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Applying Chinese ecosystem learning to build Indian smartphone; eyes Rs 7,500 crore sales: NxtQuantum founder
With over 20 years of industry experience, including building mobile phone brands in the Chinese ecosystem like Realme, NxtQuantum founder Madhav Sheth says he is…
CCI avoiding suo motu probes to prevent conflict of interest
New Delhi: Competition Commission is avoiding taking up suo motu cases unless nobody is willing to come forward, as there is a conflict of interest…
The rise of the deserving rich
BILLIONAIRES HAVE never exactly been popular, but today they are loathed. Politicians in America’s Congress talk about them far more than ever before, usually to…
Elon Musk’s vision of the future
ELON MUSK, in his telling, is a modern-day Cassandra—better than most at predicting the future, but doomed to be disbelieved. “People don’t realise that what…
What investment gurus get wrong
FINANCIAL ADVICE was once doled out solely by well-paid professionals, and solely to the wealthy. Then, from the 1980s, celebrity advisers took their tips to…
US tariff proposal wake-up call for Indian pharma to diversify, innovate: Experts
New Delhi: India’s pharmaceutical industry should treat the proposed US tariffs on imported generic medicines as a wake-up call to reduce dependence on a single…
Zepto, Truhome Finance to lead IPO rush as firms target over ₹25,000 crore
India’s primary market is set for another busy month, with more than a dozen companies, including Zepto, Shiprocket, and Elevate Campuses, preparing to launch their…
India and Australia must move decisively to build resilient energy supply chains
India and Australia must move decisively to build energy supply chains resilient enough to withstand regional shocks, as an energy disruption in one part of…
The economics of the World Cup
The most tempting column for an economist to write about the World Cup is the teardown, and I had it drafted before the opening match….
How investors learned to live with inflation
For a good portion of the early 2020s, just about every discussion of financial markets seemed to involve aviation metaphors. Rich-world inflation had surged and…