Higher oil prices or higher EMIs? Take your pick
A higher government borrowing will 'crowd-out' the private borrowing and push interest rates higher.

SPECIAL: How does the external value of the rupee matter?
The depreciating Indian rupee creates new opportunities.

SPECIAL: Unravelling the Greek tragedy
A debt overhang can last generations.

Will India skip the hypermart stage?
The need to modernise supply chains is pitted against visions of how big retail would devastate small shops.

Greece's real threat to the euro zone
If Greece leaves, and its economy rebounds, the power of its example could split Europe

SPECIAL: What are the implications of Facebook's IPO
There are considerable implications for corporate governance in the structure of the initial public offering of Facebook.

There is more to Indian IT story, believes TCS head
"The opportunity that we have ahead of us is much more than what we have seen in the past," says Natarajan Chandrasekaran.

India's medicine man strikes again
To some -- especially western drug companies -- he is a 'pirate'. To others, mostly those in developing countries, he is an unparalleled hero. Either way, Yusuf Hamied, 75, is perhaps the most talked about man in pharmaceutical circles in the last decade.

SPECIAL: Indian economy will perish without reforms
India's political leadership needs to demonstrate persuasively that economic reforms are on track

What the UPA govt can learn from Mumbai's B.E.S.T
Bad economics does not always mean good politics. Its time UPA woke up to that.

How Uttarakhand is different from Himachal Pradesh
"Look at Uttarakh#8743 there the government first developed land and then called industry." Rawat's sentiment finds echo across Himachal. "In Uttarakhand, the development was much more planned," says C N Dhar, senior vice-president, Indo Farm Equipment.

Panel rejects Bihar's demand for special category status
The panel, under the supervision of the Planning Commission, also turned down the demand for area-based fiscal concessions for Bihar on the grounds that it was not consistent with the proposed reform measures under the Direct Taxes Code and Goods and Services Tax.

SPECIAL: Is India's growth story going awry?
The cumulative impact of flagging investments that set in during 2011-12 has taken the shine off the India growth story.

SPECIAL: Air India's last chance for a take-off
Promises of a turnaround have been made before to little effect, so it's natural to feel a flood of scepticism at such proclamations.

How delivery boys, taxi drivers risk DEATH everyday
Going is not easy for delivery boys, microfinance agents and cab drivers.

Why you must be wary of PSU stocks
The entire basket is likely to suffer for sometime and offer lucrative short positions.

Column: Is Bihar a special category state?
Separate fiscal consideration for special category states because of their hilly terrain imparts a cost disability in public service provision.

Reliance Jewels offers special bonus this Akshaya Thrithiya
Reliance Jewels is offering double gold rate protection for Akshaya Thrithiya.

How will RBI rate cut affect you? Well, it WON'T
The government has taken on more and more debt to finance the deficit and more debt also means more interest.

India should accept days of 9% growth are over
India has no god-given right to foreign capital.

SPECIAL: Value investing and the margin of safety
Intrigued by the concept of value investing? Read on...

SUCCESS story: He started a software company at 18!
Shalin Jain's journey as an entrepreneur started when he was a college going teenager.

SPECIAL: Why the annual Budget is like a bikini
Five things you did not hear the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee say in the budget speech.

Looking for easy way to order food? Here's HELP!
She is a self-confessed foodie. It's this passion for food which inspired her to start Deliverychef.in. Meet Aditi Talreja, the 23 year-old owner of this online aggregator for restaurants and other food providers.

Apollo's mission: To serve the masses
Local healthcare is a largely disaggregated affair but Apollo's new plan to start local clinics could change the way we access doctors while adding another valuable addition to the hospital group's value chain.