Why the poor buy lottery and traders gamble Why the poor buy lottery and traders gamble The other day, I noticed a group of people (from the lower middle-class at best) huddled in a corner of an open field playing cards for stakes.
Heard in the Studio Heard in the Studio For some, there was a breather, while for others, the chickens came home to roost. However, all of this provided a lot of fodder for the folks at The ...
Investor's final frontiers Investor's final frontiers As far as the global investor preference for markets goes, the less risky ones are the developed markets such as United States, Canada, United ...
Money Talk Money Talk Ramanujam Sridhar, CEO, brand–comm dons many hats. He is a consultant, author, teacher and social activist among other things. Sridhar founded the ...
Five things you shouldn't do when stock markets fall Five things you shouldn't do when stock markets fall As you watched the Sensex zip past 20,000 in October, you told yourself – “I missed this one! But I'll wait for a correction”. Well, the wait is now ...
Heard in the studio Heard in the studio With corporate results, inflation and rate hike making headlines throughout the week, conversation in The Studio too meandered around the same. Here's ...
Myopic CEOs Myopic CEOs After interviewing more than a hundred Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and other C-level executives from multinational companies, regional ...
Truly, madly, deeply anchored Truly, madly, deeply anchored I recently had a “psychological experience” at a book store. I collected couple of CDs to drop into my shopping cart when I realised that the store ...
De-coding credit policy terms De-coding credit policy terms A look at the RBI's tools to help curb liquidity in the market.
Newton moves markets too Isaac Newton's contributions to physics and mathematics proved revolutionary. He didn't, however, prove to be as astute an investor, as evidenced by ...
A handy extension for the new MacBook Air and Pro The Moarmouz multiport hub offers a lot of convenience for new MacBook users
Tracking Deals Gray Matters invests in iDreamCareerUS-based education and skilling sector focussed impact investor Gray ...
Doing a little more to make tests fail-safe Srikanth Ganesan’s start-up develops digital device for paperless examinations
A one-stop hub to organise all the non-core services konektUP helps start-ups manage HR, IT, legal, finance and marketing functions
Basmati paddy futures contract launched Pusa 1121 is exported to countries including Iran, Saudi Arabia and UAE
Accounting jugglery A string of cases involving accounting sleight of hand and auditor negligence has come to light in recent ...
Indices to remain range-bound, choppy The Sensex and the Nifty were volatile last week and face resistance ahead. Tread with caution
Woodstock music festival: Fifty years on Seventy two hours of music with 400,000 people in attendance. Woodstock Music & Art Fair opened in a lush farm ...
The Beloved Toni Morrison A tribute to Toni Morrison (1931-2019), the African-American writer who died on August 5
Campus politics in Kerala and its deep gender bias Women’s empowerment is a mere slogan in the student organisations of the Left parties in Kerala
Quiz on scandals On August 17, 21 years ago, then US President Bill Clinton admitted in taped testimony of his physical ...
Dealing with fake influencers Rising fraud has led to the loss of ad dollars and compromised brand safety
Nuggets BARC’s self-service portal A lot of advertising decisions in India are made basis data provided by audience ...
Making Sheraton the new gathering place Marriott International has unveiled a refreshed look for its heritage brand
No place to call home Home-buyers have lost their life savings to bogus projects. Can RERA make a difference? BusinessLine ...
Unsold inventory in ongoing projects spells a crisis:Gautam Chatterjee Maharashtra was one of the first States to establish a Real Estate Regulatory Authority in 2017 in a bid to ...
A tale of three developers — will the law catch up? The travails faced by nearly 1 lakh home-buyers in the National Capital Region after signing up for housing ...
Struggling to stay connected BSNL, market leader till about a decade ago, has been hit by inadequate investments, inefficiencies and a lack ...
