A federal jury in New York City today found former McKinsey chief Rajat Gupta guilty of insider trading. The jury convicted Gupta on three counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy. A close business associate of the jailed hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam, Gupta passed along confidential corporate information to Rajaratnam who then […]
Three desi kids have made their way into the second batch of 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows. Established by Bay Area entrepreneur and venture capitalist Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook), the fellowships provide the winners with $100,000 over two years to skip college and pursue innovative scientific and technical […]
Why is it that even top Indian movie stars, when they rarely ever land a role in a Hollywood film, get only tiny, inconsequential parts. If you thought Anil Kapoor’s role in the last installment of Mission Impossible was a joke and Anupam Kher’s brief appearance in Lust, Caution an insult, it gets worse with Amitabh […]
Special Agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have recently charged nine persons in New Jersey with alleged involvement in Foreign Students Visa fraud. Of the nine people charged, eight have been arrested by federal agents. U.S. immigration officials charged the defendants with conspiracy to obtain and use phony visas and conspiracy to conceal […]
Never let it be said that Hindi movies can’t plumb new lows. The biggest, latest calamity to befall the already lowly Bollywood is the Southern invasion in the form of remakes and arrival of directors like Prabhudeva. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times. Tamils and Telugus cannot make watchable movies, […]
My bosom pals on SI know I greatly relished French director Jérôme Salle’s Anthony Zimmer (Sophie Marceau, Yvan Attal). Anthony Zimmer is a classy film, far superior to the crude Hollywood remake The Tourist featuring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. Between Sophie Marceau and Angelina Jolie, I’d take Sophie in a heartbeat. Sophie oozes class […]