
Microfinance is a booming industry at the moment. Everybody is setting up a microfinance institution (MFI). One of the country?s…

Microfinance is a booming industry at the moment. Everybody is setting up a microfinance institution (MFI). One of the country?s…

Every now and then the ?P? word makes waves in Tamil Nadu politics, sending shivers down drinkers? spines…

Both Bangalore and Hyderabad have been on the world map since the 1990s. Bangalore is the Silicon Valley of India…

India is urbanising fast. A much-quoted report from the McKinsey Global Institute covering urbanisation in India..

Inclusive banking is the buzzword. At a recent CII summit, the FM has said that financial inclusion is a key…

Chennai-based Take Solutions, a provider of supply chain management and life sciences products, has this year alone…

There was a time when Sivakasi was synonymous with child labour. Till about 20 years ago, the small town in…

The Chennai-based kitchen appliances manufacturer Maya Appliances Pvt Ltd, makers of the Preethi brand of mixies, has big plans.

The Chennai-based Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd had ambitions to be an Indian multinational entertainment…

D Jayavarthanavelu, chairman & managing director of Coimbatore-based Lakshmi Machine Works

Thomas Friedman, the NYT columnist and best-selling author, wrote in one of his recent columns that what the US needs…

In January 2009, with the downturn in the auto industry, auto component manufacturers were in a fix. They were contemplating…

Last week has clearly been the week of electric cars. With Mahindra & Mahindra acquiring a 55% stake in the…

The 2008 CLSA survey on Indian education says that the potential for spoken English courses in India is Rs 1,500…

The Indian economy was once famously called the ?caged tiger?. It was also sneered at as an elephant on an…

The Cholamandalam DBS split was on the cards for many months, but the formal announcement came last week.

Tamil Nadu wants investment. It has finally realised that it needs to project its achievements to attract new business…

?All customers are not equal,? firmly declares Stephan Kercza, HUB head, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, Uninor. Uninor is the joint…