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Women crucial to talent pool: Mistry

Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry has set the ball rolling for a debate on gender diversity in the corporate world, cautioning that India still has a long way to go. Gaurav Choudhury reports.

Is equity culture on the retreat in India?

In the last few years, the no. of investors in equity funds as well as inflows into such funds has been in full retreat

The railways must train its staff on manners

The biggest public-sector undertaking — the Indian Railways — needs to urgently impart some lessons in good behaviour to its employees, so that they learn to treat railway passengers with respect.

Infy might need two comebacks to regain mojo

If Infosys is to regain its mojo, then it may need not one comeback, but two. So after a failed experiment with dynastic succession, Infosys has gone back to being a meritocracy. Dhirendra Kumar writes.

Coming clean about dirty medicine

If Malvider Singh wants to refute what the world has concluded about how Ranbaxy was run, he’ll have to offer a far more vigorous defence. Dhirendra Kumar writes.

Is Yahoo falling between two stools?

When Yahoo announced last week that it was acquiring popular blog site Tumblr for $1.1 billion, it raised a big question: Is Yahoo a technology company or a content company? N Madhavan writes.

Game changer Phaneesh Murthy falls to personal risk

The 48-year-old’s exit on grounds of sexual harassment from the company, the same ground on which he quit Infosys in 2012, has a ring of déjà vu. On both occasions, Murthy has denied any wrongdoing. N Madhavan writes.

Investors should not ask about returns

No matter how much investors would like to know, for many financial products they should not be asking how much returns they will get.

Buffett’s advice a lesson for Indian firms

Warren Buffett’s AGM produced some advice on inheritance that Indian business patriarchs would do well to heed, writes Dhirendra Kumar.

A new fund company with fresh ideas

If you ask for a summing up of what is wrong with mutual fund investing in India, here is the list I would come up with. Investors don't invest regularly and instead put in money only when the markets are high, only to pull it out when they are low. Dhirendra Kumar writes.

Saradha scam: the bad drives out the good?

The mere presence of legitimate financial services will not stop the Saradhas of the world.

Investing abroad? Certainly, not unpatriotic

Some investors have a misplaced sense of patriotism that keeps them from investing abroad. This is a mistake. Dhirendra Kumar writes.

Retail crime: change system or eliminate greed

If you have ever been an assiduous reader of detective fiction, as I was at some point, you would know that the detective looks for means, motive and opportunity, writes Dhirendra Kumar.

How to invest in mutual funds: directly, indirectly or not at all?

Investing through direct plans of funds makes sense when investors are certain that going through an intermediary offers no value. Since the beginning of this year, mutual fund investors have had the option of investing in funds directly with the fund companies in special 'direct' plans of all funds, writes Dhirendra Kumar.

Online TV to explode in India

On Sunday morning, I suddenly stumbled on an ad for BigFlix.com, telling me that I can watch Sudhir Mishra's movie, Inkaar, only recently released, online. N Madhavan writes.
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