Opinions and Editorials

  • Column: Recall this FE - Fri, Nov 13

    On Monday, Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker initiated a precautionary charger exchange programme in which consumers owning certain Nokia-branded chargers manufactured by China's BYD Co Ltd were recommended to exchange these chargers for free replacements.

  • One-party state? IE - Thu, Nov 12

    The World Economic Forum's India meeting in New Delhi featured some thoughtful panels, speeches and ideas.

  • Mamata's test IE - Thu, Nov 12

    Of the 10 West Bengal assembly seats that were up for by-election, seven have returned the Trinamool Congress, underlining the swift diminishment of the Left's vote share even since the Lok Sabha elections this summer.

  • Taking Naxalites head-on IE - Thu, Nov 12

    The editorial in the latest issue of the RSS journal Organiser titled "Maoists are Killers, Terrorists.

  • Two languages IE - Thu, Nov 12

    That the MNS goons who roughed up Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi in the Maharashtra assembly need to be dealt with sternly is obvious.

  • FE Edirorial: Not so good or serviceable FE - Thu, Nov 12

    The goods & services tax, due to be implemented by April 1, 2010, will not only be a major accomplishment in rationalising and reforming indirect tax structures, but will also promote the goal of creating a genuine single market in federal India.

  • Obama comes to continent of change FE - Thu, Nov 12

    Whichever way one looks at it, there is no escaping the fact that President Barack Obama's first Asian tour beginning this week is about coping with the rise of China and its irrevocable impact on the political and economic structures of Asia.

  • Column: Spectrum of Raja's 'innocence' FE - Thu, Nov 12

    There is a touching innocence to the manner in which communications minister A Raja went about tweaking procedures to ensure that companies like Unitech and Swan Telecom got scarce 2G spectrum on a preferential basis, which later attracted foreign investors into these companies at huge valuations.

  • Column: A conference that's worth spreading FE - Thu, Nov 12

    At TED India, sleep was a waste of time, and missing a day was criminal: I realised that within minutes of striking a conversation with marine biologist Charles Anderson and neurophysiologist Aditi Shankardass on the bus en-route to a TED party.

  • Too taxing in parts FE - Thu, Nov 12

    The first discussion paper on GST that was released on Tuesday is the first official communication on dual GST that is intended to be introduced in India in 2010. As its heading suggests, the paper is perhaps the first of such discussion documents.

  • Column: Valuing intangible property FE - Thu, Nov 12

    Over the past few years, businesses have given more and more prominence to intellectual property. Today, valuing the IP of a business is relevant in almost every aspect of corporate activity, be it mergers & acquisitions, assignments and licensing, enforcement and even day-to-day activities of maintaining accounts.

  • Honey, I shrank the CAT! India Today - Wed, Nov 11

    The CAT is out of the bag and has stunned business schools. For the first time in 10 years, the number of applicants for the Common Admission Test (CAT) has taken a plunge. In spite of an extension of 10 days for online registration, a little over 2.41 lakh applicants registered for the exam this year, against 2.7 lakh last year.

  • In denial IE - Wed, Nov 11

    Last month, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena graduated from an angry mob to a sizeable elected force in the state's politics.

  • Out of contention IE - Wed, Nov 11

    Even by the Samajwadi Party's recent standards of personalised politics, the campaign for the Firozabad bypoll was remarkable.

  • Bhola's 5 questions on climate change FE - Wed, Nov 11

    Writing a few words on a complex subject is a challenge. I prefer a common sense review of the issues as Bhola, a plain Joe, might see things—because climate change threatens communities everywhere and it requires Bholas to adjust and adapt.

  • Column : Has communism really gone from Cubulcut? FE - Wed, Nov 11

    "I can't believe you're talking about Europe!" My friend's exclamation followed descriptions of my experience this summer in Cubulcut, a small village in northwest Romania, where I had spent half of a six-week stint volunteering as an English teacher.

  • Are markets all over irrational again? FE - Wed, Nov 11

    Warren Buffett's recent planned $27 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe has been described as an "all-in wager on the economic future of the US".

  • Eavesdropper FE - Wed, Nov 11

    Maran's comeback When UPA-II's cabinet was formed, Dayanidhi Maran was thought to have made a weak comeback.

  • Column : What TED didn't get about India FE - Wed, Nov 11

    At the recently concluded TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference in Mysore, our junior foreign minister, Shashi Tharoor, spoke about how India would dominate through soft power.

  • FE Editorial : No qualifications necessary FE - Wed, Nov 11

    Among the changes introduced by the Securities & Exchange Board of India on Monday night, the most significant is the plan to mandate half-yearly disclosure of balance sheets by the Indian corporate sector.


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