UpFront
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India's $10 billion sovereign bond ambition
India plans to raise $10 billion this year through sovereign bonds, the first time ever. However, experts say this could lead to foreign exchange risks
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Japan, taking a page from Trump, uses trade against South Korea
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan has seemed to turn trade into a cudgel, but South Korean officials suspect a different motive: retaliation over an escalating political dispute between the two countries concerning reparations for Japan's World War II-era conduct
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A skull bone discovered in Greece may alter the story of human prehistory
Until now, the earliest remains of modern humans found on the Continent were less than 45,000 years old. This skull bone is more than four times as old, dating back over 210,000 years, and is likely to revise theories about the history of our species and its spread into Europe
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NBFC crisis: Sitharaman's lifeline falls short.
The government's Budget acknowledged that non-banking financial companies need help. A partial government guarantee could boost confidence, but banks may still be reluctant lenders
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India's equity markets brace for a tough year ahead
After the Budget, the focus is now on earnings and reduction in interest rates
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Why founders buying back investor shares is a good sign
Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal is reportedly trying to buy back shares from early investors, which experts say should be seen as a bold move that other promoters can replicate, as it shows the founders' confidence in the company
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Amazon Prime Day can cost competitors later on
This year's Prime Day begins today, and stretches across two days. But retailers across the world are scrambling to keep up with a second major shopping season, four months before the traditional Thanksgiving Black Friday sales
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Facebook: FTC approves $5 billion fine mishandling user information
The landmark settlement signals a newly aggressive stance by regulators, including the Federal Trade Commission, toward the most powerful technology companies
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Business (Deadly truth about a world built for men), Lifestyle (Why young Koreans love to splurge), Technology (Unsupervised learning), Brands (Kardashian Clan's 716 trademarks), Investments (Do millennials need money managers?), Water Crisis (India is the largest exporter of water even as taps run dry), and Liberalisation (Devaki Jain on the two forces that might guide India back to justice).
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What Leonardo da Vinci couldn't finish
The 500th death anniversary of da Vinci is due this fall, and New York's Met museum will run a single-painting show starting Monday. "Saint Jerome Praying in the Wilderness," on loan from the Vatican museum, is an unfinished, raw, emotional work, and lets us see Leonardo's distracted, stop-and-start painting method in action
