Did You Know: The U.S. government has an official zombie apocalypse plan — and it’s not a joke!CONPLAN 8888 was developed between 2009 and 2010 by military planners training on the Joint Operational Planning and Execution System (JOPE...
23 Feb, 2026, 07.28 PM IST
What are Zombie Companies as they are back in America? 639 companies on life support as debt crunch bitesZombie companies are back — and they’re multiplying fast. Across America, 639 firms can’t even pay their interest bills anymore. These “zom...
07 Nov, 2025, 12.18 AM IST
A zombie economy could be America’s futureThe US economy faces challenges from rising interest rates and AI disruption, prompting calls for policies to artificially lower long-term ...
13 Oct, 2025, 04.44 PM IST
View: Zombie firms are rising up again in IndiaAccording to a recent study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), corporate zombification is on the rise globally, leading to negative ...
18 Sep, 2023, 07.16 AM IST
Share of zombie firms in India doubled between FY12 & FY22Dun & Bradstreet’s analysis finds that zombie firms have increased in India over the past decade. The share of zombie firms (as a percentag...
18 Jan, 2023, 04.01 PM IST
“Dr Doom” Roubini expects a ‘long, ugly’ recession and stocks sinking 40%Roubini expects the US and global recession to last all of 2023, depending on how severe the supply shocks and financial distress will be. ...
21 Sep, 2022, 01.20 PM IST
What is Zombie ice? Read on to find its threatening impacts on the global sea levels'Zombie ice' will continue to flow into the ocean regardless of what climate actions the world takes now. The unavoidable rise in the sea l...
31 Aug, 2022, 03.54 PM IST
View: Rescue solvent companies but kill off zombiesThe rescue ops will, rightly, save fundamentally productive firms, but also, wrongly, create many zombies.
28 Jun, 2020, 03.10 PM IST
View: What makes world economy particularly susceptible to this virus crisisThe longer the pandemic lasts, the greater the risk that the downturn morphs into a crisis.
18 Mar, 2020, 01.33 PM IST
World is Fat And Slow: How the populist backlash to globalisation fuels more inequalityA world without recessions may sound like progress, but recessions can be like forest fires, purging the economy of dead brush so new shoot...
17 Jun, 2019, 10.45 AM IST
What I read this week: Who was swimming naked; plus gold-silver ratio is giving a hintSilver-gold ratio is one of the most sensitive leading indicators of liquidity.
30 Sep, 2018, 12.23 PM IST
ET Recommendation: Dead Rising 4 for Xbox One - Meant for fan of survival horror gamesThis Christmas try your hands on the Dead Rising 4 horror game on Xbox One or enjoy your music on Amkette’s latest Bluetooth speaker
25 Dec, 2016, 12.00 AM IST
Rise of 'zombies' as private equity biggies get meatier pieBig Indian private equity fund managers are getting bigger at a time when the number of zombie funds, which have failed to raise follow-on ...
14 Sep, 2015, 11.25 AM IST
Movie Review: Rise of the ZombieWith an unfulfilling end and a tacky teaser of the sequel, expectations aren’t essentially high from the upcoming episodes.
05 Apr, 2013, 03.32 PM IST
- India tops list of countries sending spam messages in Q1
India has overtaken the US to become the top global contributor of junk messages, being responsible for relaying one in 10 spam e-mails.
21 Apr, 2012, 06.32 PM IST
- Hong Kong named world's spam capital
Hong Kong is under siege from legions of "zombies" attacking people with spam and leaving in their wake a trail of destruction costing mill...
11 Sep, 2009, 07.01 PM IST
- India figures in top 10 spammers' list
India accounts for 3% of spam sent globally. Top-ranked US sends more than twice as much spam as next largest contributor, Russia. Phishing...
20 Aug, 2008, 06.10 AM IST