Mobile operators aggressively push value-added services, often at your cost

The ‘pay-per-call’ and ‘pay-per-second’ initiative by Tata Teleservices has forced almost all players to join the tariff war, leading to a drastic fall in revenue growth and profits of mobile operators. Their response: push more and more of the so-called value-added services (VAS), such as short message service...

Loan growth is slow. Why then are interest rates still so high?

In the 1980s, there was a band of high-profile bond traders who used to sell bonds heavily whenever they suspected that the central banks were not acting strongly and quickly enough to reduce deficits, government borrowings and inflation. Edward Yardeni, market strategist, called them bond vigilantes. Bond traders in India are...

Tips on what to say, and not to say, at social and business meetings

Much of the impact of communication depends on its physical and emotional setting. These norms are different in different countries, and within countries, in different situations. In Japan, for example, even at a business party, the first thing to do is to present your name card, in a proper way, and then accept a name...