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Opinion: Fraud-Hit Fortis Must Hand 4 Directors A Pink Slip

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday May 21, 2018

Fortis Healthcare Ltd. has to admit a new owner to keep the lights on. Before it does, though, India's second-largest hospital chain must write four of its board members a discharge slip.

Opinion: Take Rest PNB, You've Done Enough

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Wednesday May 16, 2018

Other than the embarrassment of asking the country's second-largest state-run lender to, well, stop lending, there's no other reason why India should allow Punjab National Bank to advance even one rupee to anybody except the government.

Opinion: India's Latest Power Debacle Is Enron Times 20

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday May 15, 2018

Enron Corp. is long gone, but the scandal it left behind in India has beguiled the country's lenders for almost two decades.

Opinion: Walmart's Big India Deal Is An Admission Of Defeat

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Thursday May 10, 2018

Walmart Inc. might want to portray its $16 billion purchase of India's largest e-commerce firm, Flipkart Group, as a brilliant strategic move, long-planned in secret, that would allow the U.S. retail giant to manage the transition away from big-box stores globally. Yet, the truth is that the deal represents a second-best outcome -- if that -- for Walmart as well as fo...

Opinion: The Big Bang In Indian Defense Is Delayed

Anjani Trivedi, Bloomberg | Tuesday May 08, 2018

India has millions of military personnel, billions of dollars in arms spending and grave threats on its borders, yet the nation doesn't make its own fighter jets and anti-tank missiles. Is that a massive opportunity for investors? Not so fast.

Opinion: In India, North-South Divide Grows More Dangerous

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Wednesday April 25, 2018

The fissures dividing the country's richer and poorer halves are ripping open.

Opinion: Reality Check For A Superstar Saudi Prince

Albert R. Hunt, Bloomberg | Monday April 16, 2018

For three weeks ending last weekend in Texas, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was the most celebrated foreign leader to visit the U.S. since China's Deng Xiaoping almost 40 years ago. MBS, as he's called, was embraced by the administration of President Donald Trump. He saw former President Bill Clinton, leading tech executives, entertainment stars, titans of Wa...

Opinion: Somebody Should Send Axis Bank's Board a Thank-You Note

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Gadfly | Wednesday April 11, 2018

Axis Bank's board, which should have spent at least the past year looking for new leadership, now wants permission to cling on to Shikha Sharma until December; apparently it can't find a replacement by end of May.

Opinion: Short Of Cash, India Is Starving Its Military

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Thursday March 29, 2018

As the People's Republic of China continues its rise, Asia and the world are scrambling to keep their balance. Among China's neighbors and rivals, few countries seem willing or ready to counter the challenge it poses. Japan is struggling with decades of diffidence internationally and the strictures of its postwar constitution. The countries of Southeast Asia are divid...

Opinion: How India Will Gain From US-China Trade War

Michael Schuman, Bloomberg | Tuesday March 27, 2018

Economists like to say that no one wins in a trade war. We may soon find out if they're right. Only hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would slap tariffs on a range of Chinese products, China imposed punitive duties on some imports from the U.S. in retaliation for previously announced U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium. And here we go, down the rabbit ho...

Opinion: Uber's India Doom Is Written In The (Selfies With) Stars: Gadfly

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Gadfly | Monday March 26, 2018

Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan is the new Taj Mahal.

Opinion: Saudi Arabia's Brash Prince Takes His Show On The Road

Hussein Ibish, Bloomberg View | Wednesday March 21, 2018

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman arrived in Washington Monday for his first visit to the U.S. as presumptive heir to the throne. The trip comes at a crucial time in U.S.-Saudi relations, and a potential turning point in American policy toward the Middle East in general.

Opinion: What Mukesh Ambani Is Doing With Jio Isn't Rocket Science

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Gadfly | Tuesday March 20, 2018

India's telecom industry is in turmoil, and depending on whom you ask, one man deserves all the credit or all the blame.

Opinion: Why China's 'Emperor Xi' Should Worry The US

James Stavridis, Bloomberg | Monday March 05, 2018

The last emperor of China, Pu Yi, abdicated in 1912. He was the 12th emperor of the historically important Qing dynasty, which lasted 267 years. With his departure, two millenniums of empire, usually with a single individual dominating all of China, ended. Since then, the nation has moved toward an authoritarian system under Communist Party control, but has frequently...

Opinion: Great-Power Rivalry Is Back. The US Is Lagging.

Hal Brands, Bloomberg | Friday March 02, 2018

Great-power competition is the pressing topic for the foreign policy community these days. The idea that the world is once again seeing sharp, undisguised rivalry between the major powers - the US, China and Russia - has been a staple of the Trump administration's recent National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy and Nuclear Posture Review.

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