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• Indian Entrepreneurship - A Myth?
• Why Tax Holidays?
• Look ma, No more Visas. H1B Visa cap reaches on day one.
Editor's Pick
Rising fuel, bad business plan, Airlines run on ego and you get the picture about the Aviation scene in India. Capt. Anup Murthy
on the state of Indian Aviation.
Featured Review
• Ranjan Varma reviews The Big Idea by Stephen Strauss.
Biz/Tech Features
• Yahoo's recent changes to its search engine advertising model. Good or bad?, asks Anand.
• "When Wii came home, I accepted defeat." Blokesablogin's tryst with Nintendo Wii.
• India's accelerated growth is neither multi-dimentional nor is it well thought out. DesiGirl feels there is much background work to be done.
- Mar 9, 2009
- Changing The Mindset - From Scientists To Entrepreneurs
A talented scientist who comes up with a novel idea won’t have to play office politics or be sycophantic to his/her boss any more.
- Mar 7, 2009
- WorkExp.Com Goes Offline - The Whisper Board for Bad NewsIt became a safety valve, in part, for the stressed employee, serving to reinforce, negatively, his feelings about his company.
- WorkExp.Com Goes Offline - The Whisper Board for Bad News
- Mar 2, 2009
- America's Foolish CEOs: Medco's Dave Snow Gets The First AwardI think it has a lot to do with poor policies and oversight, individual greed, and last, but not the least, stupid CEOs running corporate
- America's Foolish CEOs: Medco's Dave Snow Gets The First Award
- Feb 19, 2009
- Butchermania
Did you know there is a Professional Association for Butchers which traces its history back more than 1000 years? I didnt...
- Feb 17, 2009
- Frankenstein or Frankincense Crops?What do you do for your country's food security? plant GM crops or go rent some farmland in another country? or both?
- Frankenstein or Frankincense Crops?
- Feb 16, 2009
- Social Networking & BilluIn today’s world, it is not enough to be well educated or well qualified to go up the ladder, it is all about who you
- Social Networking & Billu
- Feb 12, 2009
- The Grand Bailout- Part 2
The Democrats in DC are lowering taxes while the Republicans in California are raising them
- Feb 8, 2009
- Human Cloning - The Clone WarsWill a similar fate befall cloned humans?
- Is China a Threat to Indian IT Outsourcing?Can China really pull deals that are being outsourced to India? Where exactly does it stand in IT Outsourcing?
- Human Cloning - The Clone Wars
- Feb 7, 2009
- Innovation - That Strange Mythical Animal
Everybody wants innovation, but managing innovation is very difficult. Some views on innovation in firms
- Feb 6, 2009
- Nations Turn to Barter To Secure FoodBartering is being used but is a hideous economic mechanism, filled with hidden pitfalls and costs
- Nations Turn to Barter To Secure Food
- Feb 3, 2009
- Iran Launches Indigenous Satellite"Iran's presence in space with the aim of expanding monotheism, peace and justice has now been officially recorded in history."
- The Grand Bailout
For an obese nation, eating humble pie may be the right diet for a healthy, wealthy life ahead
- Iran Launches Indigenous Satellite
- Jan 28, 2009
- Will The Satyam Probe be Fair?Links between the Andhra Government and the former Satyam chief
- Will The Satyam Probe be Fair?
- Jan 25, 2009
- California is Becoming the Pakistan of the USAThe financial challenges of managing a state like California
- California is Becoming the Pakistan of the USA
- Jan 21, 2009
- Bimaru States In India
The bimaru millstone states around India's neck
- Jan 20, 2009
- Book Review Comdex : Computer Course Kit - Windows Vista with Office 2007A good book to gift someone who is just learning to use computers
- Book Review Comdex : Computer Course Kit - Windows Vista with Office 2007
- Jan 9, 2009
- Satyam Board Dissolved, Peer Review Audit Of Nifty Stocks OrderedAs the year progresses, it is already evident that this will be a year of many surprises, and things will only get darker before any
- Satyam Board Dissolved, Peer Review Audit Of Nifty Stocks Ordered
- Jan 8, 2009
- Risk Manager Role With Afghanistan International Bank
Why just an advertisement for a risk manager for an Afghan Bank is a small but good step?
- Jan 4, 2009
- How Companies React To Major Crisis EventsManaging geo-political and religious adverse events? Lessons for firms from the Mohammad cartoon crisis
- How Companies React To Major Crisis Events
- Dec 20, 2008
- Going Slow on Highways DevelopmentUnfortunately, this is not the only case where the Congress Government interferes with institutions.
- Going Slow on Highways Development
- Dec 19, 2008
- Shareholder's Dissatisfaction at Satyam's Board
Actions trying to benefit the promoters
- Dec 1, 2008
- A Tale of Two CountriesJust as every single terror attack big or small finds a linkage in Pakistan, almost every single IT product big or small has some Indian
- A Tale of Two Countries
- Nov 24, 2008
- Citibank - The New State Bank of AmericaWelcome to Citibank, the new State Bank of America.
- Citibank - The New State Bank of America
- Nov 23, 2008
- Book Review: Hacking VoIP
Protocols, Attacks and Countermeasures
- Nov 15, 2008
- Book Review: Head First StatisticsA good statistics study book with an emphasis on distributions.
- Book Review: Head First Statistics
- Nov 14, 2008
- Book Review: Nagios - 2nd EditionSystem and Network Monitoring
- Book Review: Nagios - 2nd Edition
- Nov 13, 2008
- Book Review: Head First Physics
A Learner's companion to Mechanics and Practical Physics
- Nov 12, 2008
- Swiss Bank AccountsEnsure the demise of the poor and the few remaining rich can have the earth to themselves
- Python for Unix and Linux System AdministrationEfficient problem solving with Python
- Swiss Bank Accounts
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