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Do you need a venture investor?

Views:189 | Posted on February 4, 2011

Vigour in the economy 
No one would have failed to notice the excitement in India today, about new companies in every sphere — from e-commerce to Education t.. Read full story

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Growing from a job to an enterprise

Views:278 | Author:Sutanuka Ghosal | Posted on February 4, 2011

Quitting a cushy state government job is not easy, especially for someone in his fourties. But that is what Ashis K Chakraborty did in 2006. He floated his own KPO, Orbital Outsourcing, which spe.. Read full story

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Thinking beyond the venture capital box

Views:659 | Author:Radhika P Nair and Sreekala G | Posted on February 4, 2011

Reetesh Kumar Singh and Rajiv Shankar Sinha, students at IIT-Kanpur, were beset by the classic start-up conundrum — surfeit of ideas and lack of capital. The duo who wanted to set up their .. Read full story

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The great global Double Drip!

Views:142 | Author:Bharat Banka CEO, Aditya Birla Private Equity | Posted on February 3, 2011

If you thought the headline has a typo, there is none. As there has been considerable debate on a potential double-dip in the global economy, here is another perspective on the lines of what I ca.. Read full story

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Direct Taxes Code: Iron out the wrinkles

Views:512 | Author:M Lakshminarayanan | Posted on February 3, 2011

With the Union Budget coming up later this month, it would be worthwhile to trace the path of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) and examine some of its more interesting provisions, even if its introduc.. Read full story

Adopt hedge accounting for better valuation

Views:198 | Author:Blaik Wilson | Posted on February 3, 2011

With challenge comes opportunity. This is the case for Indian companies that use derivatives to manage commodity, currency and interest rate risk — typically, large, listed companies with o.. Read full story

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China sitting on inflation bomb?

Views:151 | Author:Gerard Lyons | Posted on February 3, 2011

A stopped clock is right twice a day, but it can’t tell time rest of the day. This is worth bearing in mind when looking at the Chinese economy this year. For much of the last decade, some .. Read full story

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Acts of history in Arabia

Views:354 | Comments:1 | Author:Najeeb Mubarki | Posted on February 3, 2011

There is a story about a dissident who, railing against an authoritarian regime in a busy city square, is promptly arrested and put in jail for 14 years. On his release, he takes a bus, makes his.. Read full story

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MFIs: Malegam misses the point

Views:250 | Author:T T Ram Mohan | Posted on February 3, 2011

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have grown at an explosive pace in recent years. This growth has come at a steep cost: heavy concentration of loans in one state, Andhra Pradesh; overborrowing by.. Read full story

RBI paper on foreign banks: A tricky job

Views:435 | Author:Shinjini Kumar PwC Director, Tax & Regulatory Services | Posted on February 2, 2011

The preparation of the discussion paper that RBI put out for feedback last week could not have been an easy task, given the multiple dimensions of the issue and the complexity introduced by histo.. Read full story


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