HDFC hiring for India's best and hardest financial sector job
It might be India's best and hardest financial sector job. HDFC Bank, the $99 billion Indian lender, is gaining market share, defying a widening economic malaise.
Can Davos meeting cool brewing world technology war?
The easing of the trade war does not offer sufficient relief to concerns over a potential China-US technology war.
BIT not related to phase one trade deal
The China-EU bilateral investment treaty (BIT) negotiations and the China-US phase one trade deal are unrelated.
Drawing connections between BIT, phase one trade deal makes no sense
It makes no sense to draw connections between the China-EU bilateral investment treaty (BIT) negotiations and the China-US phase one trade deal.
China needs time to consider impact of trade deal, unlikely to rush into fresh round of talks
With the signing of the phase-one trade deal between China and the US, the 22-month-long tariff escalation is tapering off, which will be a moderate boon to the world economy in 2020. However, seriously disrupted global supply lines are unlikely be repaired anytime soon.
Spanish lender Santander CEO fiasco exposes banking's fault line
The battle over Santander's CEO has given human shape to banking's fault line. It's a year since Ana Botin, the Spanish lender's chairman, reversed her decision to make UBS executive Andrea Orcel the group's next boss.
What's next after per capita GDP exceeds $10,000?
China's 2019 gross domestic product reached 99.1 trillion yuan ($14.4 trillion), and per capita GDP made a breakthrough, for the first time achieving $10,000. China's per capita GDP is close to the central value of the income range of upper-middle-income countries, and China is a typical middle-income country.
China-US trade ties return to normalcy; yuan's rise worth watching
The inking of the phase one trade deal between China and US has called a truce in the two-year, crippling trade conflict between the world's two largest economies. The détente will set the pace for lowered tariffs, trade revival and a gradual normalization of the previously disrupted global supply chain - steps that are desired by the global community.
Voices
China's economic development should focus on solving structural problems in 2020. Tax and fee reductions or interest cuts should be implemented to support specific industries and sectors.
UK's $13 billion technology scene may already have peaked
London's Old Street gyratory, where Hackney meets the City financial district, has been jammed with traffic for the best part of a year.
Trade deal must be mutually implemented
The phase one trade deal between China and the US is a mutually beneficial agreement.
Implementing China-US trade deal should be two-way
If China agrees to specific purchases including semiconductor in the phase one trade deal, it will involve companies like Huawei - whether the US allows suppliers to sell devices to Huawei? If the US does not, how could the specific purchases be reached?
Trump should consider meeting Huawei's Ren at Davos
US President Donald Trump should consider meeting with Ren Zhengfei, founder of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies, at the World Economic Forum in Davos next week.
Wary consumer wallets present biggest risk to chip titan TSMC
Chip titan TSMC looks immune to trade and supply chain disruptions, but not to consumer wallets.
Voices
Personal credit is not a 'super police' that can interfere in people's private lives. It's also not for the purpose of selecting social, moral role models. All credit scores should stay in the field of personal financial credit, and should not go beyond that.
Trade deal needs follow-up mechanism
The signature of the phase one trade deal between China and the US is significant for three reasons.
China, US trade ties return to normalcy; yuan's rise worth watching
The inking of the phase one trade deal between China and US is set to call a truce in the two-year, crippling trade conflict between the world's two largest economies.
Trade deal with US has profound implications for world
A phased approach to de-escalate the China-US trade conflict has effectively worked, with the signing of a phase one trade deal expected this week. As part of the monumental deal, China will ramp up purchases of US products, notably farm goods and energy, in the foreseeable future.