It is hoped that unlike the Interim Budget 2009-2010 which did not clearly match up to the expectations of the industry, the proposed Union Budget would provide economic support to industry.

Real estate, stocks, credit. China sure has its share of bubbles. Oddly, little attention is paid to the biggest one of all.

With Indian and global economy showing concrete recovery signs, there are lot of expectations from the upcoming Budget 2010-11. This article talks about some of such areas in corporate taxation, where there is a need for reforms.

Bank regulators, in an effort to buff up their tarnished image and appear proactive, took it upon themselves to alert their charges to looming interest-rate risk

Naina Lal Kidwai, Group General Manager and Country Head of HSBC Group Companies in India, says HSBC’s retail foray in India has been very successful. She also tells Bloomberg UTV’s Editor-in-Chief Govindraj Ethiraj even though the bank did take some hits during the downturn, the cautious approach of the bank in good times helped it in bad times. Edited excerpts:

Dr Prathap C Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, feels the challenge is to work closely with individuals and empower them to look after themselves.

Rajya Sabha MP and former Ficci president Rajeev Chandrasekhar says India could done a lot more in these two years, which were a heady period of economic boom. He also tells Bloomberg UTV's Mini Menon that even after years of privatisation, India still hasn't learned how to auction telecom licence.

Harsh Pati Singhania, President of FICCI, spoke to Bloomberg UTV Senior Editor Mini Menon about the industry expectations ahead of the credit policy review and the budget 2010. Singhania said companies are getting in the investment mode and the onus is on the RBI to ensure growth amidst fear of tightening of liquidity with an imminent rate hike.

The government has already announced its intention to conduct the FPOs of REC and NMDC using the French auction process

I am what anyone may call a Twitter addict. There's no other term that could explain my condition especially after being responsible for having posted 12000+ tweets and having over a thousand followers! I post about fifty tweets daily and interact with over a hundred people regularly.

Sebi has had to occasionally crack the whip to ensure that retail investors do not get short-changed while investing in mutual funds.

When I lecture at B-Schools, I often challenge my students to question market myths. Am using the term myths as the caveats that should accompany sweeping claims are almost never made. Some of the more popular myths include: Equities are the best performing long term asset class. To buttress that claim, a chart is invariably presented by equity fund managers with the start point invariably being the lowest point of the BSE Sensex, quite often even before the infamous Harshad Mehta scam period.