Recent Editions of Beyond The First Order

Microsoft can finally feel good about missing the mobile revolution

FMCG companies are changing habits, rural boomtowns may see a rise in India and Indonesia, Covid19 drugs are losing approvals, and payment failures with UPI are a problem....

22 Oct, 20

Live by network effects. Die by network effects

Antitrust just got a lot more serious, the Indian government is eyeing buybacks, the hunger problem is a wicked problem, internet freedom is being stomped upon, MSMEs in India don't want to tap into a...

21 Oct, 20

Beware of central banks bearing red gifts

India's spectrum sharing tale that could learn a thing or two from the US, Nokia is eyeing the moon, farmers in India may be better off selling to a supermarket, and Alibaba's beefing up its physical ...

20 Oct, 20

Will Warren Buffet take another hedge fund bet?

Section 230 for social media, Apollo hospitals has puts its hands up vaccine delivery, Philippines has a looming baby problem, individuals in the US and India are seeing a change in their credit scor...

19 Oct, 20

India’s trade bubble

Healthy bodies could have long term consequences from Covid, Apple's commitment to the environment is questionable, India's central government takes a loop on GST, Wuhan is the new hotspot., but for ...

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Previous Editions of Beyond The First Order

16 Oct, 20

America plays spoilsport to Ant’s record IPO

Getting information from the government is never easy, vaccine distribution issues are still being sorted, air bubbles are being created in Asia and Turkey may have a lesson in payments for India....

15 Oct, 20

Whose GDP is it anyway?

Streaming apps are winning over movie theatres, Huawei submits (partly) to a sale, worker rights are being diluted, the EV battery race is heating up between Indonesia and India and vending machines m...

14 Oct, 20

SoftBank’s tryst with blank cheques

Maruti Suzuki is a concerned auto-manufacturer, Vedanta's delisting fiasco, ShieldPods for social distancing, briberies that need self-reporting, and Miniso goes to America....

13 Oct, 20

Take the money. *T&C Apply

The government wants to boost consumption, it also wants to stomp out cash. TRP scams are leading to companies taking a stand on advertising, Hong Kong needs to protect its migrants and what's common ...

12 Oct, 20

The Byju’s media conundrum

Questioning editorial integrities, government reliance on the private sector, Malaysian Airlines' future and YouTube's coming of age....

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Recent Editions of Beyond The First Order

Microsoft can finally feel good about missing the mobile revolution

Live by network effects. Die by network effects

Beware of central banks bearing red gifts