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Dumb politics, dumb economics: UPA's binge years of 2009-11 killed growth in 2011-14
UPA-2 has achieved a dubious first: two years of sub-5 percent growth. This is the result of buying growth in the stimulus years of 2009-11, when the Congress overspent on subsidies and excise cuts
Urban consumers ditch gold for FDs, defer car and home purchases, finds survey
The survey has also found that consumers decide to buy or sell property and car looking at the prices and not interest rates
Why HDFC Bank's best days may be over: it will be a more normal performer from now
After two quarters of sub-30 percent growth, HDFC Bank may be shifting gears to a slower pace. This is entirely in keeping with the theory that outperformance cannot be sustained forever.
Auto Expo 2014: Maruti Suzuki wins hands down on Twitter
At this year's Auto Expo, Maruti Suzuki was the the biggest newsmaker.
Why Indians prefer gold and real estate: Savers have gotten a rotten deal
HIgh inflation and low nominal interest rates have robbed the Indian saver of real returns over the UPA's tenure
Holy S*#@! Twitter CEO and 2 co-founders just lost $900 mn
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo and two of its co-founders, Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey, collectively lost $900 million, after the San Francisco-based micro-blogging company released on Wednesday its first earnings report since it went public in November last year
25 percent compulsory dividend payouts will bring retail investors back to equity
Indian retail equity investors area dwindling tribe. To bring them back to equity, the first step ought to be a compulsory dividend payout ratio for profitable companies
Bad economics, bad politics: How UPA is paying for its sins of 2007-09 with a lag
If you want to trace the roots of double-digit inflation, especially the politically vexatious food inflation, you have to go back to the follies of the final UPA-1 years: 2007-08 and 2008-09.<br /> <br />
HUL's domestic business grows 10%, but there are speedbreakers ahead
The consumption story remains weak in the current fiscal and things are not going to improve anytime soon. Secondly, a price increase in key raw materials (resulting from a weak rupee ) resulted in more price hikes and less offers and discounts in Q3.
Mumbai's unsold flats at all-time high of 1.3 lakh: 10 things you need to know
Mumbai requires nearly nine quarters to clear its unsold inventory while Bangalore and NCR will take less than six and quarters respectively. The number of unsold flats is the highest ever when compared to the number of under-construction flats in the city, said Samanthak Das, Director Research at Knight Frank.<br />