The Loot seeks to capitalize on slowdown
Outlook Business has a profile of the discount clothing retailer The Loot. How does a retail chain that offers massive discounts make profits? “We make money on buying, not on…
Prospects for Solar Energy Brighten
Outlook Business has a mult-part article on the prospects for solar energy in India in light on of the new policy measures. Two policy measures in the last month, the…
“The strange case of Asarco”
TheDeal.com has an article on how the two bidders for the bankrupt copper mining firm – India’s Sterlite and Mexico’s Grupo Mexico – are pushing for a lower price. Listen…
Master class on Valuation, Valuation Guidelines & Reporting Guidelines
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Why VCs are more bullish on product cos. now
As part of its cover story on software products, Businessworld had organized a roundtable discussion featuring, among others, Subash Menon, CEO of Subex Systems and Sudhir Sethi, chairman and managing…
“Are Indian markets cheap?”
The Indian market is trading cheap, but not yet at distressed levels, says Akash Prakash in an article for Business Standard. Investors are uncomfortable using earnings-based valuation tools as there…
More trouble in store for the “Ponzi Economy”
Peter Schiff, about whom I have written about before, has now been profiled in Fortune, in which he continues to forecast more doom and gloom for the US. “We have…
“Philips Healthcare keen to acquire more cos. in India”
Businessworld has an interview with Ronald de Jong, senior vice-president and CEO for emerging markets at Philips Healthcare. The firm has recently completed the acquisition of two healthcare companies —…
Who is Murali Divi?
Businessworld has a profile of the Founder of Hyderabad-based Divi’s Labs, which is charting stupendous growth. It all began in 1984 for Divi, a postgraduate in pharmaceutical chemistry from the…
How is Adlabs faring under ADAG?
Businessworld has an article on how the leading film processing firm is doing post its acquisition by Reliance ADAG. But Anil Ambani’s Adlabs made Shetty’s Adlabs look puny with leapfrogging…