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Bharti MTN deals falls apart

By abhishek at 30 September, 2009, 2:32 pm

Bite more than you can chew and then chew it; Plan more than you can and then do it. All along, that seemed to be the story of the $24 billion proposed merger of Bharti and MTN or so we thought. Two days ago, a headline on the front page of Business Standard read – ‘Bharti MTN deal ready to be signed.’ Today, MTN’s decision to pull out only proves that either the media is irresponsible and suffers from premature ejaculation or business deals as big as these are as mercurial as the Indian monsoons. In this case, a bit of both is correct.

How to read a company’s annual report?

By Guest Blogger at 26 April, 2009, 10:48 am

The annual report is the most under utilized document by the investor even though it is the most crucial document of the company. Sure, a financial analyst reads the report thoroughly but it is rather unusual to hear an individual investor going through an annual report of the company. First of all, what is an [...]

Indian retailers on a discount spree

By Aditya Mhatre at 13 February, 2009, 4:00 am

The apparel retailers in India like Koutons and Wellspun are giving discounts as high 80%. While, seeing such signs put up on store fronts might not be knew but this time, they are actually giving those discounts unlike instances where only a few racks are marked down and the rest of the store is at [...]

SP Jain to give Rs 20 lakhs seed fund to its students

By Aditya Mhatre at 9 February, 2009, 5:28 am

SP Jain Institute of Management and Research announced that it would provides funds upto Rs 20 Lakhs to students wanting to start their own businesses.
The business school has set up an entrepreneurship cell in association with National Entrepreneurship Network with an objective to encourage entrepreneurship amongst students. Last year 5 students decided to take [...]

Infosys planning lay-offs?

By Aditya Mhatre at 28 January, 2009, 5:09 am

In a post earlier today, I wrote about the job cuts in the US and had speculated that cuts in Indian IT outsourcing firms might not be far away. Infosys has already announced that it would be placing around 5% of its work force under the scanner (whatever that means). Infosys currently employs around 1,00,000 [...]