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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

The Cloud and the Silver Lining in the India Growth Story

In this scenario, to expect any global company to be enthusiastic about India is asking for too much

Austerity Hasn't Failed; it Hasn't Even been Tried

Data from Europe shows that cuts in government spending boosts GDP growth

The American Income Crisis: The Fed Could Stop It

The Fed’s duty is to keep the dollar and prices stable, facilitate employment

How the US Created a Monster in the Federal Reserve

The world needs to move away from fiat currencies, and the monopoly of central banks in creating money must end if we are to avert the next big crisis

Lack of Investment is no Surprise: Technopak

People Movements of the Fortnight

Petrol Noses Ahead of Diesel

Gold Continues to be a Safe Haven

ICICI Prudential Finds a New Route for Indian Investors

The Biggest Thefts in History

World's Top-Earning Models

Stanford's Entrepreneurship Course 'Ignite' in India

Harnessing Big Data? Get a Policy First

Lok Sabha Gets a Last-Mile Boost from UPA

Tie-up with Delta is Our Biggest Gamechanger: Virgin Atlantic CEO

Virgin Atlantic CEO Craig Kreeger, who has taken over at a time when the airline lost $141 million, tells Cuckoo Paul that their turnaround plan is on track

Thoughts on Innovation

How Avendus Stayed Ahead of the Market

A PE-like investment strategy, heavy on research and support to management, has enabled Avendus Fund to beat the market by a wide margin

Medtech Giants Philips and GE Fight Over India

Philips became No. 1 after years of trailing GE in Indian health care. This may change as GE revs up. But both are fighting a battle with their HQs to take the small Indian market seriously

Book Review: The Cuckoo's Calling

The Cuckoo’s Calling has known tropes, but is overwritten, noisy

Give and Take: Kind Acts Can Fetch Corporate Success

A revolutionary approch to success

The Great Indian FDI Conundrum

Our politicians think our problems come from being connected with the world. But Pankaj Ghemawat says, in reality, we are too little connected to the world

IRDA Could Stifle Online Insurance Aggregators

Latest guidelines from IRDA threaten to further tighten the screws on web aggregators but they aren’t rattled yet—after all, internet-savvy consumers are their insurance

Ruchir Sharma Analyses India's Centre-States Equation

India’s recent economic failures are the result of the breakdown in accountability at the Centre, says Ruchir Sharma. But mass-based leaders in states are faring much better

Rising Onion Prices Take a Toll on Snacks

The rise in onion prices have hit street vendors harder than most

SRK-Backed KidZania India Opens First Theme Park

Education and entertainment combine to make KidZania a novel theme park. It also helps that it’s being backed by Shah Rukh Khan

Future-gazing with Sci-fi films

Neill Blomkamp’s next film Elysium is a futuristic take on anti-migrant policies. Here’s how older sci-fis saw the future

LGBT Laws Around the World

Legally gay

Filmmaker Q's latest is "Tagore on Acid"

Maverick filmmaker Q, best known for the subversive Gandu, takes on Tagore with his update on a 1933 play. Is the iconoclast trying too hard?

How a 'Deviant' Philosopher Built Palantir, a CIA-Funded Data Miner

How a self-described “deviant” philosopher turned Palantir into a terrorist-tracking, all-seeing, multibillion-dollar data-mining machine

Regeron Pharmaceuticals is Changing Drug Discovery

How an entrepreneur, a research genius and an industry legend built this century’s most inventive new drug company. Together they just might change medicine

The World's 100 Most Innovative Companies

Companies suffer when the boss comes up with all the new ideas. Shrewd leaders build organisations that think for themselves

Identifying and Investing in Innovative Stocks

Your big payoff may not come from a scientific breakthrough. It may come from a cup of coffee

Hybrid Maize Helps Uplift Gujarat's Tribal Farmers

Shifting tribal farmers from low-yield, low-income maize to more productive agriculture has been at the heart of Gujarat’s plan for tribal uplift

Style Quotient

A pick of the best, the latest, the greenest, the quirkiest, the most luxurious... that money can buy

Ferns N Petals Aims to Go Global

Flowers and food don’t always go well together: Once Vikaas Gutgutia realised that, he was able to give Ferns N Petals the push it needed. It now has 139 outlets in India and eyes on the global market