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Mint Quick Edit | Gold price slump: past the peak of its glitter or just a momentary loss of lustre?

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Gold, a recent star performer for investors, seems to have run into rough times. By Wednesday, its prices had fallen for seven sessions in a row, even as West Asia erupted again ... Read More


Zee case curiosity: Why personal guarantees for loans taken by firms face the arclights again

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- The ongoing controversy over Zee TV founder Subhash Chandra's personal liability under personal guarantees extended by him for loans taken by his Essel Group-linked firms has dra... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | RBI's dollar deposit window worked wonders-but let's be thankful it's shut now

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) window to attract foreign currency deposits that saw shutters drop on 31 August, one month ahead of the initial schedule, has brought in a flood... Read More


Apple's new CEO has a cash pile handy. But the global AI race looks set to test its innovative core

New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- John Ternus, who has taken charge of Apple Inc as CEO, inherits a mixed bag of fortune. The company, worth some $4.6 trillion, has more than 2.5 billion active devices in people'... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | India's investment uptick-an all-engine economic growth run in the making?

New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- The hope that India's economy is headed for a comfort zone on overall investment got a boost from Monday's release of economic data. Gross fixed capital formation at current pric... Read More


Warsh's Jackson Hole address outlined key principles for central banks around the world

New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- Globally, few speeches are watched as closely or analysed in as much detail as the US Federal Reserve chair's speech at the symposium hosted by the Kansas City Fed every year for... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | India GDP growth has surpassed expectations: here's what to expect

New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- India's economy got off to a pacy start this fiscal year with its gross domestic product (GDP) expanding 7.8% in the first quarter over the previous year's April-June period. Thi... Read More


Perpetually linked incentives? India's handset makers must shorten their curve to competitiveness

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- The government recently extended production-linked incentives (PLIs) for the domestic manufacture of cellphones that expired a few months ago for another five years. The scheme ... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | The theory of limited liability and practice of personal guarantees both need rethinks

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- Limited liability is regarded as a key innovation for its liberation of risky capital ventures from a business owner's fear of ruin. Long ago, the concept's failure to restrain s... Read More


India must stiffen its packaging rules-but at what level of health risk are big loud warnings justified?

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- There is a tide in the affairs of state policy, which, taken at the peak, could improve market outcomes. What began years ago as online activism over the safety of the packaged s... Read More