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The brittleness of impatience crackles. There is the familiar irritable fretfulness of politicians and industry captains as they chafe against the RBI’s reluctance to ease interest rates a bit more.  Unspoken, yet unmistakably implied, is the accusation that the...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/an-abiding-faith-in-the-road-sector/1169015 This interview also appeared at http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/features-2/bullish-on-roads-sector-it-is-growing-like-never-before-irbs-mhaiskar-2431619.html A man finds his road  -- Virendra Mhaiskar — By RN Bhaskar | Nov 13, 2017 11:00 am Virendra D. Mhaiskar is a man with a focus that is firmly set on connecting India with world class...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/samruddhi-mahamarg-a-sweet-deal-in-making/1173977 Samruddhi will open up Mararashtra's hinterland — By Jescilia Karayamparambil and R N Bhaskar | Nov 21, 2017 10:37 am With every passing day, Maharashtra’s ‘Samruddhi Mahamarg’ dream is coming closer to reality. As of now, the land acquisition process as well as...
Talk to high net worth individuals (HNIs) and non-resident Indians (NRIs). They express tremendous anxiety over the provisions of the government’s new piece of legislation.  This spells trouble for all of us, even if we are largely law-abiding, they...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/india/belgium-ambassador-to-india-jan-luykx-our-relations-with-india-have-become-intense-over-past-decades/1167127 Belgium strengthens ties with India — By RN Bhaskar | Nov 09, 2017 10:06 am Belgium, India’s second largest trading partner in the European Union, will commemorate 70 years of diplomatic ties with India, with a state visit to India, by the Belgian...

This artickle appeared in the 9-23 November 2015 edition of Business India on page Nos. 64-65. The pdf version of the article can be downloaded from here: 2015-11-09_BusinesssIndia-Covestro Bayer spawns Covestro -- and a star is born Covestro plans to carry...
The stench of bribery is up in the air once again. This time, it is disclosure that a US company, Louis Berger, paid bribes to two Goa legislators to win a contract. At least one of them has been...