Henry Clews was born in 1836 in Staffordshire, England, on a sheep farm. His father, James Clews, was a potter. Henry arrived in America in 1853 and started out as a clerk in a firm of wool importers. After few years, he tried to become a stock broker but his efforts to gain admittance to Wall Street’s inner circle were snubbed until 1857. That year, fears of excessive trade deficits ...

The entire market is less enthusiastic about textile companies and with good reason. The rupee had been strong and exports have suffered. Indian textiles are not very competitive in global terms while the local market is well-supplied. Although Alok Industries has reported good operating results for the March quarter, the stock has not moved much. Total sales for the quarter increased by...

With most newspapers in India controlled by large business groups, a code of silence used to prevent any publication from openly taking a swipe at the editorial policy or business practices of another. So even if the leader failed to guard the reader or misled her with paid content, the media limited itself to an academic debate on the issue. With competition for the advertising buck getting...