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Investor Marc Andreessen slams Trai, but eats his words
11 Feb 2016
Two days after the differential pricing regulation by TRAI put an end to Facebook's Free Basics programme in India, investor and Facebook board member Marc Andreessen took to Twitter to vent his ire, but ended up enraging Indians instead
Investor Marc Andreessen slams Trai, but eats his words
11 Feb 2016
Two days after the differential pricing regulation by TRAI put an end to Facebook's Free Basics programme in India, investor and Facebook board member Marc Andreessen took to Twitter to vent his ire, but ended up enraging Indians instead
Michael Bloomberg may throw his hat in US presidential ring
09 Feb 2016
Opinion polls show that if billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg contests the November election, he would get only 10 per cent of the vote but would act as a spoiler for Hilary Clinton and give an edge to Donald Trump
Nepal ex-PM Koirala dies at critical juncture
09 Feb 2016
Sushil Koirala was a key architect of Nepal’s first republican constitution, and his death complicates the power equations in his Nepali Congress party
Ratan Tata invests in B2B marketplace Moglix
08 Feb 2016
In his sixth investment in a start-up this year, Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in business-to-business sourcing platform Moglix
Ratan Tata invests in B2B marketplace Moglix
08 Feb 2016
In his sixth investment in a start-up this year, Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in business-to-business sourcing platform Moglix
Ad doyen A G Krishnamurthy of Mudra fame dead
06 Feb 2016
AG Krishnamurthy, a doyen in the advertising world who founded Mudra Communications, and the Mudra Institute of Communications (Mica), Ahmedabad, passed away in Hyderabad on Friday
UK won’t let Assange go, will contest UN finding
06 Feb 2016
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has infuriated several governments, including the US, by disclosing hundreds of thousands of secret files concerning Iraq, Afghanistan and diplomatic cables from US embassies around the world
UN panel exonerates Assange, but cops waiting to pounce
04 Feb 2016
A UN panel has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s stay in the Ecuadorean embassy in London amounts to ‘illegal detention’ – but British authorities said he will be arrested if he steps out of the embassy premises, as he has promised to do on Friday
Google pioneer Amit Singhal retires; Giannandrea to take over
04 Feb 2016
Amit Singhal, who joined Google in 2000, two years after the company was founded, will be replaced by John Giannandrea, the vice president of engineering who heads the search giant's efforts in machine learning
Aung San Suu Kyi ushers in a muted democracy in Myanmar
01 Feb 2016
Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy will have to share power with the military, which retains three key ministers, a quarter of seats in parliament and a veto on constitutional changes
Atulesh Jindal takes over as new CBDT chairman
01 Feb 2016
Time for govt to step up infrastructure investment: Kumar Birla
30 Jan 2016
The government must boost infrastructure sector investments to offset the slowdown of private investments, and set off a "virtuous circle" of investment and economic growth, says Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla
New GDP formula fails to reflect actual growth: Raghuram Rajan
29 Jan 2016
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan says that claims of India being the fastest-growing economy are not reflected by bank credit growth, jobs and consumer demand, which paint a less healthy picture
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