Business

Burning Cash to Bust Those Blocks

Ninad D. Sheth

The Indian pharma gameplan appears more like irrational overreach and less like an achievement

Boom to Bust Acquisitions

India Inc forked out close to $40 billion over the last three years buying large companies overseas. But its grand global coming out party has left it with a bad recession hangover

Clouds on the Horizon

Anil Budur Lulla

The Indian infotech industry is under intense pricing pressure globally. It may even have to rethink its very business model

King Lear Kamath

arindam

The reshuffle of the top brass at ICICI after KV Kamath’s exit hasn’t gone down well with the other two top candidates

The Google Guru

Kamla Bhatt

Rajeev Motwani, a Stanford professor who funded many Silicon Valley startups, will be remembered as a man who bridged the gap between the theoretical and the business world

The Phone Ate My Lunch

Ninad D. Sheth

Beware mobile phones. They can devour your business. Ask marketers who find it difficult selling products in rural India

Watch ’em Grow

Shubhangi Swarup

India is a compelling growth market for international broadcasters who know what they’re up to. So what are they up to?

Sellbo, Korbo, Sellbo

TR Vivek

Global sportswear companies have finally found a reason to pull out all stops in IPL cricket. Their plan: sell, sell, sell

Twenty20 Vision

TR Vivek

Embedded advertising and seven minute breaks are making money for everyone involved with IPL, and killing the game. And, hey, Mandira Bedi doesn’t help either