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Opinion: To Restrain WhatsApp Is Waste Of Infrastructure India Has Built

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday June 08, 2020

Increasingly ubiquitous smartphones can bring vulnerable citizens the financial security that bank branches can't supply.

Opinion: Important Lessons For Saudi Crown Prince In Past Few Months

Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg | Monday June 08, 2020

His hand over his heart - a gesture as common to the Middle East's princes as to its paupers - Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman might admit that he bears at least as much responsibility as the coronavirus pandemic for the state of Saudi Arabia's economy. It is, after all, the combination of his ill-timed oil war against Russia with the Covid-19 crisis that has left th...

Opinion: The Pandemic Isn't India's Only Curve to Flatten

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday June 01, 2020

The squiggly line that joins the cost of money at different maturities - the yield curve - deserves just as much attention.

Opinion: I Took One of India's First Flights in Months. It Was Surreal

Muneeza Naqvi, Bloomberg | Monday May 25, 2020

As I checked in for one of the first flights in India in two months, the baggage-tag dispenser spat out five boarding passes for me. Given the morning I'd had, this latest glitch wasn't much of a surprise.

Opinion: No, India Doesn't Need A Bigger Stimulus

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Thursday May 21, 2020

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced a stimulus package for India, he said it was worth Rs. 20 trillion - $265 billion, equivalent to about 10% of the country's GDP. This seemed to fit in with the amounts being spent by some rich OECD economies to deal with the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. Equity markets exulted.

Opinion: India Needs To Fire More Bullets Now, Aim Later

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday May 14, 2020

How big is India's anti-viral package, and how effective will it be?

Opinion: The Deepening Mistrust Between New Delhi And 28 States

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Wednesday May 13, 2020

The gradual reopening of India's economy after a 43-day coronavirus lockdown has been marred by a hyper-centralization of decision-making. Deepening mistrust between New Delhi and the 28 states threatens to splinter the country's common market of 1.3 billion people, its biggest draw for investors.

Opinion: The Price of Covid Freedom May Be Eternal Spying

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday May 11, 2020

Much of our pre-coronavirus lives may be reclaimable with some modifications around how we work, socialize and travel. In one crucial way, though, the post-pandemic landscape will be very different: The individual's autonomy over her data may be lost forever. Our mobiles will keep us safe - by spying on us.

Opinion: Saudi Prince, On Phone With Trump, Asked Aides To Go. What Happened Next

Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg | Tuesday May 05, 2020

There came a moment during Donald Trump's April 2 phone call to Mohammed bin Salman when Saudi Arabia's crown prince and de facto ruler, apparently stunned by what the American president had just said, asked his aides to leave the room. No courtiers were present when their master, no slouch at intimidation himself, was apparently bullied into submission.

Opinion: Facebook Helps Mukesh Ambani's Plans More Than Saudi Aramco Deal

Andy Mukherjee and Tim Culpan, Bloomberg | Wednesday April 22, 2020

When naming his telecom foray in 2016, Mukesh Ambani chose the mirror image of OIL, the commodity that has made him India's richest man. In hindsight, Jio was a good choice. The week that oil prices turned negative, the refining tycoon won a $5.7 billion investment from Facebook Inc. for his digital assets, Jio Platforms Ltd. Like his wordplay, the performance has pro...