The new rage in startup townHow does the startup world look at the latest controversy involving the BharatPe cofounder Ashneer Grover, and what do the aggressive entre...
19 Jan, 2022, 06.24 PM IST
The failure of China’s microchip giant tests Beijing’s tech ambitionsTsinghua Unigroup’s flagging financial fortunes are an uncomfortable failure for Chinese officials, who sought to use state-guided funds an...
19 Jul, 2021, 10.15 AM IST
Geopolitics as entirely new ball gameHow to be a referee in the match between nationalism and globalism.
29 Jan, 2020, 08.35 AM IST
WPP hunt for Martin Sorrell successor heralds ad empire’s strategy shiftThe board will be focused on finding a long-term solution to replace a stop-gap plan of having two interim operating chiefs and an executiv...
17 Apr, 2018, 07.47 AM IST
View: India's biggest state is also its biggest problemUP is stuck in the worst possible equilibrium. Nobody believes anything good will happen, so nobody is willing to pay for anything.
27 Feb, 2018, 06.12 PM IST
Uber's messy breakup with Jones complicates search for COOIn meetings with local staff, Jones professed that one of his biggest apprehensions was working with Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanic...
22 Mar, 2017, 12.50 PM IST
Travis Kalanick says he will take 'leadership help' after arguing with Uber driver over faresThere's no question that it's been a hard year for Kalanick and Uber — or really, a bad year compressed down into an awful three months.
01 Mar, 2017, 03.10 PM IST
If last two years are any indication, India could be on the cusp of an exciting Modi revolutionIf Modi gets 10 years and doesn’t trip on his sword, the India of 2024 will be a vibrant country. More important, the Indian may be a very ...
29 May, 2016, 12.25 PM IST
Ultimately, all rules have to bend towards people and progress: Travis Kalanick, Uber'The attitude of problem solving, building businesses, we like to say always be jugaadi, that's part of our DNA and how we roll.'
19 Jan, 2016, 01.32 PM IST
Aatish Taseer & William Dalrymple's literary feud only an example of historic fights between writersA bit of artistic egotism was available last week to the Indian audience via a series of leaked emails between two writers, Aatish Taseer a...
20 Sep, 2015, 04.10 AM IST
Paying for key talent: Flipkart delivers million-dollar salaries to new top hiresTwo of Flipkart’s latest hires Punit Soni and Peeyush Ranjan are getting fixed salaries of around $1 million (Rs 6.2 crore) a year.
10 Apr, 2015, 08.14 AM IST
Modi's 'TED' talk: Invokes Gandhi in parliamentary debut speech, vows to build consensusDuring his debut speech that at times seemed more like a TED ideas conference, Modi also promised to tackle inflation and spoke of modernis...
12 Jun, 2014, 07.01 AM IST
Why Orissa mining may not go the Goa wayWhen the Supreme Court reopened the iron-ore mining door some more in Karnataka, miners in Orissa breathed a Rs 50,000 crore sigh of relief.
14 May, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Ashwani Kumar’s troubles show how UPA-II can’t recognise basic judicial realitiesLaw minister Ashwani Kumar is in serious trouble, of that there’s no doubt. But much bigger trouble awaits the government he is still part ...
29 Apr, 2013, 04.58 AM IST
Jobs to be cardinal issue in US elections: How will India get affected?The race for the White House, this time around, is being fought over one cardinal issue: jobs. Or the lack of it. For India, therein lies t...
09 Sep, 2012, 05.48 AM IST