The present value of illegal financial flows held abroad is nearly $500 bn. That's nearly 35-40% of our GDP. Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare are on the right track about corruption and black money, but whether a fast will get the money back fast is anyone's guess.
Windows 8 is primarily meant for the tablet segment and not really suitable for the PC sector. It competes with Apple.
The father-and-son duo is at the forefront of the anti-corruption crusade. But in recent court cases that they lost, they were arguing differently on tax-breaks
Indian Railways is a commercial organisation caught in the entrails of big government. It needs to be downsized and broken up into several companies to make it efficient and serve the nation better.
The Swiss and German decisions to close down all nuclear power plants may lead to other such closures elsewhere. If the idea spreads, it would spell bonanza for companies in the green energy space. A bubble in green stocks could build up, but investors must know how to ride it
Rising share prices and analysts point to further growth in the gambling business in Goa. Companies bet on middle class families.
What makes mobile veteran Raj Singh passionate about entrepreneurial ideas - it's solving a problem. Firstpost spoke to the new Entrepreneur in Residence and the famed Stanford Research Institute, now SRI International.
In 2008, the betting was that the Nano would change Tata Motors' fortunes and Jaguar Land Rover would bleed it. The results for 2010-11 show that it is exactly the other way round.
Business leaders Firstpost spoke to expect the economic growth in India to moderate this year. Many expect challenges on the way. Here is an 'ear on the ground' summary of what they say.<br /><br />
The US Department of Justice is investigating Infosys over alleged B1 visa fraud.
eClerx was the first KPO business to be listed in the BSE at the end of 2007. Their March 2011 results reports a healthy revenue and according to the CFO it is hungry for acquisition targets.
The trend continues: Indian outsourcing companies are hiring more Americans. Cue the culture clashes!
One of the masterminds behind the go-to mobile news app talks about how he's benefited from mistakes and why it's good to not get what you want.
The billionaire serial entrepreneur talks to Firstpost about how he'll support innovation to address India's most pressing problems. (With a podcast bonus)
Seduced by wealth, former McKinsey managing director Rajat Gupta ran his own consulting firms while still on the company payroll.
Reliance Ports and Terminals received Rs 2,600 crore in 2010-11 from RIL. Reliance Gas Transportation and Infrastructure got Rs 652 crore as hire charges for the use of its pipelines to transport gas.
If the government is planning to ask ONGC to cough up more by way of subsidies to oil marketing companies, it will go against the interests of minority shareholders. It should then buy back its shares and re-nationalise ONGC
JSW Steel has roped in Murari Rajan, former Executive Director at Piramal Healthcare, to head its M&A division. This move is likely to help the company consolidate its operations and Rajan's experience could help JSW Steel unlock value out of assets.
With elections out of the way, the government is showing some firm intent to act. Within a few hours of the results, oil marketing companies went for a hike in petrol prices. FM Pranab Mukherjee followed it up on Sunday, saying the Empowered Group of Ministers would take a call on diesel, LPG and kerosene when it meets next week. Up next is the disinvestment of state-owned companies.
The Talent, Ideas and Entrepreneurship Conference offers the inside scoop on startup trends and venture capital investments. A report on Day One. Also listen to takeaways from conference attendees.
Contrary to reports that the Supreme Court's latest judgment is another body-blow to the victims' chances of getting justice, the apex court has in fact facilitated the legal procedure for imposing more severe punishment on the guilty. The ball is now back in Bhopal's lower courts.
Facebook bungles an attempt to discredit Google over user privacy.
SKS Microfinance is in the doghouse because it chose to finance the poor the capitalist way - by raising money from the market. While there is much to be said for doing it the NGO way or by becoming another Grameen Bank, for-profit microfinance should not be a no-no. It is the only quickly scalable model.
The wiretap evidence proved to be a trump card against Raj Rajaratnam, the legality of which might be challenged by the hedge fund founder.
Sometimes organisations implement technology that they think will simplify a business process or provide a better experience for customers, but they end up doing the exact opposite.
Warren Buffett as branch manager at the Dunder Mifflin paper company
Indians are in a hurry to marry their daughters off even before they turn eighteen, Google objects to India's internet norms and an IPL cheerleader is kicked out for blogging on flirtatious players. And a lot more.
Software giant in ambitious bid to acquire the biggest brand name in Internet telephony.
The jury is out on the level of executive pay. The calls are getting shriller for self-regulation. Mukesh shows how to do it.
Companies face social media challenges on the scale of those faced when internet was invented in eighties.To say that the social media is not relevant for me now is almost like saying I do not understand the internet.