Co. that makes “water out of thin air”
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…
GPS based navigation services
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…
Taking banking to migrant laborers
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…
Countering hedge fund invasion
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…
Will Dubai avoid the “skyscraper curse”?
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…
Why Ramzan is crucial for Carrom Board exports
Business Today has an off-beat article on the business of exporting carrom boards. This unmatched frenzy at Meerut, a sports goods manufacturing hub of India, is triggered by the preparations…
Business Today’s Cool Companies listing
Business Today has published its latest annual listing of “hip and happening” companies. This year’s list includes a VC firm – APIDC-Ventureast. Other cool companies include two Canaan Partners back…
Hollywood’s growing fondness for Indian films
Business Today has an article on how Hollywood studios are now aggressively tapping into the regional language market in India. Thus far, Hollywood studios have had only a peripheral presence…
“Indian ports require a sea change”
Businessworld has an article on private participation in Indian port development. Ever since India struck its first privatisation deal in 1996 when Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal was awarded to…