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Indian Private Players push for larger share in Defense Equipment Sector
India’s billionaires have a new industry focus these days. Defense Equipment. As India’s focus shifts from Pakistan to China as the main enemy and its status as the counter-balancing force...
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Book Review by Jasleen Matharu: Winner’s Price
S.V. Divvaakar’s first offering as an author, “The Winner’s Price” landed in my hands a few months back. It was in its proof reading phase and almost ready to go...
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The Hacking Wars and the coming “March Storm”
Unbeknownst to many, there is a virtual war going on. Hackers vs the US Government. Recently, computer hacking group LulzSec has been brought down by the FBI, when they arrested...
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Rare footage of Steve Jobs sharing his beginning in the Computer industry
Very few people in the history of technology have impacted the world as profoundly as Steve Jobs had done. Until his death recently, he had reinvented the world of computing...
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What Hinders Success of Indian Startups?
A lot is talked about India’s market and the potential for startups. Many have been started and many have succeeded, but numerous – disproportionally large numbers have failed. And failed...
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Hollywood going after copyright violations: SOPA on the sly?
New large scale actions have been started.
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Which company did the most Acquisitions in 2011? A top 10 list
Every other day we hear about some company or the other being bought by Google and Microsoft or even IBM.
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Adidas to sell $1 shoes in India!
There is a popular story in the most popular Marketing text book for MBAs written by Philip Kotler.
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Kingfisher Airlines mess and Bailout: Indian Government to use taxpayers money?
India’s Kingfisher Airlines – started by the Liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya – is in trouble. Massive trouble.
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What’s in a name? A LOT!!
When you are starting off your business venture, one of the first thing you need to do is to have a name of the company or organization.
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Growth of the new and Consolidaton of current growth Industries in India
A lot of things are happening in the Indian business.
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Infosys in midst of Three-Phased Reorganization: Will it be a Game Changer?
Infosys is realigning itself. The entire realign work has been going on for last year or so. Broadly speaking there are 3 phases to it:
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Cognizant is #3: the How and What of it
How did Cognizant become #3 of the Indian IT companies? That’s an interesting question.
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Indian Online Bookseller Flipkart is now valued at $1 billion
Indian online book sellers, Flipkart – are now valued at $1 billion! The company was started in 2007 and their growth has been nothing less than spectacular!
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Top Ten Indian IT companies have Combined revenue of $84 billiion
IBM’s total revenue is $104 Bn and Accenture’s total revenues are $26.01 Bn. Compared to these two, the Indian IT companies are fairly new but have pushed ahead pretty far. But how far?
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Ransom Insurance comes to India!
Now there is a new kind of insurance in India. Its called “Ransom Insurance”. Apparently, there are way too many kidnappings occuring these days specially amongst the high and mighty.
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Android versus iPhone – Getting Google right
The future of computing is heavily dependent on the present and near term of the phone world.
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NASDAQ Attack by Hackers – Reason for Worry?
Recently hackers went into NASDAQ’s system and put in some suspicious files which were later found by a team of forensic experts including FBI team members.
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Social Media can make existing Students, your best recruiters!
The fingers now have more power tha
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Obnoxious Bosses and their Punishing Evaluations and no Humor!
My first boss was a particularly obnoxious person. He would be fidgety, unconventional and rude to the core.
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Top 15 Finance and Investment related Sites from India
Unlike, US, in India there isn’t enough information on the investments, finance and markets. Not just the news, the retail investors need information. Which is very little for most part.
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World without the Toilet Paper tubes
Unless you have severe issues and have been holding back for a long time or are from the sub continent where a healthier way of water is used, chances are you have seen a toilet paper roll.
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Business in US targeting Indian Americans
Indian Americans are now being looked at by the local media in the US.
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GE CEO Immelt sees India Growing at 30% a year
Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric is a smart person. When he speaks, a lot of people listen.
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Is Seducing boss the best way to the top?
In these times of distressed economy, it seems affairs still work.
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Blackberry launches Playbook tablet
As the tablet market heats up, Blackberry is coming out with its own version of its competition to iPad.
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Flavor of Tomorrow – Debt
“Fortune favours the brave.”
“The night is the darkest just before dawn.”
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Social networking gag order by Infosys and others is Talibanization of IT sector
A gag order is coming in within the IT industry in India at least.
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Gulf of Mexico drilling ban: If you can’t fix it don’t touch it!
A lot has been said about the Obama administrations ban on Deepwater drilling in Gulf of Mexico and the overturning of the ban.
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Ethics and US Corporate Executives
I saw this quote on the facebook wall of my friend. Worth quoting here:
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Hinglish Ads in US media to target Indians
Corporates in US are waking up to the Indian American population. The ads in US – mainstream media – say it all.
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Strengths and Weakness of Indian Enterpreneurship
An interesting discussion started off on my school alumni group. While one guy felt that Westerners are more enterprising than Indians are.
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TiE – an organization that charted a new path
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) is a unique organization. Its roots are in the “Indus” region – or South Asia primarily.