China is evidently paying people to say the "right" (read: politically correct) thing on the Internet. And (surprise) they've been doing it for a while, according to blogger Joop Dorresteijn.Let's make some distinctions. First, censorship is what happens when the

I know this isn't really VC-related but... Talk about a faux paux (if there's any truth to it): the Huffington Post reported Saturday on a piece in Hong Kong's South China Morning Post. Seems police in Beijing may have "issued

Faced with a scarcity of fertile land, water shortages and surging world food prices, wealthy Arab states in the Gulf are seeking to secure their food supplies by investing in agriculture abroad. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the

Almost eight years ago, in an effort to boost the competitiveness of air-travel in Lebanon, late former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's government introduced an "open sky" policy. The move was part of a global open sky campaign to deregulate the

The Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) had a relative short week with four days of trading that was interrupted by a prisoner swap holiday. Trading was characterized by profit taking following weeks of speculative trading on the parts of investors. This

India's Congress party is lobbying key parliament members to shore up support for its coalition government, amid concerns that it may not survive a confidence vote

Barack Obama warned that the situation in Afghanistan was 'precarious and urgent' and said it would be the central focus of the US 'war on terror' if he became president

A day after Reliance Communications's talks with South African telecom operator MTN failed, with both sides mutually deciding to allow the exclusivity agreement to lapse, AAA Communications, ADAG's investment arm, replied to Reliance Industries Ltd saying it was not covered

Brand loyalty is not a term that should be alien to us in India considering, for generations we thought of Cadbury when we thought chocolate, or Johnson & Johnson when we thought talc powder.

The choppy markets have given rise to a wave of pessimism, bringing to the spotlight one fact: that equity is growth-driven while other asset classes are driven by yield.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has left Shoaib Akhtar out of its 24-member training camp, saying the paceman lacks fitness.

Factors such as management quality, reorienting business in a changed economic environment, aggression would be critical to the total analysis, which we do while managing our investor's money.

A strong bounce back by the indices and Friday wiped out all the loses of the first three days in the last week as global markets have started to improve after oil prices cooled off.

Marico, a relatively small name in the FMCG space, has strong presence in niche segments such as hair oil and edible oil.

VITL will launch its initial public offering on July 21, hoping to raise between Rs 39-42 crore for its immediate and future expansion plans.

The honeymoon is over for all of those June brides and grooms. Now it's home to happily ever after - and bills, bills, bills.

It is never too early to start retirement planning. Whether you are in the first year of your career or are already nearing retirement, an analysis of your life's objectives and priorities as per the stage of life you are

If one is looking for a three to five year period then mutual fund investments are effective than ULIP and attracts much lower entry load than insurance products. And due to negative sentiment and risk aversion one can look at

All the indices, which are related to infrastructure such as BSE Capital Goods, Oil & Gas and Metal, posted three digit returns in 2007.