Words of Wisdom: Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffett
It’s not often that God himself shows up to direct his disciples towards the path of enlightenment.
There’s an exception though for the world of...
The Flipkart Story – Shut website, go app-only?
The current year has already been quite eventful for Flipkart, in terms of both surprises and breakdowns. More than the usual amount of surprises,...
Yemen: A Spiral Into Chaos
The years have done little to lessen the perception among many, especially in the West that the Middle East is a cauldron of chaos,...
“Mauka” to hedge India’s Future
This piece is not a usual reporting on the daily Indian economics. Rather, it suggests a possible policy initiative having potential of making India...
Oh…it’s the US interest rates again
It’s the season of interest rates again. For the first time since 2006, the Fed, headed by chair Ms. Janet Yellen, is widely...
Hear Me Snore: Decoding the Chinese Slowdown
Today’s topic of conversation is the Chinese economy. To be more specific, we shall talk about the slowdown that has caught the dragon in...
Age of the Crowd: How crowdsourcing is changing the World
Crowdsourcing may have started out as a fancy marketing tactic the way flash mobs and QR codes did. But crowdsourcing is way bigger than...
Beyond Financial Jargon: Comprehending FDI
Passing of insurance bill in upper house of the parliament is being regarded as a major victory for the nine month old BJP government....
It’s Here and It’s Huge: Big Data Analytics
Why is that you see advertisements concerning the same product over and over again, during a specific period of time? Or why is your...
When a Country Defaults
How do you judge the credit worthiness –
Of an individual ? – On the basis of the individual’s financial standing
Of an organisation...
Global Oil Crisis: More Fuel to the Fire?
The price of oil is down. How should we expect the economy to perform in 2015 and 2016? If our only problem was high...
The Greece Dilemma – A Summary on Euro’s Problem Child
The Euro Crisis, along with the USA sub-prime crises are biggest examples of the negative effects of a half-baked monetary and fiscal policy (and...
“Thank you sir, but I’d rather work for me”
“There are those who lead the path that was already created and some just tread on their own sand trails.”
From IITs to IIMs, young...
Zimbabwe: Where Toilet Paper is more valuable than the Currency!
Zimbabwean economy, plagued with Hyperinflation that is so bad that price level rises from sunrise to sunset each day. So, how bad could be...
Budget 2015: Thank You Mr. FM
So, were our expectations met ? (Click here to read the expectations we set from this budget http://edtimes.in/2015/02/inside-the-fms-briefcase-budget-2015.html)
Taking the India story forward, Finance Bill...
Could Water Scarcity Provoke World War?
It is scary but today water has been observed to be leaving oil behind to be the world's scarcest critical resource. Of the total...
Now Recruiting: ISIS
We have heard of online job recruitments. It is a growing and highly useful trend for new startups. However, the strange thing is the...
Inside the FM’s Briefcase: Budget 2015
“It gives me immense pleasure to announce that the retrospective tax clause in the Income Tax Act 1956, stands removed with immediate effect.”
Ahh...what a...
Logistics: The MVP of All Businesses
For a layman logistics would mean anything related to computer or to keep everything ready for the smooth running of activities and events. Both...
Marketing beyond the Clichés
Gone are the days when marketers adopt the same old conventional marketing tactics in order to promote their brands. Fairness creams are no longer...
NEURO-MARKETING: Awakening the Subconscious
Ever wondered that why we are so religiously loyal to some brands? Or why one brand is always preferred over the other, even if...
Boko Haram: Never Again? Too Distant a Dream?
“Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing at creating human victims. An end must be put to this...
Microgrids: Perfect Power to Enlighten the Future?
“Is it a fact – or have I dreamt it – that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great...
Chapel Hill Shooting: Do Only White Lives Matter?
We follow different books to lead a life in a perfect way. We hesitate to do wrong things as we believe there is a...
The BIG FAT Indian political wedding
The stage was all set. The curtain has been drawn, revealing Saifai, a tiny village in Uttar Pradesh which has magnetized attention from all...
