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
Fall of the zombies? Why corporate failures could surge in 2024Debt-laden companies in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa are facing a $500 billion refinancing challenge in the first half of 2024. This...
06 Oct, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
India needn’t panic about the banking crisis but, with sharp interest-rate hikes, a thorough check is in orderThe relatively small size of the banks that have failed - and that they do not form a part of the 'systemically important banks' - is being...
04 Apr, 2023, 11.25 PM IST
Economist Nouriel Roubini predicts another recession. Here are detailsThe economist Nouriel Roubini, who foresaw the 2008 financial crisis, now believes that the United States and the rest of the globe are set...
23 Sep, 2022, 10.13 PM IST
RBI should not just track rates, but also consequences of Fed’s quantitative tighteningThe notion that quantitative easing (QE) did not prove inflationary and, similarly, QT should not have major deflationary or disruptive eff...
22 Sep, 2022, 11.18 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
Zombie firms eating up bank resources: StudyZombie firms are those that often survive longer than desirable taking advantage of countercyclical policy support, thwarting the process o...
16 Feb, 2022, 08.54 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
View: How bad banks hurt your economyECB has forced banks to be more open about the value of the exposures sitting on their books.
20 Feb, 2019, 02.21 PM 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
Elon Musk is selling flamethrowers and making millions from itThe flamethrower is supposed to "liven up any party" is the "world's safest flamethrower" and comes with a "fire extinguisher sold separate...
30 Jan, 2018, 09.58 AM IST
Why Raghuram Rajan's NPA move may either bring Indian banking to life, or push it into a comaRajan's NPA move could push banks into a tipping point. The time may not be right given the weak economy. But in the long term, it could sa...
24 Feb, 2016, 06.45 AM IST
Distressed by a falling rupee, private equity funds in India look for a way out of the mazePE funds have made exits worth Rs 38,000 crore in the first seven months of this year compared with Rs 28,000 crore in 2014.
24 Sep, 2015, 05.12 PM 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
Oddest projects going the crowd funding route, and succeedingKick-starter, a breeding ground for mega-creative projects like Oculus Rift and Pebble smartwatch, is also home to some strange ideas.
23 Aug, 2014, 12.56 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