Is Indian media group Bennett, Coleman & Co eyeing another cheap UK acquisition? The shares of British media group Trinity Mirror rose more than 5 percent on Thursday on market rumours that the Indian media giant is looking to bid for ... Go to Full Article

As I have written in previous posts, what you do with data will be one of the next battlegrounds on the web. Knowing that they had some limitations with SQL Server, Microsoft announced its acquisition of DATAllegro (full disclosure: my ... Go to Full Article

Ajay Mahajan has put in his papers at Yes Bank, where he was Group President, Financial Markets, Institutions & Investment Management. He is reportedly joining Swiss banking giant UBS in a senior position. Mahajan was reporting directly ... Go to Full Article

With an objective to capture the dealflow in Northern India, India’s largest private equity fund ICICI Venture has opened an office in Delhi. This is the first investment office outside Mumbai for ICICI Venture, which has about $2.5 ... Go to Full Article

Albert Einstein described compound growth as the eighth wonder of the world. Although he may have passed away in 1955 - coincidentally the year when yours truly saw daylight for the first time - the concept of compounding remains the ... Go to Full Article

This news has been in the market for a few days now. The troubled property and banking conglomerate Dawnay Day International is planning to sell its 50 per cent stake in the Indian joint venture, Dawnay Day AV, which was formed in 2005. ... Go to Full Article

Paul Graham of Y-Combinator publishes lists of what he thinks hot areas for startups. This helps channel his deal flow - this is, I think, a smart idea, and one of my motivations behind writing this blog. You can find his list here. ... Go to Full Article

This post is a guest contribution by Prieur du Plessis, writer of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog. Full marks for eBay entrepreneurs for stepping in where forex traders have lost count of the zeros being added to the Zim ... Go to Full Article

I had a week of "a book a day" where every single one I read was great. I'm now slogging through an "ok" book (The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism ) so I thought I'd take a break and write quick reviews of ... Go to Full Article

Edelweiss Alternate Asset Advisors (EAAA), the distressed assets arm of investment bank Edelweiss Capital, is looking to raise $200-million, which can be expanded upto $400 million depending on the investor demand, The Economic Times ... Go to Full Article

ADAG group company Reliance Power has received funding of $1 billion from three Chinese banks for its Sasan ultra mega power project in Madhya Pradesh. The three banks are China Exim Bank, Chinese Development Bank and China Export ... Go to Full Article

18:40 Caught up on emails and rested most of the day. # Go to Full Article

We're just five weeks away from heading to Black Rock City, and we've decided to be mildly daring. We're sharing our plan for an Open Kitchen Camp on the playa with our ether friends and followers. Specifically, we are planning ... Go to Full Article

Mumbai-based real estate developer Phoenix Mills Ltd plans to sell up to 30 per cent stake in its hotels arm Phoenix Hospitality Pvt Ltd to private equity investors for about $250 million, reports Reuters, quoting Mahesh Iyer, ... Go to Full Article

Educomp Solutions Ltd has picked up a 76 per cent stake in Bangalore-based A-Plus Education Solutions Pvt Ltd, a company that aims to make college students workplace ready. Educomp will invest Rs 10.75 crore or $2.5 million in the ... Go to Full Article