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Market peak: Stock indices can reliably rise-but corporate results must justify it

New Delhi, Nov. 28 -- Fourteen months after a big selloff attributed to a global shift in capital flows, Indian largecap stock indices regained the limelight on Thursday. The wait had begun to seem en... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Apple is about to topple Samsung globally but wins in India could prove harder

New Delhi, Nov. 28 -- Apple is set to end the long reign of Samsung as the world's top smartphone company, according to Counterpoint Research. The iPhone maker is projected to end 2025 with 243 millio... Read More


Labour unions oppose reforms but dare we hope for a new era of win-win industrial relations?

New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- Labour unions went on a nationwide strike on Wednesday to oppose India's four labour codes notified last week. These laws are as good as their enforcement. As a concurrent-list s... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Rare earth magnet scarcity: Don't just make in India, scrape those scrapyards as well

New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- India's cabinet on Wednesday green-lighted a Rs.7,280 crore scheme to incentivize the manufacture of rare earth permanent magnets over seven years. The aim is to be able to produ... Read More


Can GDP 'nowcasts' help a data-strapped RBI formulate monetary policy? It's worth a try

New Delhi, Nov. 26 -- Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Y.V. Reddy once quipped, "In India, not only the future, but even the past is uncertain." Reddy was making an important point in his ... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | JPMorgan says oil could plunge to $30 by the end of 2027: Here's why it may not

New Delhi, Nov. 26 -- Oil prices have survived wars without going too high and stayed roughly within a band of $60-70 per barrel for much of 2025. But could a market glut send them lower? JPMorgan se... Read More


Rolling back QCOs on key factory inputs is a good start but India's import policy needs a broader overhaul

New Delhi, Nov. 25 -- The government's decision to roll back a raft of quality control orders (QCOs) on imports of factory inputs has raised the hope that it will improve the competitiveness of India'... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Regardless of climate talks, India should push ahead with its carbon market

New Delhi, Nov. 25 -- Climate change could be described as a "tragedy of the commons." That is, one where a shared resource, such as the planet's atmosphere, gets degraded because everyone has an ince... Read More


India's newly notified labour codes can act as an economic catalyst-but much else must fall in place

New Delhi, Nov. 24 -- It is welcome that the government has notified the four labour codes that have been ready since 2020 (the code on wages was framed in 2019). For these laws to become operational,... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | The rupee's sharp Friday drop: Where is the exchange rate headed?

New Delhi, Nov. 24 -- The Indian rupee on Friday slumped to a record low of about 89.60 to the US dollar, zipping past the 89 mark for the first time. Its difficulties came amid a sharp fall in global... Read More