'Stern' writer Bruce Jay Friedman passes away at 90Friedman's stories of modern angst appealed to fans and critics of plays, films and books.
04 Jun, 2020, 02.37 PM IST
Travelling abroad? Don't forget your passport, visa and etiquetteFrom paying bills to tipping at restaurants, greeting foreigners to wishing them on festivals, different countries have different customs. ...
23 Jun, 2019, 12.40 PM IST
Meet three real-life unknown entrepreneurs of a different kindSmall entrepreneurs are the true backbone of economic activity who, from humble beginnings, start with zero capital or often borrowed capit...
21 Mar, 2016, 04.01 PM IST
Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison buys hotel for $71.6 millionThe former Oracle CEO, whose net worth has been estimated to be as much as $47.2 billion, just paid $71.6 million for the Epiphany Hotel in...
15 Sep, 2015, 01.25 PM IST
Just enjoy the ride, don't sweat the exit: Deep KalraDeep Kalra braved the dotcom bust and his venture is now the leader in the highly-competitive online holiday mart.
28 Aug, 2015, 12.16 PM IST
Koos Bekker’s fortune was founded on one investment in China’s TencentIn 2001 Naspers, the media group he chairs, put $32 million into a then-obscure Web company called Tencent. Its stake today is worth $66 bn.
21 May, 2015, 05.39 AM IST
The V Renaissance: Vipul Amar's TVR churning out bespoke luxury leather goodsTVR is barely a year old. So far, it has refrained from commercial advertising. Vipul feels the company is too young, too small for an ad b...
16 Nov, 2014, 02.25 PM IST
CarTrade raises Rs 185 crore from Warburg Pincus, existing investorsWarburg Pincus is focused on growth investing and has over $ 39 billion in assets under management spanning over 125 companies.
13 Oct, 2014, 04.22 PM IST
- Burning Bush?
Mart salesperson living in the cheapest lodgings to discover “all the tenacity, anxiety and surprising generosity of low-wage America”.
05 Sep, 2014, 05.43 AM IST
How political parties have a well-oiled system of hiring aircraft during electionsElections have become a money-spinner for air charter companies. It helps that for parties, payment is peanuts and rules no more than irrit...
23 Mar, 2014, 06.05 AM IST
Captain GR Gopinath critiques Vijay Mallya's decision to shut down Kingfisher Red, argues cheap flights are future of aviation"I believe it would have been a smarter decision to go low cost on all domestic routes and provide full service in international routes," h...
02 Oct, 2011, 02.08 PM IST
- Raths of Lord Jagannath, Subhadra and Balabhadra on annual journey in Puri
The huge raths had been shifted to the far end of Grand Road where zestful crowds clanged cymbals, thudded drums, danced and sang.
04 Aug, 2011, 08.35 AM IST
- A tiger's trail: Elusive big cat at Corbett Park
And the best time to visit is between September and March - for bird-watching and tiger sighting - and between April and June for elephants...
27 May, 2010, 07.22 AM IST
Ignore all pressures to perform wellCardiac surgeon Ramakant Panda said he wasn’t nervous at all while operating on the Prime Minister’s ‘beating’ heart. “Once the surgery sta...
28 Jan, 2009, 01.01 AM IST
- Pizza paean
The pizza we all love is but an immigrant cousin of the sophisticated Italian original.
17 Apr, 2008, 06.18 AM IST