Say what you will but there’s little respect for the common man in India. Everyone is out to get the common man in India. The government, police, employers, businesses, politicians and even banks are all after the little man. Of all the shaitans (devils) at the back of the common man in India, banks are probably […]
Meraki, a Silicon Valley wireless Internet startup co-founded by a desi entrepreneur Sanjit Biswas, seems to be on a tear these days but we are skeptical that this Formula car will ever reach its destination. The two-year-old Mountain View, California start-up offers networking widgetry that promises to make setting up wireless Internet access a snap. […]
Why the heck is India’s Tata group itching to buy Ford’s dying auto brands Jaguar and Land Rover? Just doesn’t make sense to us as to why Tata – now the clear frontrunner to pick up Ford’s struggling Jaguar and Land Rover units – wants to acquire these two white elephants. Both Jaguar and Land […]
Any fool can buy a company. You should be congratulated when you sell. – Henry Kravis, co-founder of private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Source: Wall Street Journal, Jan.3, 2008 p. c12
After eight months of review for possible antitrust violations, the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday approved Google’s $3.1 billion acquisition of Internet ad server DoubleClick. But the European Commission has yet to sign off on the deal. In a 4-1 vote to close its investigation of the transaction, the FTC wrote in its majority statement: After carefully […]
If the rip-off prices of inkjet printer cartridges come down in the U.S, you’ll have to thank a desi guy in California – Ranjit Bedi. On Monday, Ranjit Bedi filed an antitrust lawsuit against HP and office supplies store chain Staples in the U.S.District Court in Boston charging the two companies with illegally colluding to stop competing […]