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    FDI in India touches USD 28.4 Billion [Numbers]

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    Government of India yesterday released the amount of Foreign Direct Investment received by India in Financial Year 2011-12. In last 2 years, FDI had show significant drop as compared to 200-09 when flow of foreign money in India was at its peak. In FY 2011-12, FDI increased by 46.4

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    Linkedin Acquires Slideshare for USD 119 Million!

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    I am extremely happy to hear this – Linkedin has acquired Slideshare for a cool USD 119 million ( Roughly 630 crore at today’s rate). By any means this is one of the biggest startup success stories. Hearty congratulations to Rashmi Sinha, Amit Ranjan & entire team of Slideshare.

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    Thomas Cook India Acquisition – Who will it be?

    by Kaushambi

    Thomas Cook India has been a household Indian name since 1881 for forex and other travel services such as corporate travel, international and domestic holiday packages, Passport / visa services etc. Currently, this travel giant operates in 78 Indian cities at 209 locations. Thomas cook currently employs over 2,700

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    The Most Preferred Investment Destination States in India!

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    Gujarat attracted maximum investment proposals compared to any of the 20 industrial states in India. According to the recent study undertaken by ASSOCHAM, Gujarat attracted investment proposals of Rs 16.28 lakh crore in year 2011. After Gujarat, Maharashtra was the most preferred destination followed by Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and

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    Paradox of thrift: Why a high savings rate is bad for the economy?

    by Dr Vikram Venkateswaran

    Let me ask you three questions. Question 1: Do you have high savings? Question 2: Do you save at the expense of putting off critical purchases? Question 3: Do you think that is good for the economy? Well if the answer to the questions is yes, yes and yes,

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    Why Should Global Businesses Expand In India?

    by guest

    While doing business in India may not be the easiest (this doesn’t in anyway mean that India cannot improve its business friendly policies and initiatives), but it definitely is a place to be in for the future. And as business is a game of return on investment, India over

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    NTT Comm. acquires 74% of Netmagic – Nexus’ 5th exit in 18 months!

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    NTT Communications Corp. Japan has acquired 75% equity in Netmagic Solutions, a leading Indian managed IT hosting services company operating seven datacenters in India. This acquisition is subject to approval from various relevant Indian authorities. The investment amount has not been disclosed in the press release sent to us.

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    Top 5 reasons you MUST get Life Insurance!

    by Kaushambi

    You might have a great investment strategy of dividing your risks and increasing returns between mutual funds, recurring deposits, shares and debentures, gold and silver and much more, but have you considered Insurance? We’re not talking about the host of insurance policies available out there on travel, automobiles and

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    100% FDI allowed in LLP firms – Guidelines soon!

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    In 2008, Government introduced Limited Liability Partnership firms to be formed in India. Globally, LLPs are one of the most popular way to form a company, however, in India it is not taken off as was expected. In short, LLP is a sort of firm that combines the benefits

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    Foreign Investors allowed to directly invest in Indian Equity Markets!

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    2011 was not a very Happy year for investors in Indian Stock Markets – Indian as well as international investors lost money to the tune of lakh’s of crore rupees. Benchmark Index lost over 20% from the start of the year. This year though, Government is taking steps to

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