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Tough times for Toyota

posted by Vivek Sharma

29 Aug 2009, 09:23, | permalink | comments

labels: companies, economy, automobiles

It used to be said, ‘what is good for GM is good for America’. That may not be true anymore with GM just a pale shadow of its former dominant self. But, the premise that car sales are a good barometer...

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'Mis'leading Indicator

posted by Vivek Sharma

10 Jun 2009, 14:19, | permalink | comments

labels: economy

Leading economic indicators are among the many things that became more popular during this Great Recession, which is under serious threat of being downgraded to a kind of severe, but regular, reces...

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Ahluwalia remains an optimist

posted by Vivek Sharma

28 Jun 2008, 08:33, | permalink | comments

labels: government, energy/oil, politics, economy

These are tough times and most of us expect it will only get tougher in future. Not so if you are Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Planning Commission deputy chairman. In an interview earlier this week, he ins...

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Dr. Reddy calls a spade a spade

posted by Vivek Sharma

28 May 2008, 23:15, | permalink | comments

labels: government, economy

Until liberalisation in the early nineties, the RBI was perceived as some kind of a minor government department. True to that image, the job of RBI governor was not as high profile as it is now and me...

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The mobile phone sales slowdown

posted by Vivek Sharma

19 Apr 2008, 21:14, | permalink | comments (1)

labels: companies, telecom, branding/marketing, economy, economic behaviour

I was a bit startled a few months back when I read somewhere that Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan changes his mobile phone almost every week. That magazine article also mentioned that he shares this h...

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The true oil subsidy burden

posted by Vivek Sharma

16 Apr 2008, 20:13, | permalink | comments

labels: public sector, government, energy/oil, economy

Rs640 crore a day, or Rs2,33,600 crore a year – that is what our state owned oil companies will burn in under-recoveries, if crude oil prices remain at the current levels and retail fuel prices are...

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Towards a communist growth trajectory

posted by Vivek Sharma

01 Apr 2008, 16:27, | permalink | comments (1)

labels: politics, economy

No longer able to question the absolute economic growth that is happening in this country, without appearing stupid, the left is now concerned about the ‘nature and trajectory of growth’. CPM gener...

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