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Can India afford Tata’s 1 Lakh car?
By Aditya Mhatre at 4 October, 2007, 1:03 am
About 2 years back, Mr Ratan Tata announced the ambitious dream of a Rs 1 Lakh car. He termed it as a compact people’s car which will revolutionize the car industry in India. The car is also said to be a rear-powered ( just like an auto rickshaw) and gear less. The car is in its prototypes phase is set to come out in 2008. The Maruti Udyog management thinks that rolling out a car at the 1 lakh price point is not feasible but lets not dwell too much on the cost because my concerns are towards the pollutions and the traffic congestion problem.
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Bharati Airtel and Mobile Banking
By Aditya Mhatre at 2 October, 2007, 2:30 pm
Vodafone has painted the Mumbai town red to proclaim its arrival in the country. After a hard fought out battle with a few players, it finally won to buy a the 67 per cent stake from Hutch. Now, its fun time for the customers and the credit doesn’t go entirely to Vodafone. It’s Bharti Airtel which has had to think of ways to compete with Vodafone.
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Opensource Wine Making
While link hopping, I landed on CrushPad which is company that helps you make your own wine. I had heard about stores that helped you make your own bracelet or even make yourself a teddy bear but had never thought about making wine because wine is supposed to be aged and all those things that I [...]
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Anand Chess World Champion
By abhishek at 1 October, 2007, 2:30 pm
Vishawananthan Anand was travelling in a second class compartment of a Mumbai local train when his fellow passenger sitting at the edge of the fourth seat with half his butt hanging in the air and the other half almost on Anand’s lap started a conversation to fill in the silence. With a toothless smile, the [...]
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eBay unhappy with Skype acquisition
By abhishek at 1 October, 2007, 2:30 pm
“Crazy Valuation,” exclaimed the web community when ebay bought out Skype a couple of years ago for a sum which has left it gasping for breath today. $2.6 billion was a lot of money then and is a lot of money now!
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