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Business Today has an article of the changing face of the education- and healthcare- focused Manipal Group. Gradually, he has ceded close control of his businesses to professional managers. “We…

Business Today has an article on the Godrej Group’s property business, which is to launch an IPO shortly. As of September, GPL had projects—in progress and signed—on close to 200…

Business Today has an article on how millions of jobs in the manufacturing industry “could vanish” due to the rupee’s seemingly inexorable rise. The weakening dollar has now started taking…

ContentSutra has an interview with DFJ’s Sateesh Andra on the firm’s investment in mobile advertising services firm mGinger. How much have you invested in mGinger?We’ve invested $1.5 million, while NEA-IndoUS…

The Mint has a profile of Chennai-based economist-turned-entrepreneur S.S.Sivakumar whose Akash Ganga International is seeking to help solve the city’s chronic water problems through its unique device. The scientific basis…

Businessworld has an article on the market for GPS-enabled navigation services. Until last year, Hyderabad-based SatNav Technologies was the only vendor of GPS devices. Since then, other companies have also…

Businessworld has an article on an interesting experiment by Axis Bank along with an NGO. Anwar is one of the nearly 1,500 urban labourers who have joined a technology-assisted financial…

In an article appearing in AltAssets, James Kelly of US-based law firm Nixon Peabody LLP, talks about the increasing “hybrid” strategies adopted by hedge funds and how PE firms need…

Bloomberg columnist William Pesek has an interesting theory on the correlation between tallest-building projects and financial crises. It happened in Kuala Lumpur in 1997, Chicago in 1974, New York in…

The following companies are seeking capital for starting-up / expanding their operations:07-11-21-1: Hyderabad based company seeks