Are Indian CEOs Overpaid? ; A Study by Global HR Consulting and Outsourcing...
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story erred with data on the compensation figures for Gajanan Nabar, Managing Director & CEO of Praj Industries. Nabar's total compensation for financial year...
View ArticleEthnic Commerce ; A Few Indian Companies Are Making a Killing Selling Indian...
The first sound that greets Pankaj Thapar and Narender Kumar when they enter their office in Okhla, New Delhi, is a steady clatter of 50 sewing machines. For them, it is not so much a clatter as a...
View ArticleMobile Phones Pushing Growth of Digital Music ; the World's Largest Online...
The world's largest online music store, iTunes , is yet to open shop in India, but that is not stopping 700 millionodd active mobile users here from enjoying music on their phones. Thanks to the Nokia...
View ArticleHow Diageo Won Kenya's Price-Sensitive Market ; When Spirits Maker Diageo...
Executive summary: When spirits maker Diageo faced slowing growth in developed economies, it started expanding in emerging markets. It sniffed an opportunity at the bottom of the pyramid in Kenya. Poor...
View ArticleA New Chip Co Movement ; India Was Always Globally Renowned for Its...
RBR Layout is a world apart from glitzy Whitefield or Electronic City where most of Bangalore's globally-renowned technology companies have their offices. Yet it is in this smelly, rundown...
View Article'People Making Too Much of FM's Response' ; A Day after His Half-Yearly...
A day after his half-yearly monetary policy review, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao met with Chaitanya Kalbag and Anand Adhikari to explain the intent of the bank's policy...
View ArticleFreedom from Wage Slavery ; the $100 Startup Has Lessons from Ordinary...
The $100 Startup By Chris Guillebeau Macmillan Pages: 285; Price: 12.99 pounds Let me admit the bias I began with. I thought I had read too many of these 'pursue-your-dreams-andget-rich' books to take...
View ArticleReview: Windows 8, Microsoft Office ; Windows 8 Is a Substantially New Take...
Change Is in the Air Windows 8 Price: Rs 699 & Rs 1,999 (For upgrades) Windows 8 is a substantially new take on computing as we have known it so far. For one, the Start button is missing - you will...
View ArticleTelenor Pins Hopes on New Partner for Second Innings ; Lakshdeep Investments...
Norwegian telecom giant Telenor sprang a surprise on October 26, when it disclosed its new Indian partner, a relatively unknown entity called Lakshdeep Investments & Finance Pvt Ltd. It is a...
View ArticleEtcetera ; Once Again, India Is Struggling to Contain the Outbreak of Dengue...
Squash that Mosquito Once again, India is struggling to contain the outbreak of dengue fever. More than 17,000 cases have been reported across the country and some 100 people have lost lives to dengue...
View ArticleOn Record: Cabinet Reshuffle ; Who Said What about the Latest Reshuffle in...
"The prime minister has brought younger people into positions of responsibility. The reshuffle is a good mix of younger people, experience and talent" Kamal Nath, Urban Development Minister with...
View ArticleChidambaram vs Subbarao: Who Will Blink First? ; Finance Minister P....
The text message from the finance ministry went out close to midnight on Sunday, October 28 - hardly a time when the ministry is expected to be working. The message informed its journalist recipients...
View ArticleBehind Penguin and Random House Merger ; with E-Books Changing the Dynamics...
An e-book revolution is afoot, though it has not touched the borders of India yet. In 2011, online retailer Amazon sold 114 e- books for every 100 printed books, while e-book sales across all platforms...
View ArticleCloud over the Sun ; Sun TV's Investment in an Indian Premier League...
Sun TV Network, controlled by media baron Kalanithi Maran, is the latest entrant into the Indian Premier League (IPL) after it picked up the Hyderabad franchise with its bid of Rs 425 crore for five...
View ArticleBollywood Actors Turn Business Savvy ; Bollywood's Actors Putting the...
Actor John Abraham and his director friend Shoojit Sircar had a great idea for a film - militancy in Sri Lanka. They even had a title in mind - Jaffna, after the capital of Sri Lanka's Northern...
View ArticleMaking Headway at Last ; Unexpected Cordiality between the Centre and States...
The impasse between the Centre and states over the introduction of a Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime may finally have ended. Sushil Kumar Modi, Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister and a senior leader of...
View ArticleIT Safety: Can Our Data Survive a Disaster? ; Hurricane Sandy Ravaged the US,...
As tropical superstorm Sandy crippled New York's financial district on October 29, worried bosses at India's pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Wockhardt asked their Chief Information Officer...
View ArticleLast Chance to Perform ; Following the October 29 Cabinet Reshuffle, in All...
Will the new ministers continue the flurry of reforms begun by the Manmohan Singh government in September? Following the October 29 Cabinet reshuffle, in all likelihood the last before the general...
View ArticlePeople Business ; Starring: BJP President Nitin Gadkari, Suchi Mukherjee,...
Sorry Business BJP President Nitin Gadkari, 55, who rose rapidly in politics is now staring at the possibility of an equally rapid downfall. The alleged dubious funding of his company, Purti Power and...
View ArticleStaffing Firms Prosper as India Inc Hires More Temps ; the Demand for Temps,...
Ajit Isaac, CEO of Bangalore-based human resource services firm, Ikya Human Capital Solutions, has just finalised plans to open an office in Tinsukia. It will provide temporary workers - or temps as...
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