2008: All about rescuing the feel good factor

There is a feel good factor about the yearend in normal times. Most traders are out of harm's way, gone on leave seeking to make use of their bonuses, leaving the markets in peaceful semi-slumber.......

Even the 'City of Joy' is shining

India is shining, not just in Bangalore, Delhi and the election propaganda of the ruling party but in Kolkata too, written off till now as a place that not just refuses to change but makes a virtue......

Deficit sets alarm bells ringing

Pranab Mukherjee sounded pleased earlier this week when he told a TV interviewer that India's projected fiscal deficit of 6.8 per cent of GDP in 2009-10 was still better than the 11 per cent......

Surat set to get global diamond exchange in 3 years

Contract finally given for Rs 2,400-cr project, with GIFT City-like features The fragmented and largely unorganised diamond polishing and trading industry would shortly organise itself at a single......