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Internet ventures jump into IIM hiring fray. But, will it be enough?

Feb 20, 2012

For Indian Institute of Management grads moping about the dearth of jobs this hiring season, cheer up, some new job opportunities have just opened up. According #Entrepreneurship #GoodReads #IIM campus #Indian School of Business #Letsbuy #Myntra #online fashion retailer #Snapdeal #Valyoo Technologies
Manappuram Finance to split operations from promoter entities by 10 May

Feb 19, 2012

Mumbai: Leading gold finance company Manappuram Finance will separate operations from its promoter Magro (Manappuram Agro Farm) by 10 May, after the RBI recently came #Business/Finance #Corporations law #Entrepreneurship #GROUPE MAGRO SA #Manappuram Finance #NewsTracker
Twitter begins self-serve advertising for small businesses

Feb 17, 2012

San Francisco: Twitter Inc on Thursday formally launched a service to allow small businesses to buy and place ads on the online messaging platform. Twitter, which #ads #business model #Entrepreneurship #NewsTracker #Twitter

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Houston Business Journal
UH Downtown names Center for Entrepreneurship director

2012-02-21 12:30:00

This was printed from Houston Business Journal Dudley, an adjunct lecturer for entrepreneur business courses at UHD, has a background in computer information systems, real estate and business management and development. Before his work at UHD, he managed #Facebook
Inside Syracuse University
Burton Blatt Institute, Eastern Washington University partner to promote entrepreneurship for people with disabilities in Ghana

2012-02-21 14:51:00

Gary Shaheen G’86, Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University senior vice president, and Romel Mackelprang, Eastern Washington University professor and noted researcher on accessibility for people with disabilities, worked on site during the wee #Gary, IN #Syracuse University #Kwame Nkrumah
Madame Noire
PinkBoss: Empowering Women Via Entrepreneurship

2012-02-16 14:32:00

I recently learned about PinkBoss through one of their former clients who had nothing but rave reviews for them, and I’m a fan of anything that encourages entrepreneurship. Their mission is to empower women to become economically self-sufficient through #Google Inc.

Editor's picks

Cardinal sin: Who's playing with the truth, Alencherry or Vatican?

We should not allow Cardinal Alencherry’s revised statement, which replaces a more narrow-minded one, go unchallenged.
No cash and no CEO? Put up the 'For Sale' sign, Mr Mallya

Frankly, Kingfisher Airlines would save a lot more money if it just shut down. Or is sold to someone who knows how to run the business.
Nobel Peace Prize: Honour Edhi, the Mahatma of our time

It’s puzzling that the Nobel Committee has ignored him this long as they did Gandhi.
Saif vs bizman: Can the Taj please step in?

The Taj would have certainly conducted a detailed enquiry on the night itself (or they should have) and would have all the answers that are required to clear the air.

Chote Nawab Saif Ali Khan ka bada mukka; actor gets bail

Saif Ali Khan was arrested this evening and has been released by the police on bail after being charged with assaulting an NRI businessman.
Why now? Mamata to PM on NCTC

The West Bengal chief minister said the NCTC in the current form will harm the federal structure of the country disturbing the Centre-state equation.
Let's not deny something's wrong in the Indian dressing room

“There is some kind of confusion reigning in the dressing room. Let’s not deny that. Why are people speaking in such disparaging voices and so randomly?” asks senior cricket writer Ayaz Memon.
Courts, lawsuits, divorces: 2G mess won't be cleaned up till 2013

The telecom policy crisis emanating from the SC’s cancellation of licences is the third time the sector is falling apart. It will take all of this year to unravel.

How to stop Google and FB from spying on you

Google’s privacy violation issues have become bigger with Microsoft jumping in this tale by proving that the search engine did the same with Microsoft’s, Internet Explorer.
Why we can not accept 'this' Sachin

Tendulkar has more cricket left in him – good, world-class cricket. But he isn’t playing it today and that is the only issue.
Yes, Kingfisher is sinking. But it's not the only one

Almost every airline is crumbling under the pressure of high operating costs, fierce undercutting of tickets by rivals, and heavy debt loads.
Rahul Gandhi's fatal flaw: The Santa Claus who never delivers

His critics attack him as elitist. In truth, however, all good Indians know, it’s the bade log who make things happen. It’s when the powerful don’t deliver that their big name pedigree becomes a huge problem.

Married to the Gandhis: The unbearable burden of being Robert Vadra

Robert is discovering that it’s no fun being the nation’s first damaad, or bahu for that matter.
The Sehwag-Dhoni rift: Real, imagined or both?

Where do Dhoni and Sehwag want the team to go? Because even in a fight, one’s guessing, someone has to win. But if India loses, then the both of them lose too.
Budget may provide Rs 5,000 cr to improve grain distribution

Plans to expand the bill food are a likely vote-winner for the ruling Congress but could worsen strained finances as a flagging economy crimps revenue.
Indian food is not beer and curry for five pounds: Tamarind's exec chef

Firstpost spent a day with Alfred Prasad, executive chef at the London-based Michelin starred Tamarind restaurant. And watched him cook his best dish.

Bracing for failure, Rahul redefines 'success' in UP

Even a two-year-long campaign in UP and brazen pandering to voters hasn’t given Rahul Gandhi and the Congress much room for optimisim in UP.
India's 'peanuts' snub may change future of aid policy

Firstpost spoke to foreign aid expert Dr Nilma Gulrajani who sheds light on the reasons Britain insists giving aid to India, when they clearly do not want it.
Rajiv Gandhi, the wrestler baba and Ram Lalla of Ayodhya

Two decades after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, meet a man whose connection to that history is both direct and controversial. But few know of Baba Dharamdas’ other link – to the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Why India gets away in Kashmir

India’s position is quite indefensible, it is true, and it really has no case to make except for the accession document signed by a monarch.

First straight male hooker in US: I am like Gandhi

Marcus Bestin is a man on a mission: to fight the unfair double-standard that makes male prostitution illegal in Nevada. If only this self-described Gandhian could get his history right.
Why we need an anti-rape campaign that targets men

When it comes to the anti-rape debate, everybody has answers on how to keep the victims safe. How about looking at the perpetrators of the crime instead of blaming the victim?
Ekk Deewana Tha: Yet another failed love story

First Mausam, then Rockstar, and now Ekk Deewana Tha. This is the season for failed epic love stories. Perhaps it’s time to stop and reflect on the irrationality of what passes for love in these movies.
Should PMO be crowing about arm-twisting Coal India?

The PMO claims it has solved a major issue in the power sector, but it has not really dealt with the problem.