The Financial Express

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	The Indian Express Group
Editor	Shekhar Gupta
Founded	1961
Official website	financialexpress.com

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The Financial Express is a daily newspaper published by the Indian Express group since 1961.

Launched in 1961, India’s oldest financial daily, The Financial Express, is today one of the leading newspapers in the country. Part of The Indian Express Group, the newspaper publishes eleven editions in English from leading cities -- Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Pune. It also has an edition in Gujarati, published from Ahmedabad. The newspaper has offices across the country and is headquartered in Delhi.

Contents 1 Content 2 Columnists 3 News 4 Supplements 5 FinancialExpress.com 6 Annual surveys 7 Events 8 Editor 9 The Indian Express Group 10 External links

[edit] Content

The Financial Express has supported the eventual breakdown of the arbitrary control-based system that characterised the Indian economy to its emergence as a free market enterprise with accent on merit. The paper espouses the same position in its coverage of international developments. The position is based on a careful observation of the way economies have evolved in the past few decades. This is also known as a championing of the free market position. The FE columns and editorials articulate this opinion succinctly. The FE edit page columns are therefore the most widely read pieces among all business publications in India. Besides, the newspaper has an exclusive tie-up with The Economist of London to carry its articles all days of the week on the op-ed page, except on Saturday and Sunday.

[edit] Columnists

A number of Indian and global economic experts pen their columns for The Financial Express. These include Ajay Shah, Bibek Debroy, Lord Meghnad Desai, Avinash Persaud, Vijay Mahajan, Manish Sabharwal, Rajesh Chakrabarti, Amitendu Palit, Ila Patnaik, Mahesh Vyas, Paul Kattuman, Michael Walton and Raj Majumder.

[edit] News

FE’s news coverage is known for comprehensive sweep of economic policy making, corporate developments and market trends. For India’s fast expanding middle class of over 300 million, as per latest NSS data, plus the CEOs and government officials, the insights into the Indian growth story are particularly edifying. On weekdays there are a number of special pages titled FE Insight and FE Special, which carry reports and analyses on crucial areas of the economy -- automobiles, infrastructure, entertainment, capital markets, workspace, small and medium enterprises, infrastructure, real estate, green businesses and BRIC Plus. The Financial Express on Sunday focuses on the weekend reading for corporate executives.

[edit] Supplements

The newspaper has weekly supplements -- eFE, a four-page pullout on Mondays that tracks the latest in the knowledge economy; Brandwagon, a four-page supplement every Tuesday on advertising and marketing, and India Inc, a four-page section every Thursday on corporate strategy. Besides, a four-page pullout, FE Investor, on investment and personal finance, is published on Sundays.

[edit] FinancialExpress.com

The online section of The Financial Express is an up-to-date source for news on economy, business, finance, stocks and money markets. Besides offering the daily newspaper in the e-paper format free, the site also has extensive sections on stocks and company information. The site is constantly updated for the latest news on economy and business. Archives for the print edition are available online since 2000. The site is part of the group portal, www.expressindia.com

[edit] Annual surveys

The Financial Express also brings out two annual listings. While FE 500 lists top 500 companies of India, FE Best Banks has emerged as the blue riband of banking excellence in the country that culminates with an awards night for 13 categories.

[edit] Events

The Financial Express has instituted two annual awards. The FE Women Leadership Awards recognise women achievers in business, management and knowledge economy. The FE Best Bank Awards are based on the Best Bank Survey. Besides, The Financial Express has also initiated a series of FE Round Table Conferences (RTC) that bring together policymakers and major players to discuss key issues pertaining to different sectors.

[edit] Editor

Shekhar Gupta is the Group Editor-in-Chief. Subhomoy Bhattacharjee is deputy executive editor of The Financial Express. Somenath Choudhuri is deputy editor and Akash Joshi, deputy resident editor. Pragati Verma looks after eFE, Alokananda Chakraborty, Brandwagon, and Rajiv Tikoo, India Inc.

[edit] The Indian Express Group

The Financial Express is part of The Indian Express Group, which also owns English daily The Indian Express, Marathi daily Loksatta, Hindi Daily Jansatta, entertainment weekly Screen, and weekly Marathi magazine Lokprabha.

[edit] External links

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