Here's to a New Year without fear

Much as we journalists try, it is sometimes difficult to 'switch off' the personal from the professional, says Ritu Jha. Last year was a year of homicides; say my year-long notes. I am astonished......

The time will come when America can dictate to India, and expect to be obeyed

'A plausible American tactic,' Rajeev Srinivasan suspects, 'would be to try and prevent the BJP and Modi from coming to power by splitting the anti-Congress vote using the AAP, and in case that......

She is likely to replace Ben Bernanke as Fed chief

US President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Janet Yellen as head of the Federal Reserve Board, White House has said. If confirmed by the Senate, she would replace Ben Bernanke as Chair of the......

India should make it easy to hire, fire workers

Foreign firms are reluctant to come to India because of labour regulations, says Anusha Chari, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chari,......

2 Americans win Economics Nobel

Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson of the United States have won the 2009 Nobel Economics Prize for their work on the organisation of cooperation in economic governance. Elinor Ostrom is the......

Tough job for Adobe's Indian boss

As Adobe inches towards the $3 billion revenue mark, a new Indian-born CEO, Shantanu Narayen, replaces Bruce Chizen. He will be joining Adobe's board of directors on December 1 this year. He's not......

Rastogi ready to rumble

One of Indian tennis' greatquests is to identify the player who will lead the countrythis coming decade.While tennis has nevermatched up to cricket in terms of popularity in the country, it does......