Business
Can Indra Nooyi Revive Pepsico
It’s hard to shake the past — particularly when the past was more profitable.
Off-Shoring As a Value-Creator
So far, Indian firms have been below the radar. But now that they are bigger, and also visible thanks to the politicians going after them, the lawyers are moving in.
Socio-cultural Changes Cheer India’s Wine Market
Spread over three days and across sprawling grounds, the wine festival offered Bangaloreans an opportunity to understand the basics of wine, varietals, wine tasting and food pairing. There was also grape stomping, musical concerts, a fashion show, a display of vintage automobiles, a flea market and food stalls.
Can Telemedicine Alleviate India’s Health Care Problems
“There’s a huge, unmet health care need in our rural hinterlands. The challenge is to make health care affordable for the masses....”
India’s Education Dividend
Education can be the only leveler. It is the means to bridge the huge divide that exists between religious groups, castes and regions.
Aseema’s Value-Driven Education
Education can be the only leveler. It is the means to bridge the huge divide between religious groups, castes and regions.
Snapping a Deal
When you have nothing to show — no product, no customers, nothing — you have to do something.You have to sell your dream.
Igniting India’s Dating Scene
"Immediately, the sights, smells and sounds just hit you. I’ve done a lot of traveling in my life, [but] nothing really compared to the entirely different world that India is."
Mining Data From Fashion
"There is a graveyard full of similar companies that did not get pricing, seeding and subsidizing decisions right."
Indians Fuel America’s Growth
Nearly half of America’s top 50 venture-funded companies have immigrant founders, and Indians top the list.
Dow Caves on Olympic Branding
Dow owns Union Carbide, the company that owned and ran a pesticide plant in Bhopal, where a gas leak in 1984 killed thousands of people in the world’s worst industrial disaster.
What Mumbai’s Dabbawalas Know That its Taxi Drivers Don't
Does India have the resources, structures and innovation to meet the challenges of the coming decade?
Saving Capitalism from Capitalists
We may be headed for a fairly long economic downturn, Far from improving, Western economies could slide into a double dip recession. We could be sitting on a powder keg, which will explode.
$10 Million Bail for Rajat Gupta
Rajat Gupta is accused of giving Galleon's Raj Rajaratnam insider information on Proctor & Gamble and Goldman Sachs in 2008 and 2009 in civil and criminal complaints unsealed today.
The Changing Indian Business Landscape
Does India have the resources, structures and innovation to meet the challenges of the coming decade?
Raj Rajaratnam Sentenced to 11 Years
Galleon Fund's Raj Rajaratnam is sentenced to 11 years in prison, fined $10 million and ordered to forfeit almost $54 million.
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
The American Century, proclaimed so triumphantly at the start of World War II, will be tattered and fading by 2025, its eighth decade, and could be history by 2030.
Spam Nation
Nearly 1 in 7 spam messages originate in India, according to report by Kaspersky Lab. Malicious attachments, often designed to steal users’ financial date, were
Amul Whipped Up Over Mayonnaise
India’s largest food brand Amul is suing Hindustan Unilever for ads that promote its mayonnaise product as being “better than butter.”
$99 Pepper Tablet
The tablet features an 800-megahertz processor, 256 RAM, 4GB memory and works both on wireless Internet and 3G networks.
Million Job Vacancies in India
People with specialised knowledge are few and there are many other lucrative offers from the private sector.
Half of Indians looking for a change
Around two-third of workers under the age of 24 are seriously considering leaving their current job, the survey found.
$25 Million Judgment
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has won a $24.6 million default judgment against Deep Shah, a fugitive in the Galleon insider trading case.
India Third Largest GDP by 2025
India could have the world’s third largest GDP by 2025 if its present growth rate holds, according to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
BPO Sector Exempt from Data Rules
The $14-billion Indian BPO industry has been exempted from tough new data protection rules introduced by the government.
No Bites at Buffet
Warren Buffett insurance debut in India is sputtering. The company, which introduced online auto insurance policies in March, sold just 30 policies monthly between April to July.
Lists for Fools
The richest people and companies — such as Fortune magazine’s list of the world’s largest companies or the world’s richest — are atleast based on measurable criteria of wealth, and even they hit and miss, because not all assets are in accessible public databases.
My Summer at an Indian Call Center
Lessons learned: Americans are hotheads, Australians are drunks — and never say where you’re calling from.
Indian Exports to Top $300 Billion
India is aiming to top $300 billion in exports in the current fiscal year.
2011 Feels Like 1980 Again
Casting a glance back at how India appeared to the outside world just a few months ago is rather like looking at grainy footage of yesteryear: a booming economy, IT whiz-kids making waves all over the globe, top ranking in international Test cricket, the ICC Cricket World Cup in the bag, Bollywood on the roll.
Gurgaon: Corporate City
The once backwater village in Haryana is now littered with the campuses and offices of major multinational corporations of every stripe and industry.
Global Remittances
India topped global remittances again this year with $53.1 billion in inward remittances in 2010.
Emerging Global Retail Markets
India ranks as the fourth strongest emerging global retail market, according to A T Kearney, a global management consulting company.
Green Light
Retail behemoths Wal-Mart, Tesco and Carrefour are set to secure approval for setting up majority-owned stores in India.
