It is with a mixture of cynicism, despair and resignation that most Indians view the continuing fiasco at Air India (or Nacil). In a company that is grossly over-staffed, provides abysmal service quality and makes losses consistently, the specter of... Read More.
Islamic finance (Shari’ah banking) has seen rapid growth over the past 30 years, particularly in the last 10 years. It has now spread across more than 75 countries across the globe. Total assets in the Islamic finance market are estimated... Read More.
Mr. Shashi Tharoor is the latest hapless victim of the “Indian sensibility”. A spate of newspapers delightedly reported how the Minister had been castigated by his bosses for his insensitive comments. Quoting the Indian Express ... Read More.
In March 2009, Bombardier announced a deal worth $1.44 billion signed with Lease Corporation International Aviation for a firm purchase agreement for CSeries jetliners. Bombardier has decided to outsource $200 m worth of engineering services overseas. This deal is being... Read More.
During the budget speech (for FY10), the Indian Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, announced that India would move towards a uniform GST (goods and services tax) structure by April 2010. The benefits of such a system are many, proven elsewhere,... Read More.
IPOs in India invariably tend to attract huge media hype and analyst comment. No doubt this is a result of the substantial marketing spends legally carved out of IPO proceeds. Merchant bankers, PR and advertising agencies, and numerous others are... Read More.
While India has carved a place for itself in the global e-learning outsourcing segment, it has done so primarily for low to medium value services. Barring a select few Indian providers, the rest are yet to establish themselves as comprehensive... Read More.
Isn't it great how education has become a mainstream media subject? Notwithstanding some of the completely retrograde political opinions, for once, we're actually seeing a debate on this subject. Even those who lay the blame for this heightened interest in... Read More.
The first prick in the Satyam bubble was the aborted merger of sister Maytas companies. This was also when we all discovered that Maytas was Satyam spelled backwords. Subsequently, things began to unravel very rapidly for Mr. Raju – and... Read More.
With training budgets slumping, and the growing need for maintaining a highly skilled workforce, companies are increasingly turning to incorporating e-learning as a part of their training initiatives. But maintaining e-learning systems within the organization equals more costs. The solution?... Read More.
