With eye on vote bank, BJP minces no words, tells US it wants ...

After years of heated discussions on opening multi-brand retail to foreign investors and the eventual endorsement of the policy after a cliff-hanger vote in Parliament in December 2012, it would be a matter of great chagrin to the government and the mandarins ...

The conditions imposed on prospective investors betray a lack of understanding of the dynamics of the business. After years of heated discussions on opening multi-brand retail to foreign investors and the eventual endorsement of the policy after a cliff-hanger vote in Parliament in December 2012, it would be a matter of great chagrin to the government and the mandarins who drafted the policy that no proposal has been submitted for approval. Instead of the billions in dollars and euros that the ...

The Ministry of Commerce & Industry has clarified its stand to its finance counterpart — any change being contemplated by the latter in the definition of control and ownership of an Indian company for foreign direct investment (FDI) purposes has ...

Top executives of global and domestic companies have asked India to relax policies defining foreign direct investment (FDI) and take measures to encourage investments in manufacturing. The government is already in the midst of reviewing FDI policy ...

Since gun regulation failed the 60-vote thresholdin the Senate, some pundits have trotted out the "failure of presidential leadership" meme. See Maureen Dowd , Ron Fournier , Dana Milbank , or Peggy Noonan for example. To most political scientists ...

THE sister of Air Putih hopeful Tan Ken Keong believes that voters should vote for the candidate rather than the party. Fishmonger Cindy Tan, 33, said every party had both good and bad candidates. Its unfair to punish a good candidate by not voting ...

NEW DELHI: Finance minister P Chidambaram's attempt to provide clarity on the conditions under which a foreign investor is said to 'control' an Indian company has run into some resistance from the commerce and industry ministry. Minister Anand ...

» Font size: If you like this article, vote for it 0 The wealth of nations comes from cutting edge research and development (R&D), technology, innovation and knowledge. In the Saudi system, we desperately need to create university TTOs (Technology ...

April 16 (Bloomberg) -- Proposals for India's biggest opening to foreign investment since the 1990s may be ready in June as the government extends reforms to revive growth before the next general election, according to the finance minister. There ...