2019, 08.35 AM IST
Vedanta has 15-30% margin in all sectors and the lowest cost of production: Anil Agarwal“Due to corrections, you have to accept 10% to 15% plus and minus in metal prices.”
20 Jul, 2018, 04.47 PM IST
Developing interest among the uninformed is a challenge: Kiran NadarDelhi doesn't have a very interested art scenario unlike in Mumbai or Kolkata. Delhi has a large floating population and it takes time for ...
15 Oct, 2017, 12.24 AM IST
GST: 10% duty on imported mobile phones to boost 'Make in India'Companies such as Apple, while starting local sourcing in partnership with Taiwanese manufacturer Wistron still import a large chunk of the...
27 Jun, 2017, 10.48 AM IST
Fiscal deficit, inflation under control; economy in revival mode: FM JaitleyThe Economic Survey presented by Jaitley in February had projected a growth rate of 8.1 to 8.5 per cent for the current financial year.
24 Aug, 2015, 06.38 PM IST
Ceramic industry to shut shops from midnight on gas price hikeThe Association has claimed that the state-run Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) has hiked gas prices by a whopping 130% in 2 yrs.
27 Nov, 2013, 04.49 PM IST
- Govt support to help Indian cos to compete with China
Industrial delegates from the foundry Industry on Wednesday said industries in India could acquire the global competitive edge and compete ...
09 Jul, 2008, 05.30 PM IST
- Chinese finance minister resigns
Government officials said on Thursday that Finance Minister Jin Renqing resigned for "personal reasons," amid concerns of surging inflation...
30 Aug, 2007, 03.12 PM IST
- Keep taxmen away from policy making: Kelkar
If finance minister P Chidambaram's advisor Vijay Kelkar has his way, there could well be a Chinese wall between tax policy makers and admi...
09 Sep, 2004, 01.29 AM IST