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Opinion: Vodafone Loss Gives Government A Stark Choice

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday September 28, 2020

The quarrel goes back to Vodafone's 2007 purchase of Li Ka-shing's India wireless business.

Opinion: With Farm Bills, PM Modi Has "Thrown Out The Old Furniture"

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday September 24, 2020

Big changes are afoot in Indian agriculture, driven by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at considerable political risk. Freeing up farming markets may be as significant as dismantling industrial licenses in 1991. However, if the state's protection withers away only to reveal a few large capitalists as the new overlords, there will be chaos and misery rather than progress ...

Opinion: India Should Choose: Toyota or Pakora?

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Monday September 21, 2020

Six years of headline management should have been enough for Prime Minister Modi's government. From justifying its bizarre overnight ban on most banknotes in 2016 to defending suspiciously cheerful gross domestic product data.

Opinion: Why PM Modi Remains So Popular Despite Coronavirus Crisis

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Monday September 14, 2020

India's Covid-19 cases continue to climb, even as the economy tanks. China is pressing forward on the two countries' disputed Himalayan border, where dozens of Indian soldiers have been killed. Tax revenues have plummeted, state governments are unhappy and 21 million of India's rare salaried jobs vanished in the last few months. And yet Prime Minister Narendra Modi - ...

Opinion: Mukesh Ambani's $2 Chutzpah Unlocks Another Fortune

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday September 14, 2020

Covid-19 has been a shot in the arm for Reliance, despite retail Ebitda of only $145 million in the June quarter, a 47 per cent drop from last year.

Opinion: Indian Negotiators Must Strike Before The US Vote

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Monday August 31, 2020

America's elections provide a narrow window of opportunity for its trading partners. Across the world, negotiators will have seen a man from Maine given a prime spot at the Republican National Convention: Lobsterman Jason Joyce spokeabout how President Donald Trump had "brokered a deal to end European Union tariffs of 8% on Maine live lobsters and up to 20% on Maine l...

Opinion: Adani Joins Ambani In Attempting Full-On Dominance

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday August 25, 2020

The concentration of economic power in aviation infrastructure is now symptomatic of a broader trend in India, particularly in businesses where the government supplies a key ingredient.

Opinion: This Plan Could See A "Princeton Mumbai" Or "Harvard Hyderabad"

Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg | Thursday August 13, 2020

With much of U.S. higher education online only this semester, and its more long-term future deeply uncertain, now is a time to dream big. My own fantasy is based on the Indian government's recent plan to encourage the top 100 universities in the world to operate in India.

Opinion: Reliance Makeover Is Being Carefully Watched

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday July 31, 2020

From entertainment, education and healthcare to 5G for self-driving cars, Jio hopes to collect tiny sums from roughly 400 million subscribers of its core wireless service.

Opinion: Why India Is Faring Among Worst-Hit Countries For COVID-19

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Friday July 31, 2020

India is now the epicentre of the global coronavirus pandemic. It ranks just behind the U.S. and Brazil in confirmed cases and is growing faster than either. The total rose 20% in just the last week, despite the fact that India is testing less than most of its peers.

Opinion: There's No Half-Rescuing A Zombie. Ask Yes Bank

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Wednesday July 29, 2020

The shock of the coronavirus lockdown on economic activity could leave several Indian lenders short of capital - just as Yes was in March.

Opinion: Banks Play Risky Game As Covid Loan Truce Ends

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday July 24, 2020

Valuations are sliding, and if policy makers have a plan for rescuing this vital industry, they're keeping it close to their chests.

Opinion: Jio's Trick To A $100 Billion-Plus IPO Would Lie In...

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday July 09, 2020

Time will be the next frontier in India's digital battlefield; dollars will follow the hours consumers spend online.

Opinion: Prince William And Kate Can Save The Royal Family

Martin Ivens, Bloomberg | Tuesday July 07, 2020

Soft power means a lot to a country like Britain, which will soon have to live off its wits outside the European Union, even as it discovers that favorable trade deals are as hard to find as Lewis Carroll's Snark. Might the answer lie in part with the country's longest-surviving "Firm," the Royal Family, as much as trade delegations and the U.K. prime minister's recen...

Opinion: Kerala's Remittance Rush From Abroad May Be Over For Good

Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg | Tuesday July 07, 2020

"Gone to Gulf." That phrase came up a lot in conversations among grown-ups that I overheard as a schoolboy in Kerala during the early 1980s. My father, who managed a lobster-export business in the port of Kochi, was constantly griping about workers who quit on short notice - or none at all - to take up jobs in the Gulf cities of Muscat, Doha or Jeddah.

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