Business

Warren Buffet rides Harley Davidson home

By abhishek at 26 February, 2009, 4:01 pm

Later this year, a bunch of us plan to visit Ladakh either on bikes or in a 4X4. We are hoping to get a fortnight off from work, and vroom away sometime in August. I have this compelling (some say, annoying) urge to scour the internet about that place. While researching for Thunderbirds and Enfields, one link led to another and I happened to stumble upon a few articles on the mother of all power bikes – the Harley Davidson. I meandered through some exciting stories on The Harley Owners Group (HOG), the niche audience which popularised the cult status of Harley Davidson. But what caught my eye in the Google News section was that the bike maker was pulling through its last quarter in first and second gear barely managing to survive. It posted a 58% decline in fourth quarter profits and now plans to clip 12 per cent of its workforce i.e. another 1100 people wouldn’t know how to start their day.

TCS hints at lay offs

By Aditya Mhatre at 26 February, 2009, 9:01 am

TCS CEO, Mr Ramadorai announced today that there would be no salary hikes and that employees should expect job cuts. Just a few days back TCS had announced that it had put 1000 employees “under the scanner” so this shouldn’t be a big surprise. A similar announcement was made by Infosys when they put [...]

A long way to go for the urban Indian woman

By Ritika at 26 February, 2009, 3:52 am

There’s a new MMS scandal making news in the nation and this time it’s in Noida. The girl in the video is a 23 year old MBA student who rebuffed the marriage proposal of her erstwhile boyfriend and the jilted lover responded by sending her striptease video to all.
Though this time (thankfully and finally!) most [...]

Atithi Devo Bhava; Yeah Right!

By abhishek at 25 February, 2009, 10:52 pm

15 years ago…
With a few furrows on his forehead and a grumpy look, Aamir Khan, at the end of his social message, looks into the camera and announces Atithi Devo Bhava which took me back to my school days. We had a lesson in Bal Bharati Hindi back in our school days; I do not [...]

Slumdog Millionaire creates Hungama online

By Aditya Mhatre at 25 February, 2009, 9:56 am

After the recent Oscar awards where Slumdog Millionaire won 8 awards, not only Dev Patel’s and Frida Pinto’s life changed but it also changed Hungama’s fortunes a bit. Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt Ltd, owner of the digital media rights is seeing staggering demand for Slumdog Millionaire’s content on-line and on mobile phones. Given below [...]