Growing with each blast
For an overseas investor researching “hot sectors” in India remotely, it looks like the easiest thing to do would be to list services that the government is expected to deliver…
World’s Most Pirate-Infested Waters
CNBC has a slideshow on the resurgent business of maritime piracy. India (with 10 hijackings this year) also features as part of the dubious list of “8 worst pirate-infested places…
“Somali Pirates in Discussion to Acquire Citigroup”
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“Builders can’t hold prices much longer”
Businessworld has an article which indicates that the damp Diwali sales could leave builders with no option but to cut prices – something they have been desperately resisting. Developers had…
New speaker from Private Equity Recruitment at PanIIT conference
Ms. Gail McManus, Founder of Private Equity Recruitment, Europe’s leading independent private equity recruiter – will join two other expert speakers for the VC workshop at the Pan-IIT conference. See…
“Killing” of VC Industry to Hamper US Recovery?
ABC’s technology industry columnist Michael Malone makes a passionate pitch for freeing of regulations governing IPOs that are “killing” the VC industry in that country. We are looking at the…
The Broker Who Called the US Crisis Right
I like to view and read people who have strong opinions and are, more often than not, right. It therefore found it quite interesting to view a YouTube Video of…
Podcast on the Wall Street Bail Out
An interesting podcast titled “Bailing Out Wall Street” here based on a panel discussion organized by the Commonwealth Club. I especially liked the comments of Prof. Jonathan Berk from the…
Denominator Effect Triggers Boom in Secondary Deals
Fortune has an article on the boom in secondary deals. The problem is straightforward. Portfolio managers have strict guidelines for asset allocation (Harvard’s endowment, for instance, is offloading $1.5 billion…
VC Workshop at PanIIT Conference
The PanIIT Association and the Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA) are organizing a conclave for partners of VC/PE firms titled “Building the human side of a VC/PE firm – The…