Two hundred lives lost and an attack on centres of affluence and privilege would seem to have forced a long-awaited change in the UPA's desperately dull and ineffective anti-terror script.

Until recently, green investment funds were mostly a niche for individual investors. But now investing with the idea of improving the environmental actions of corporations, not just maximising profit, is catching on among some big pension funds and foundations, particularly

Think of Microsoft and PC software like Windows and Office suites come to mind. Microsoft's offerings for the manufacturing industry-one of the top two verticals that the world's largest software maker focuses on-largely go unnoticed.

The magnitude of the attack on Mumbai has once again underlined the urgency for a federal agency to deal with terrorist crimes as well as the need to implement long overdue police reforms.

The ongoing agro technology and business fair of CII- Agrotech 2008 is providing a platform for the international companies to explore the Indian market as well as scout for partners to expand their business here.

Circa 2009 is likely witness a series of events across the world for promotion of organic products, which may afford India an opportunity to increase its share in the growing global market.

Post-attack, Mumbai's future is being discussed in terms of its spirit. Maybe some hard data will help the debate. Manufacturing, Mumbai's traditional strength, has been steadily moving out in recent years-some to other states in India and some towards Pune.

For anyone out there who is still wondering if India will still get foreign capital after the attacks on Mumbai, here is the answer once and for all: No, India will not get foreign capital. There are many reasons for

Finance minister P Chidambaram replaced Shivraj Patil as the new home minister in the United Progressive Alliance government on Sunday. Patil took the rap from the Congress party, which wanted to fix political accountability for the horrifying terror attacks in

Overall, the move to take action by having the finance minister becoming the home minister and the prime minister also holding the finance minister's post, is seen as being positive.

Despite the delay in registering basmati rice under the Geographical Indications act for protection against its misuse abroad and in domestic market, the process of registration of various other products is gradually picking up in the country.

Although networking sites have indisputably emerged as a formidable platform for recruiting middle and senior level professionals across industries.

Britain needs to reflate its mortgage markets to save its economy and its banks. Problem is, few want to borrow and there is precious little money to lend.

As India tries to come to terms with the attack on Mumbai, should it worry about its economic near-future? Research, says Kaushik Basu, shows that the strange combination of institutional sophistication and certain economic weaknesses gives India a certain degree

Percy S Mistry, chairman, Oxford International, was the head of the committee that prepared the report on making Mumbai an international financial centre.

When The Economist asked academic economists in September which presidential candidate would pick the better economic team, a huge majority said Barack Obama. He has not disappointed them.

Brace yourself for disappointment: there may not be a flashy new mobile phone waiting for you under the Christmas tree. On November 14 Nokia, the world's largest maker of such devices, announced that it expects the industry to sell no

When Citigroup was formed a decade ago, in a merger that reshaped banking, the deal's architect, Sandy Weill, basked in the limelight and admitted to feeling like a rock star. The boss these days, Vikram Pandit, must feel more like

Enigma of Engineerings donning the role of MBAs in leading the corporate bandgwagon leaving huge void in core engineering professions, the IT industry setting unidirectional career path for fresh engineering graduates and role of the IT in talent management are

Excitement at Just trade, the online investment and stock brokerage arm of Bajaj Capital, paints a contrast to the gloom and doom seen in the trading community.