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Is Infosys on the Acquisition block?
Economic Times suggests in an article that Infosys is a very attractive acquisition target right now. Look at some of the facts: Infosys has Cash and cash equivalents (Rs 22,000...
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Bitcoin, its competitors and uses: Is this crypto-currency an alternative to World currencies?
Bitcoin is a cryto-currency – not a real currency, but acting as one. It is the new rage these days. Bitcoin (BTC) is an online commodity that is based on...
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Myriad Genetics patents Breast, Ovarian Cancer Genes: Who Owns Human Genes now?
Myriad Genetics, is a Utah-based biotechnology company. It has discovered and isolated two extremely important genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer — BRCA 1 and BRCA 2. Now,...
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Warren Buffett bets big on selling Insurance online in India
As Indian masses come online, Warren Buffett, the master of traditional businesses, is betting big on Indian consumers. Ironically. He wants to sell insurance online. Currently, Berkshire India sells motor,...
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Create More Value than you Capture: Tim O’Reilly’s lessons for Start-ups
Tim O’Reilly is someone who identifies trends early and has been at the forefront of the internet revolution. He is the founder of O’Reilly Media (formerly O’Reilly & Associates) and a supporter...
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Apple to increase its presence by 3 times in India by 2015!
The Apple is planning to grow big in India. The company now believes that India is very critical to its future growth plans. According to the India Times, Apple is planning...
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Startup Tips from Dave Zilberman, partner @ Comcast Ventures
A very interesting discussion with David Zilberman, a venture capital guy – partner at Comcast Ventures. He discusses the tips for startups David Zilberman is a partner at Comcast Ventures,...
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Vodafone Australia takes Call Center jobs back from India
The new trend is to move the jobs that had been outsourced to India and China back to the country of origin. It is happening in the US. And this...
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Narendra Modi to deliver Keynote at Annual Wharton India Conference via Video Conference
Another reminder that irrespective of what the Government of US may say, the phenomenon of Narendra Modi is not receding in the background. Now, after being feted by the high...
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Why do Auctioneers talk so fast… and why is a lone “I” capitalized?
A very interesting episode for “A way with Words”, where the hosts discuss some interesting topics, including Why the Auctioneers talk so fast? Why do auctioneers talk so fast? Martha...
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How a Movie Trailer can predict its success
Tonight is the Oscar night. A night when the well made movies triumph. But what happens on the Box Office? Does a movie trailer make it a success? Can it...
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5 Rules for Great Presentations
Though these rules seem simple, they are very interesting and useful. Go through them carefully and try to use it. Five Rules for Creating Great Presentations from Duarte, Inc.
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Google to earn $5 billion from its ads on Tablets!
This confirms what we have been discussing earlier. How Google works and what its strategy is pointing to in terms of revenue earning. Google‘s ads are everywhere, but new data...
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Truth behind the Dubai Wonders: Built by Modern Day Slaves
The wonders of Dubai like the Burj Khalifa and other buildings and hotels are being built by foreign workers who work 12 hours a day and live in squalor. The...
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Indian Startup Review: CouponDunia
CouponDunia fills an important gap in India’s online retail market – coupons. I had often wondered what could be the alternative for sites like FatWallet in India. Well, CouponDunia is...
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Twitter is worth $10 Bn
It is an impressive social networking site, but then $10 bn? Wow. Last Friday, the Financial Timesreported that BlackRock (BLK) was buying around $80 million of shares at a valuation just north...
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Sadhguru speaks to Dr. Sanjeev K. Chaudhry, CEO of Religare on health
Sadhguru spoke with Dr. Sanjeev K. Chaudhry, CEO of Super Religare Laboratories (SRL), in a recent event in New Delhi. Sadhguru started off by speaking about his own experience with...
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Is it the end of the middle manager?
Knowledge will dictate the future of organisational hierarchy as bureaucratic structures are replaced and where leaders will emerge rather than be elected, say Kate Tojeiro and Dr Jonathan Trevor. The...
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Many Companies waking up to a Unique Competency in Developing world: Frugal Innovation or “Jugaad”
There is value in frugal innovation. And this kind of work comes mostly from the developing countries. Companies are now using this “core competency” to their advantage. Emerging markets such...
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What does a perfect Start-up Team include?
Getting to start up a new business and to grow them to something that can be a financial and business success is not easy. It requires different set of skills...
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Spammers Windfall: Now send spam to a famous person by paying Facebook $100!
So here is another Facebook idiosyncratic revenue model practice. If you’re sending a message to a random person on Facebook, they’ll charge you $1 to skip the spam filter and...
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Anil Ambani and Adi Godrej profusely praise Modi and Gujarat
At the Vibrant Gujarat summit, Adi Godrej and Anil Ambani gave a lot of praise for Gujarat and Leadership of Modi. Related articles from External Sources Narendra Modi a...
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Why Infosys doesn’t want government contracts in its portfolio
Infosys is changing course in its India business to focus more on deals from corporations rather than government, which now contributes about 90% to the company’s revenue in its home...
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Infographic on the Most Expensive Houses of Indian CEOs
Here is an interesting infographic of the most expensive houses of Indian CEOs around the world. It also shows the amenities that these large structures have in them. Source
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70 percent of phones sold in China are Chinese-branded, Samsung and Apple losing out
The smartphones sales in China is soaring. Specifically the Android based phones. But there is a catch! 70 percent of phones sold in China are Chinese-branded. China is increasingly turning...
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Ratan Tata steps down today after making Tata Group truly Global
Ratan Naval Tata born in December 1937, is the adopted great-grandson of Tata group founder Jamshedji Tata. He is stepping from the helm of Tata Group today. He has taken...
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8 Indian CEOs make it to the HBR list of Top Performing Global CEOs
India based corporates are going global and Indian CEOs are being recognized as leaders as well. These are apart from those Indians – often First Generation – who have made...
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Cognizant replaces Apple in the Top 10 Happiest Companies in the US
BusinessWire has come out with a list of 100 “Happiest Companies in America” after thousands of independent employee reviews and analysis of hundreds of companies. These companies are dedicated to...
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Times Internet acquires share in Fab.com
Times of India group has made a major investment in the fast growing e-commerce start-up Fab.com through the group company Times Internet. The investment is supposed to be in 7...
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Instagram wanted to sell your photos?!
First Instagram – which is anyways in a mess due to its Twitter disengagement decision – made another blunder – saying that it can sell your images. Instagram said today...
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Women can close the Salary Gap if they don’t compete with men
The salary inequality between men and women is well known in the corporate world today. And there has been a lot of effort to reduce that gap, but it hasn’t...
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Impact of Magazines going Digital: “The Last King of Print”
Interesting impact of Magazines going digital – specially Newsweek (now, Daily Beast) “I don’t actually go to newsstands anymore,” said Tina Brown, the editor in chief of Newsweek/The Daily Beast,...
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Nehru Place in Delhi is amongst the Top 30 Global “Notorious IT markets”
We all know that. And a major part of India’s surge in computing world is due to these pirated things. Good or bad, I am not sure. But it was...
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Population newly connecting on the net in Developing countries adopts Social Networking most
As the folks in the Developing countries get online, they make a beeline for the social networking sites. Not as many people in developing countries have access to the Internet...