Coming soon: Quota Raj

BOOKINGS OPENTHE good news for corporates is that the UPA government's plan to introduce reservations in the private sector won't take effect tomorrow morning. The bad news is it will the day after......

Time for Modi to use India's market size as a weapon

Opening up India's market to neighbouring countries can be as strategic as access denial to others.The game should be played both ways, even if it upsets domestic business lobbies, observes T N......

A long way to go for Netflix in India

The lack of bandwidth and content means it will be a long time before online streaming services take off in India, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Netflix is here, so is 4G. Are we then set for a big......

Credit ratings conceal more than they reveal

What is a financially safe company? Is it one that is nearly debt-free and earns over 20 per cent returns on capital employed in its business; or one with a debt-to-equity ratio of around one and......

Dalal Street rally? Combined net of 290 cos rises 2.4% only!

The early-bird results for the first quarter of this financial year do not seem to justify the current rally on Dalal Street. The combined net profit of 290 companies, excluding information......

The 'Bhoot' review: Numbed by fear?

After watching Robert De Niro in Cape Fear, I couldn't sleep for several nights. Not because Cape Fear was a horror film (a genre that always leaves me petrified), but because De Niro portrayed his......

Chicago is wonderful!

'If you can't be famous, be infamous' is the tagline for choreographer-director Rob Marshall's debut film Chicago of 13 Oscar nominations fame. And just about every major character in the film......

Jayasuriya is King Midas, says Arnold

Faisal Shariff in MumbaiHe could make Ajit Agarkar feel like a hulk.Wafer-thin, unassuming and unshaven, Russel Arnold resembles the Biblical underdog David amongst the cricket's Goliaths. But as a......