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Why the world is betting on China again, and what India must do about itChina's business environment prioritizes market share with strong government backing. The nation has shifted to high-quality, high-speed pr...
Why urban kids today feel harder to impress than everA nostalgic reflection on how liberalisation, smartphones and global exposure have reshaped urban Indian teens into materially driven, hard...
Indian pharma firms flood west Africa with powerful opioids despite crackdown: AFP investigationIndian pharmaceutical firms are exporting millions of dollars worth of powerful tapentadol opioids to West Africa, fueling a deadly drugs e...
Why smart people choose wrong careers: Overconfidence, prestige traps, and 5 signs it’s time to switchBrilliant students often get stuck in careers, while average performers thrive. This happens because intelligence is an engine, not a drive...
YouTube offers deepfake detection to HollywoodYouTube is now offering Hollywood celebrities and entertainers a free deepfake detection tool to combat AI-driven impersonations. This expa...
The Buffett framework of investing: Why some stocks deserve a PE of 25, and others deserve a PE of 10In his letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett revealed a valuation framework that explained why stocks can lose half their value without an...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
Putting changes in perspectiveCovid-related relaxations gave a boost to NPS. Contribution under NPS grew over 30% with assets under management at Rs 4.94 lakh crore as o...
View: Efficient credit alone can take India where it aspires to beIn all the 30 most severe credit boom episodes around the world, where credit in the economy grew at a speed faster than the economy itself...
View: Rescue solvent companies but kill off zombiesThe rescue ops will, rightly, save fundamentally productive firms, but also, wrongly, create many zombies.
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.
View: How bad banks hurt your economyECB has forced banks to be more open about the value of the exposures sitting on their books.
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.
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...
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.
- India is no. 3 haven for hackers
Symantec’s threat report says india follows US, Brazil in terms of origin of malware.