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The Blockchain Is Starting To Live Up To Its Potential

Aaron Brown, Bloomberg | Sunday August 08, 2021

A blockchain is a digital database, or ledger, used to record information and transactions in a collaborative manner.

Opinion: What India Can Learn From China About Elon Musk And Tesla

Anjani Trivedi, Bloomberg | Wednesday August 04, 2021

India wants to get on the electric vehicle bandwagon, and is introducing China-style policies to pursue its green ambitions.

Opinion: Vodafone's $30 Billion Debt In India Leaves It Close To Cutting Out

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday July 30, 2021

The world's cheapest data costs have done wonders for India by helping spread the benefits of the internet beyond a tiny, urban, affluent class. But there's a problem: Successive governments have hounded telecom operators with outlandish financial de

Opinion: What Investors May Soon Expect From IPO-Bound Paytm

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday July 27, 2021

India's biggest-ever initial public offering can't be chalked up solely to the zeitgeist. Like most markets, irrational exuberance and easy money will no doubt play a part in Paytm's upcoming $2.2 billion share sale.

Opinion: 10 Of Your Biggest Delta Variant Questions Answered

Sam Fazeli, Bloomberg | Monday July 26, 2021

A surge in Covid-19 cases following the emergence of the highly transmissible delta variant has sparked fresh health concerns and raised questions about the safety and pace of reopening, even in places where vaccination rates are high.

Opinion: Why Pegasus Scandal Is A Wake-Up Call For US

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Tuesday July 20, 2021

Of the 50,000 phone numbers that were, according to a consortium of investigative journalists, possible targets for surveillance using the Israeli company NSO Group Ltd.'s Pegasus spyware, apparently not one had a +1 prefix.

Opinion: Sorry, No Mastercard? Here's The Problem

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday July 16, 2021

Mastercard Inc. has been told not to issue new cards in India. It's a move that underscores the urgent need of a U.S.-led digital trade pact to set global standards for what sovereign states can and cannot do to firms that obtain and process data int

Opinion: Zomato's Pricey IPO Has Arrived Hot, Beating Other Unicorns

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Tuesday July 13, 2021

At the top of the indicated price range, the app will have a market value of almost $8 billion, or 45% more than Jubilant Foodworks.

Opinion: Modi Drops His Health Minister. Can India Get Its Shots Now?

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday July 08, 2021

Narendra Modi has rearranged his cabinet, but the changes give no indication of a meaningful sharing of power.

Opinion: For A 90% Haircut, Try India's Bankruptcy Salon

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday July 05, 2021

Five years ago, India came up with a legal answer to its perennial economic challenge of rescuing the money stuck in zombie firms.

How Did A Startup Win A Rare Banking License In India?

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Monday June 21, 2021

BharatPe, a barely three-year-old payments startup, is going to be the half-owner of a bank in India - a prize that has eluded many of the country's pedigreed tycoons.

Opinion: India vs Brazil - One Of Them Has To Be Right On Inflation

Daniel Moss, Bloomberg | Thursday June 17, 2021

Thousands of miles from the corridors of the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank, a struggle between competing views on inflation is unfolding.

Opinion: Gautam Adani Needs Investors Who At Least Have A Website

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday June 17, 2021

Gautam Adani's debt-fueled empire received a jolt this week when the Economic Times reported that three of the six Mauritius-based funds that have invested most of their money in the Indian billionaire's stocks had seen their accounts frozen by the

Opinion: Elon Musk-Jeff Bezos Spat Reflects Bad Space Policy

Adam Minter, Bloomberg | Wednesday June 16, 2021

Last week, the Senate passed a measure that would allot $10 billion over five years for NASA to develop two new lunar landers.

Opinion: Luxury And Hunger, The Two Faces Of An Unequal Pandemic

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday June 14, 2021

Mercedes-Benz AG recently introduced its Maybach sport utility vehicle in India -- right in the middle of a fierce second wave of the pandemic.

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