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2013 Could Be An Ugly Year for BRICs: Umesh Shanmugam

  As the global economy shows little sign of growth or improvement in 2013, it’s only natural for investors and economists alike to take a closer look at emerging countries, traditional sources of potential (if not extraordinarily risky) growth and profitability. Perhaps the most well-known of these emerging markets are the BRIC nations – Brazil, …

AISI: Weekly Steel Production – January 26, 2013

In the week ending January 26, 2013, domestic raw steel production was 1,806,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 75.4 percent. Production was 1,918,000 tons in the week ending January 26, 2012, while the capability utilization then was 77.6 percent. The current week production represents a 5.8 percent decrease from the same period …

2013 – From Gloom, Doom to Boom! – Chawm Ganguly

The verdict is more or less out. Corporate India is ready to greet the New Year ahead with optimism. Not the guarded type that is politically correct, but genuine gut-felt pure optimism. And I say this after talking to a wide swath of opinion makers – economists, industrialists, traders, bureaucrats and politicians. While the level …

2013: The year of the arrival of young India – Chawm Ganguly

An army of ignited minds, born in 1991 or thereabouts, brought up in post liberalization affluence are now adults. They did not learn, like we did, that India is a developing country, faced with resource crunches. Rationing, mixed economy, 5 year plans, non-aligned movement, license, permits, quotas and words that were the staple of our …