Opinion: Will The Rupee Stabilise, Strengthen, Or Slide?
Vidya Mahambare | Tuesday April 09, 2019In a floating exchange rate system, the value of a currency is determined by demand and supply. If there are no surprises or shocks to either side, then the currency will remain largely stable, but this is rarely the case.
Opinion: Supreme Court Verdict On Insolvency Law Hits Credibility Of RBI
Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Wednesday April 03, 2019Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a controversial 2018 directive from the Reserve Bank of India, which gave lenders a 180-day deadline to resolve non-performing loans.
Opinion: Take A Bow, Ericsson, In How You Handled Anil Ambani Case
Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday March 19, 2019To see just how badly they have bungled RCom, consider the stinging rebuke the lenders received from an appeals judge at India's bankruptcy tribunal last week:
Opinion: How Tata Can Keep Its Hold on Jaguar Land Rover
Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Wednesday March 06, 2019Investors' concerns haven't fully dissipated, and that shows the problem with the sprawling Tata Group's structure.
Opinion: Jet A Semi-State-Owned Airline, Taxpayers Already Fund Air India
Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday February 21, 2019The gamble, which seeks to avoid putting Jet Airways into court-administered bankruptcy, will be put to a shareholder vote on February 21.
Opinion: Relief For Stressed Companies - Is It Sufficient?
Anil Talreja | Thursday January 31, 2019In May 2016, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) was enacted to tackle issues faced by sick companies in the context of insolvency and winding up.
Opinion: PM Modi Should Respect Tradition On Last Budget Before Polls
Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg Opinion | Tuesday January 29, 2019Populist spending is to be expected in an election year.
Opinion: Zee Crisis Shows IL&FS Impact Beyond Finance
Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Tuesday January 29, 2019Although the stake-sale plan has been known for a while, the official explanation so far was that Zee wanted a partner to become a -global media-tech player.-
Opinion: Expect Reduction In Corporate Tax Rate
Vinita Krishnan | Monday January 28, 2019Last year, the tax exemption on long-term capital gains (LTG), which was earlier available on market sale of listed equity shares, was withdrawn and respite was given for investments made prior to January 31, 2018, by allowing taxpayers to substitute the fair market value of such shares on January 31, 2018 as cost base subject to conditions.
Opinion: Focus To Be To Align Small Household Welfare With Government Schemes
Naveen Wadhwa | Monday January 28, 2019The government in its maiden budget in 2014 had incentivised the taxpayers by announcing various tax sops.
Opinion: Budget Should Focus On High Attrition In E-Commerce
Mayur Saraswat | Thursday January 24, 2019The e-commerce industry is another promising sector with job generation at 25 per cent year-on-year. However the industry is gripped by high attrition.
Opinion: Budget May Rely On Some Bogus Numbers
Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg Opinion | Tuesday January 22, 2019Fiscal deficits are supposed to be more than a measure of how responsible a government is with tax money.
Opinion: Very Limited Scope For Major Changes On Tax Front
Ashok Shah | Tuesday January 22, 2019On the corporate tax front, very little may be done by the government. Not much is expected in terms of reliefs as finances of the government are stretched.
Opinion: Jeff Bezos Vs Mukesh Ambani Is The Bout That Had To Happen
Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday January 22, 2019Walmart Inc.'s splashy acquisition last year of Flipkart Online Services Pvt., the homegrown e-tailer giving Amazon.com Inc. a solid run for its money, might have given the impression of a two-horse race.
Opinion: Jet Airways Needed Just One Rupee to Avoid This Tailspin
Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday January 04, 2019The problem is that as 2015 was ending, Jet was earning only half a rupee more in revenue per seat kilometer than IndiGo.
