Business

In a recent survey by Financial Services giant Visa, Indians emerged as one of the least financially literate among 28 countries. Some of the reasons why Indians ranked low in this reports was the lack of household budgets, lack of money…

Olacabs, one of the leading aggregators of car rentals and point-to-point cab services, has launched a mobile app that will allow users to book and monitor cabs in real-time on their smart phones. This is a much needed app, especially for…

Banking institutions, ATM users and other commercial vendors have a new reason to rejoice. A software called NCR Mobile Cash Withdrawal will allow ATM users to withdraw cash in less than 10 seconds directly though their mobile phone. This…

A Regus Work-Life Balance Index Survey carried out in May 2012 noted that Indian employees were much happier with their work-life Balance as compared to 2010. In addition to India, nations like Mexico, Japan and Brazil too had a high number…

Editor’s Note: After reading Mr. Ashok Parthasarathi’s article regarding Aakash Tablet in The Hindu - Cloudy outlook for Aakash - we got in touch with officials in MHRD requesting them for clarification on the same. Following was their…

Here are the Funding, PE and M&A deals happened in India for the Fortnight starting May 21st 2012. Funding, Private Equity and M&A Deals of the Fortnight Funded Company / Acquired Company Deal Type Who Funded / Who…

The game of chess has been providing intellectual euphoria since time immemorial; and now it is all set to give your personal branding style, a strategic makeover. 1. Your Personal Brand (Your King): Your Personal Brand or Unique Brand…

I have discussed in the past many good examples of marketing helped a product to succeed. Apple is the first brand that comes to mind when we talk about marketing. The communication and design of the products has led to its wide spread…

India is suffering from a massive attack of the etail fever. Every month a new player enters the market and that leaves a plethora of confusing not-so-alternatives to the buyer. In any industry, there are leaders and followers. The…

Tata DOCOMO has become the first company in the world to launch a twitter app service on its platform which will allow Tata DOCOMO Customers to recharge and activate Value Added services with use of #Hashtags on Twitter. Currently this…

Update 05/06/2012: We just learnt that AOL seems to be out of contention and a company based out of Chennai - QUSCIENT Technologies is in the race to acquire Minglebox.com. Again, this is still a rumour, there has been no official…

Figure this, nearly one-third of all the malaria-fighting drugs in the Southeast Asia region are fake or of bad quality. A perilous state of affairs that foretells the imminent washing out of our decade long fight against the disease. In…

The business of Indian textile industry largely relies on catering to the needs of foreign customers. That’s by all means a good business model that works well for most of the companies. It allows of running a focused and specialized…

Ipsos recently released a survey that listed India's top marketing companies in 2012. Indian telecom companies like Idea Cellular, Tata Docomo, Vodafone and Airtel were in the top 25. The survey noted that 3 of these telecom brands roped in…

One of the most comprehensive school level survey conducted by TCS finds that Indian children between age of 12 and 18 are quickly adopting new modes of networking using social platforms like Facebook and Twitter and tools like instant…

Here are the Funding, PE and M&A deals happened in India for the week starting May 14th 2012. Funding, Private Equity and M&A Deals of the week   Funded Company / Acquired Company Deal Type…

Government of India recently released per capita consumption of Electricity in India and it makes for an an interesting reading.  The State of Goa (2004.77 kWh) & Puducherry (1864.5 kWh) account for maximum per capita consumption…

Looks like online car rental companies are hot right now – In last 6 months alone more than 5 startups in similar space have raised funding. Taxiforsure.com, the online taxi booking service run by Serendipity Infolabs Pvt. Ltd., is the…

Faster growth in semi-urban India is driving growth in the PC Market in India as it expanded by 7.7% in Q1 2012 over Q4 2012. Even as compared to the first quarter of 2011, shipments of PCs grew 3.5%. In the period January-March 2012, 26.3…

Indian Post offices are improving – They are not only becoming high-tech, but also considerably increasing the bouquet of services they offer at their outlets. According to the statement by Mr. Sachin Pilot, Communications & IT…