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Government as risk factor -
Vinayak Chatterjee, Business Standard
Ask any infrastructure developer and he will tell you that the biggest risk factor is the government itself. The “sovereign” does not inspire confidence when, paradoxically, in financial markets, sovereign debt and sovereign guarantees are supposedly the safest you can get. Infrastructure developers will also tell you that the situation is akin to being invited to dinner as a valued guest; and as soon as you arrive at your host’s gate, you get roughed up, beaten and sometimes even killed by the guards on duty.
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Jobs fixed to rig freight scam probe -
Josy Joseph, Times of India
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The emergence of chief digital officer -
Uma Ganesh, Financial Express
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The rise and rise of MNC R&D -
Sudhir Chowdhary, Financial Express
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Will the real inflation rate stand up please? -
Rajeev Malik, Business Standard
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Clean chits -
Sushila Ravindranath, Indian Express
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Here's why Food Bill will cost more than we think -
Prachi Mishra, Economic Times
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H-1B visas biggest worry; new rules to hit Cognizant and TCS most -
N Shivapriya, Economic Times
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Jet-Etihad Deal: Has government tweaked national policy to pave way for it? -
Binoy Prabhakar, Economic Times
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Cyber bank heist spans 27 countries -
Jessica Dye, Joseph Ax & Jim Finkle, Reuters
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Posco closer to iron ore access on SC decision -
Financial Express
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India, US to jointly develop, produce defence equipment -
Pranab Dhal Samanta, Indian Express
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Industrial growth slows to 20-yr low of 1% in 2012-13 -
Times of India
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The flip-side of Bansal: Thriving black market of government jobs -
Saubhik Chakrabarti, Economic Times
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How do you prevent rupee trades? -
Ila Patnaik, FinancialExpress
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Delhi Press's bold gamble -
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar, BusinessStandard
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Squeezing India's airports -
Bhupesh Bhandari, BusinessStandard
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Configuring a 'non-toothless' Trai -
Shyam Ponappa, Business Standard
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Rs 28,000-crore IAF order up for grabs -
Ajai Shukla, Business Standard
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Foreign chains get leeway on back-end investments -
Nivedita Mookerji & Nayanima Basu, Business Standard
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Foreign airlines may soon get nod to fly Airbus A380 into India -
Tarun Shukla, Mint
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Murdoch’s Game Theory -
Anushree Chandran, Financial Express
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The end of social democracy -
Manas Chakravarty, Mint
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Who creates jobs? -
Economist
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Credit squeeze shackles exports -
Anil Sasi, Indian Express
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MCA agonised over fraud probe as cheat funds ran riot -
Ashish Sinha & Rishi Raj, Financial Express
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 There was for years an old "social contract" between politicians and business. This provided for complex rules and regulations that made it impossible to do business honestly in many fields. But it was possible to do business dishonestly, through pay-offs . Some called this "efficient corruption" : politicians took money and delivered clearances. However, the anti-corruption mood of the courts, and new fears of getting caught (like Pawan Bansal) have ended "efficient corruption" . Politicians may still take money but not deliver on clearances , what some call "inefficient corruption" that freezes investment and growth. The old social contract has broken down.
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Split with Nitish will only boost BJP in Bihar -
K Balakrishnan, LensOnNews
WITH THE BJP seemingly decided on projecting Narendra Modi as its PM candidate and its close ally Nitish Kumar of JD(U) equally firm in his opposition to the idea, a split in the NDA alliance looks inevitable; most observers think it’s not a question of if, but when. |
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