“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…
Speaker Lineup for APEX ’09 Summit & Awards
We are delighted to announce a stellar list of speakers for APEX ’09, the Indian Private Equity Summit, scheduled for February 4 at Mumbai. The Annual Summit brings together the…
“Bullish on Emerging Markets Real Estate”
Knowledge@Wharton has an interview with Gary Garrabrant, CEO of Equity International, an investor in non-US real estate-related companies. K@W: You referred to India, and of course this is as current…
The race to pipe gas
Outlook Business has a cover story on how the discovery of new sources of natural gas will have a profound impact on the energy economy of India by 2012 and…
Speedbreakers for Tollroads?
Business Today has an article describing the resistance – both from political parties and users – for a newly introduced toll road on the outskirts of Bangalore. The toll collection…
“Liberalising preferential allotments will encourage PE investments”
In an interview to Business Standard, Rajeev Gupta, Managing Director of Carlyle India, explains the bottlenecks in doing preferential allotments in the current environment. What is stopping the firms from…