Consequences of the fracas over gas
CNBC-TV18 journalist Menaka Doshi has an interesting blog post on the latest feud between the Ambani brothers. After years of hard work and tens of thousands of crores of rupees…
The “Multiple Problems” of Acquiring Chinese Cos.
Mark Dixon of M&A advisory firm the1.com has an hilarious account in the New York Times of his efforts at arriving at the normalized profit (and hence the valuation multiple)…
Will the “New July” deliver?
Forbes India has an article on Rajesh Reddy co-founded mobile technology firm July Systems’ latest business model – to partner with media firms and reach content directly to consumers directly,…
Profile of Peristent Systems
Forbes India has a profile of Pune-based Outsourced Product Development (OPD)-focused IT Services firm Persistent Systems. The company, which has raised capital from Norwest Ventures, has recently decided to strike…
Profile of Fortis Healthcare’s Shivinder Singh
Business Today has a profile of Shivinder Mohan Singh of Fortis Healthcare The 33-year-old Managing Director of Fortis Healthcare is targeting a top line of a billion dollars by 2012…
Market Recovery: The View from 3 Different Camps
In a column for the Economic Times, Morgan Stanley’s Ruchir Sharma highlights 3 different viewpoints that investors have regarding the global market recovery. Camp 1: This is it, nothing comes…
Bharti’s “Professional Managed, Entrepreneur Supported” model
Extract from Sunil Mittal’s interview to Forbes India. When we started out, we were an entrepreneur-led, entrepreneur-promoted company. We did a great job. In some companies, this phase lasts forever.…
The Wal-Mart of Indian Hospitals
Forbes India has a profile of heart care specialist Narayana Hrudyalaya and how it is adopting Wal-Mart style “scale economics” to the healthcare business. A heart surgery here costs Rs.…
Deal Alert: Continental Warehousing raises Rs. 78-Cr from Aureos, E-Planet
Continental Warehousing Nhava Sheva Ltd. (CWNSL) has raised Rs. 78 crore from Aureos India and E-planet Ventures. Of this, Aureos invested Rs. 50 crore. CWNSL operates container freight stations at…
The curious case of struggling asset reconstruction cos.
The Mint’s banking editor has an article on the curious and counter intuitive case of struggling asset reconstruction companies. …banks have stopped selling their bad assets. There has not been…