Acquisitive Aegis
Business Today has an article on how the Essar Group’s outsourcing arm, Aegis, has acquired its way into the top league of Indian BPOs. The ITES onslaught can be traced…
Who will bag Gharda Chemicals?
Business Today has an article on the move to sell the Rs. 1,000 crore Gharda Chemicals, which manufactures agrochemicals, veterinary bulk drugs and high performance polymers, and the hurdles in…
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…
Boom time for Employability Training Cos.
Business Today has an article on how South India-based Employability Training companies are now getting businesses from colleges desperate to place their students successfully. Cracking that job interview is the…
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.…