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India Needs to Invest More in Agriculture
India spends more on agriculture research than others in South Asia, but it still has a long way to go
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Will Pharma Companies Have to Stop 'Gifting' Doctors?
The income tax department has made new rules to crack down on expensive gifts from pharma companies to doctors. But implementing them might be tough
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Do-It-Yourself Law Firms Are Catching Up
A host of new online firms aim to save you the time and effort of hiring a dependable lawyer
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The Old Economic Regime is Gone
JP Morgan's Jahangir Aziz says the government retracting their December 2011 proposal for FDI in retail did more damage than the 2012 budget
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Letter From The Editor: How Entrepreneurship is Alive and Kicking
When Shree Renuka Sugars acquired two ailing sugar mills in Brazil two years ago, it was hailed as an astute move. Today, the aggression looks a tad foolhardy. And Narendra Murkumbi is fighting to prove his detractors wrong
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Mukesh Ambani retains top spot on Forbes wealth list
Modest gains for India's richest as economy slows. Net worth of top 100 at US$250 billion, up 3.7% from $241 billion
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After Nuclear fission, India experiments with fusion
Countries, including India, are pooling resources to build a plant that runs on cleaner technology and abundant resources
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We did not want to price Starbucks in a manner that would be off-putting or intimidating
What we've learned over the years is that the novice generally starts off with a less intimidating beverage maybe black coffee in a small size but over a year or so they begin to move up to a more complex beverage, a stronger beverage and a larger size
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Unlearning What Lance Armstrong Taught Us
The fairytale of a cancer survivor conquering the world charmed (rather, fooled) us all. That he had nothing noteworthy during his pre-cancer years should have made us wary
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How Free is the Web?
In the last two years, 19 countries have passed regulations to restrict online content. Although the Arab Spring has been hailed as a Twitter revolution, oppressive regimes have tightened screws on the web