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Opinion: The World's Best Stablecoin Has Advice For Newbies

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Tuesday May 17, 2022

The celestial algorithm that keeps the moon in its orbit around the earth clearly works a lot better than the one that governed Luna and Terra.

Opinion: India, Struck By Heat Wave, Can't Afford Its Coal Addiction

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Friday May 06, 2022

Nothing makes you appreciate air-conditioning like high summer in India. Here in Delhi, temperatures are running over 100 degrees for much of the day, with two full months still to go before the cooling monsoon rains arrive.

Opinion: RBI Has Stopped Being In Denial, Now Needs To Hike Rates More

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Thursday May 05, 2022

In trying to squeeze one last drop of output from an empty barrel of monetary elixir, India's central bank made the serious mistake of not only ignoring the country's inflation buildup, but pretending that it didn't exist.

Opinion: India's Heatwaves Are Testing The Limits Of Human Survival

Ruth Pollard and David Fickling, Bloomberg | Wednesday May 04, 2022

New Delhi feels like it is on fire. The heat comes off the road in blistering waves, and the water that flows from the cold tap is too hot to touch. Daytime temperatures have hit 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit).

Opinion: Not Quite The "Fog A Mirror, Buy A House," But Crypto-Based Mortgages Are Crazy

Mark Gongloff, Bloomberg Opinion | Friday April 29, 2022

Bloomberg News reports the hot new thing in finance is the nouveau crypto riche putting up their expensive digital assets as collateral to buy expensive houses using a more-or-less traditional mortgage, but with no dead-tree dollars down.

Opinion: Vladimir Putin Is Losing In Ukraine, Here's How He'll Make The War Worse

Andreas Kluth, Bloomberg | Thursday April 28, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin is failing so spectacularly, it's making him even more dangerous. Running out of ways to de-escalate while saving face, he appears to think that he has no choice but to escalate.

Opinion: Mukesh Ambani Vs Amazon Again In India. This Time, Over Cricket

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday April 22, 2022

Their bruising battle for control of a bankrupt Indian retailer isn't over yet, and two of the world's richest men are already heading for a second round in their contest - this time on the cricket field.

Opinion: Imran Khan's Anti-Americanism Masks The Real Issue

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Tuesday April 12, 2022

Pakistan's institutions began their slow abandonment of democracy almost 70 years ago, when the country's Supreme Court legitimized a coup by the executive and dismissal of the constituent assembly. The judges claimed that a "doctrine of necessity" t

Opinion: A Mega-Merger That Makes Sense For Both HDFC And HDFC Bank

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Wednesday April 06, 2022

After 45 years in business, the underwriter of homes for millions of Indians is moving in with its 28-year-old banker offspring.

Opinion: India Shouldn't Fall For Putin's Rupees-For-Rubles Deal

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday April 01, 2022

India wants to go on trading with Russia for reasons that are more practical than to swipe at the West. For one thing, New Delhi relies heavily on Moscow for defense procurement, a dependency that will be hard to shed overnight with new suppliers.

Opinion: India's EV Battery Race Is Led By A Newbie Scooter Maker

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday March 29, 2022

Ola Electric Mobility Pvt., a Bengaluru-based startup, will get state support to manufacture EV batteries that can store a total of 20 gigawatt-hours of power, the government said on March 24.

Opinion: Imran Khan's Fall From Grace Is His Own Fault

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Friday March 25, 2022

Pakistan is once again facing a political crisis. In a country where democratically elected leaders are regularly ousted from office, that should not be entirely surprising, says Mihir Sharma.

Opinion: When, Why And How Putin Might Use Nukes

Andreas Kluth, Bloomberg | Wednesday March 23, 2022

We must assume that a man like Vladimir Putin is capable of anything, even the use of nuclear weapons.

Opinion: Grab The Popcorn - The Ambani Vs Adani Rivalry Is Heating Up

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Wednesday March 23, 2022

Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani tiptoed around each other for years to reach the top two rungs of Asia's wealth ladder. While one of them built an empire in telecom and retail, the other established a lock on transport and energy distribution.

Opinion: Amazon Learns It Cannot Beat Mukesh Ambani On His Home Turf

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Wednesday March 16, 2022

In the end, Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani settled the dispute over who gets to own the assets of beleaguered Future Retail Ltd. not in an arbitration tribunal in Singapore, or in a courtroom in New Delhi, but in a shopping aisle.

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