UpFront
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White Collar Crime Worldwide
There’s been a drop in the overall prevalence of fraud, according to a recent global report. However, a number of specific frauds are getting more common: In particular, management conflict of interest, supply chain fraud, internal financial fraud and corruption. Also, what’s interesting is that today’s fraudsters are getting increasingly sophisticated in structuring their crimes and using tactics to prevent detection
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Being Human - How Real Can Artificial Intelligence Get?
We pitted iPhone's Siri and chatbot Rosette to see which device 'gets' you better
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Separating Risk And Return While Investing
The 2008 market crash has proved that risk and return aren't necessarily interconnected
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The Art of Power
I often like to think of chess as a metaphor for power. Only those who wield it well, know how finite their time is
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Saroj Datta: Foreign Airlines Can Erode Indian Airlines Share
Saroj Datta, Executive Director, Jet Airways, says if foreign airlines enter the Indian market, we will be back to a situation where the international carriers control the skies
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UPA's Tug-of-War With Civil Society
Instead of locking horns with civil society groups, the government should work with them to address issues that plague the country
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The Rebirth of Afghanistan's Banking
The country's banking system is slowly finding its feet again, but the deteriorating security situation poses a challenge
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Guillaume Marceau: The Spirit of Mahatma Gandhi is Felt Tremendously Here
Forbes India spoke to Guillaume Marceau, one of the many organisers of the Occupy Wall Street movement that is gathering pace
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South China Sea Is Not Our Priority
R.N. Das, senior fellow at Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, says the South China Sea issue was a ploy that was played out
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I Knew the World Is Not Flat. Now, It's Proven
Global Thinker Pankaj Ghemawat talks about rising protectionist pressures in developed nations facing slow growth and unemployment, how it is a cause for worry and how Indian firms need to behave in such an environment
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Brian Kernighan: No one Thought C Would Become So Big
Dennis Ritchie, the man who created C and helped create Unix, passed away on October 12. We speak to Brian Kernighan, Ritchie's contemporary at Bell Labs and co-author of the famous book C Programming Language, about Ritchie's legacy