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…
“Media sector is set for consolidation “
Outlook Business has an interview withPuneet Goenka, CEO of Zee Entertainment Enterprise. I don’t expect anybody to fold up, but consolidation will definitely happen. Some may band together, while others…
Whither Sovereign Wealth Funds?
They have gone from being feared to (almost) felt sorry for in a very quick span. Now, Outlook Business has an article examining how SWFs are likely to behave going…
How HCL outsmarted Infosys on the Axon acquisition
In an interview to Outlook Business, Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL, explains how his company managed to snag Axon at a price lower than what rival Infosys had originally bid…
Global M&A Activity to Recover in Second Half: KPMG Survey
From the latest KPMG M&A Predictor forecast: KPMG Corporate Finance’s Global M&A Predictor forecasts that 2009 will see a continued fall in global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) but that deal…
Fund News: NYLIM India closes $440-M Third Fund
From the Press Release: Jacob Ballas Capital has announced the closure of its third India-dedicated private equity fund at $440 million The latest fund, NYLIM Jacob Ballas India Fund III,…
George Soros on the Credit Crisis
MIT has an interesting video interview with George Soros on the credit crisis. Hat tip: Paul Kedrosky Arun Natarajan is the Founder & CEO of Venture Intelligence, the leading provider…
ICICI Venture’s healthcare SPV plan
Economic Times has an interview with Rajeev Bakshi, joint managing director of ICICI Venture on its SPV, I-Ven Medicare, which is creating a string of hospitals across the country. The…
What’s Changed in Silicon Valley
The New York Times has an article “about the types of companies that will receive some of the estimated $31 billion venture capital firms raised in 2008”. WEB 2.0 HEYDAY…