Gulf nation Abu Dhabi has reportedly acquired a 8.1% stake in American microprocessor firm AMD for about $700 million. The purchase is being routed through Mubadala Development, a wholly owned investment vehicle of the Government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. Mubadala’s mandate is to set up new companies and acquire strategic […]
Our Kerala girl Rachel Paulose is facing strong headwinds in her job as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota. Of course, we knew Rachel Paulose was in trouble. But the magnitude of opposition she faces surprised us after reading today’s New York Times. The essential criticism against Rachel Paulose seems to be that […]
Oh boy, oh boy. As Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cozies up to the Bush Administration, his youngest daughter Amrit Singh blasts the same administration for borrowing methods from tyrannical regimes (and she is right). In her new book Administration of Torture, Manmohan Singh’s U.S-based daughter Amrit Singh plunges the dagger deep into the rotting […]
Senior U.S. officials are quietly pressuring India to sign the nuclear deal that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has put on the backburner because of domestic political compulsions. After all, at stake for the American companies like GE and Westinghouse are multi-billion dollar contracts. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the Chief Spokesman for big American businesses, […]
Among the many opportunistic skunks that litter the Indian political landscape, it’s hard to find two worse specimens than the political parties JD(S) and BJP in the South Indian state of Karnataka. Barely a few weeks after the JD(S) reneged on its promise to turn over the position of Chief Minister to the Hindu nationalist […]
We think Bobby Jindal is a disgrace and brings much shame to the Indian-American community. And shame to Louisiana as well, the unfortunate U.S. state of which Bobby will soon be its next Governor. Of course, many Desis in the U.S. will disagree. They are pleased as punch that Bobby will become the first Indian-American […]