Hong Kong Wage Debate Wallows in Fake Humanism: Andy Mukherjee Pressure is mounting on Hong Kong to adopt a minimum wage, with the city's laissez-faire approach toward labor markets coming in for increasing criticism.

India Sounds `Death Knell' for Jobs With Perks: Andy Mukherjee Among the many surviving relics of India's socialist past, the most prominent are the Soviet-style five-year plans that the government still insists on producing.

Dell, Apple Links Will Boost Asian Tech Stocks: Andy Mukherjee Asian technology companies are in the throes of extreme investor pessimism.

India's Gems Lose Out in $2 Billion Industry: Andy Mukherjee India's top engineering schools have shed their cloak of secrecy and become more transparent about their admission criteria.

India's Rains Leave Central Bankers Guessing: Andy Mukherjee A big part of India's strategy to combat inflation this year hinges on expectations of a bumper harvest of its autumn crop, which depends mostly on rain.

Indian Central Bank Loves to Surprise, Confound: Andy Mukherjee If one disregards the occasional lapse or two, Indian central bank Governor Y.V. Reddy has been more vigilant in combating inflation than many other emerging- market central bankers.

Terrorists Strike India as Politicians Flounder: Andy Mukherjee A new variety of terrorism has come out of nowhere to become India's No. 1 security nightmare, and neither of the two main national parties has any fresh ideas on dealing with the threat.

Investors Despair as India's Budget Hemorrhages: Andy Mukherjee Investors and businessmen are discovering to their horror just how empty the Indian government's rhetoric of responsible budgeting has been.

Oil Below $120 Will Reverse `BR-IC' Fortunes: Andy Mukherjee Merrill Lynch & Co. strategist Mark Matthews has a checklist for investors in India and China.

Singh Must Revisit `Shanghai Dream' for Mumbai: Andy Mukherjee A few months after coming to power in May 2004, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had made an uncharacteristically bombastic promise to the people of Mumbai, the country's financial and entertainment capital.