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PM Modi's Goodbye To The Indolent Maharajah

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday October 11, 2021

India sought to sell its national carrier but the privatization plan collapsed, and took 20 more years and billions of dollars of wasted capital to be reassembled. Only when the travel industry has been ravaged by a pandemic has PM Modi let it go.

Opinion: For India's <i>Kirana</i> Store Owners, A Game-Changer, Finally

Opinion: For India's Kirana Store Owners, A Game-Changer, Finally

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday October 07, 2021

The erstwhile Lever Brothers - now Unilever Plc - arrived in India in 1888 with crates of Sunlight soap. There was no smartphone, and no fintech.

Opinion: Amazon's India Headache Is Turning Into A Throbbing Migraine

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday September 30, 2021

The world's second-richest man is getting an almost-daily reminder of how tough it will be to win in the second-most-populous nation.

Opinion: Even the People's Bank of China Can't Kill Bitcoin FOMO

Lionel Laurent, Bloomberg | Wednesday September 29, 2021

The cryptocurrency crowd has wasted no time in dancing on the grave of Chinas "FUD" (internet speak for fear, uncertainty and doubt).

Opinion: How Digital Cash Can Lift Gross National Happiness

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday September 28, 2021

Bhutan shot to global fame in the 1970s with gross national happiness: a broad measure of overall welfare it prefers over the more traditional metric of gross domestic product, which only includes production of goods and services

Opinion: With Taliban, Pak Settles Old Scores Against US

Eli Lake, Bloomberg | Friday September 10, 2021

As Washington ponders how the U.S. lost its longest war in Afghanistan, it's worth considering another question: Who won the war?

Opinion: Vaccine Protection Is Fading, But Vaccines Still Work

Jessica Karl and Lara Williams. Bloomberg | Monday September 06, 2021

It seems like not a day goes by without a new Covid-19 study to spark a bit of anxiety: Moderna Makes Twice as Many Antibodies as Pfizer, Study Says; Previous Covid Prevents Delta Infection Better Than Pfizer Shot.

Opinion: Mukesh Ambani's $50 Phone Built By Google Can Start A Revolution

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday September 03, 2021

If Mukesh Ambani's JioPhone Next, an Android device custom-built for India by Alphabet Inc.'s Google, is a hit in the price-conscious market, it will solve one problem for banks while posing another.

Opinion: Google's Retail Banking Push Threatens Traditional Lenders

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday August 30, 2021

Will banking meet the sorry fate of newspapers? With the tech industry creeping up on licensed deposit-taking institutions in India, it's time to take the question seriously.

Opinion: PM Modi's Green New Deal Could Really Work - Here's Why

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Friday August 27, 2021

After making great strides in promoting renewable energy, India is once again being singled out as a global climate laggard.

Opinion: For Asset Recycling, The Adani, Ambani Factor For India

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday August 26, 2021

The asset recycling craze that got under way in Australia with the 2013 leasing of Port Kembla and Port Botany near Sydney is reaching India.

Why A Crypto Geek Paid $500,000 For A Picture Of A Rock

Jared Dillian, Bloomberg Opinion | Wednesday August 25, 2021

NFTs are an incredible innovation that might be even more important than the cryptocurrencies they are based on.

50 Years After Going Off Gold, The Dollar Must Go For Crypto

Niall Ferguson, Bloomberg Opinion | Friday August 20, 2021

As the digital revolution accelerates, the national era in money is drawing to a close. ... the demand for a monetary revolution is growing.

Opinion: India Quietly Readies an Amazon Slayer - Open E-Commerce

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday August 19, 2021

The investing world is enthralled by a determined Beijing as it cuts China's private sector down to size by relentless regulatory action.

Opinion: Third Wave Likely This Month, India Not As Ready As It Thinks

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Tuesday August 10, 2021

Memories of India's devastating second wave of Covid-19 are slowly receding. The pandemic has once again fallen out of the headlines; malls and mountain resorts are crowded with shoppers and tourists.

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