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As Venture Money Floods India, Two New England Firms Are Among Top Investors Wade Roush Xconomy, MA 2/21/08 A report from Dow Jones VentureSource shows that venture capital investment collected by entrepreneurs in India nearly tripled in 2007, totaling $928 million across 80 separate...

India ranks high among transformation States V. Jayanth Social disparities represent a serious burden: study CHENNAI: India has climbed up in the rankings in a study of market economics and democracy in 125 transformation States published by an independent German foundation earlier...

Englishman's wealth of ideas helping India to milk its latest cash cow Mark Souster The Times, UK February 22, 2008 It began with a gentlemanly chat over a cup of tea at Wimbledon eight months ago and this week turned into the most valuable start-up event in sporting history and a...

U.S workers fear for their jobs as Indian salaries boom Nic Paton Management Issues, UK 22 Feb 2008 A third of American firms are considering freezing their hiring or even cutting staff as the financial turmoil following the sub-prime mortgage-led credit crunch starts to bite ever more...

More Ways to Invest in India Two exchange-traded funds focusing on this fast-growing nation debut this month. By Amy Bickers February 21, 2008 India is one of the great economic growth stories of the 21st century. The nation has undergone an astonishing transformation over the past 17...

Microsoft India opens Tech Lab at IIT Madras By CXOtoday Staff Mumbai, Feb 19, 2008 Microsoft India has inaugurated a technology laboratory at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM). The IITM Microsoft Windows Technologies Lab has been envisaged as a hub that will harness...

India and China complementary economies: Zheng Xinli 19 February 2008 New Delhi: The Chinese and Indian economies are highly complementary and have great potential for bilateral trade and investment relations, with trade worth $40 billion between the two countries being reached two years...

India, France, Japan May Join Sovereign-Wealth Arms Race Gregory Corcoran Wall Street Journal Is the world beset by dangerous proliferation? Sovereign-wealth fund proliferation, that is. Last weekend, the Economic Times reported India was considering setting up a sovereign-wealth...

BULGING FOREX RESERVES, STRONG RUPEE POSE CHALLENGES FOR INDIA Trading Markets, CA Tuesday, February 19, 2008 MUMBAI, Feb 20, 2008 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- IBN | news | PowerRating | PR Charts -- The growing Indian economy will have to learn to deal with the challenges of burgeoning...

India way ahead of China in economic transformation Tehran Times, Iran Wednesday, February 20, 2008 India has been ranked 25th in terms of economic transformation, way ahead of world’s fastest growing economy China, which has been placed at the 85th position by a German foundation...

Indian Employees Enjoying Swiftest Pay Hikes Ruth David, FORBES, NY 02.20.08, 4:22 AM ET MUMBAI - Indian employees were at the top of the heap worldwide when it came to salary hikes in 2007, averaging increases of 15.1%, with the highest pay raises in real estate, a new study from Hewitt...

India to launch prototyping fab K.C. Krishnadas EE Times 04/12/2007 3:54 PM BENGALURU, India — Construction will begin within the next 12 months on a prototype fab which will be part of the India Design Center in Kolkata. The fab is being established by the information technology...

Is India's oil-to-retail giant setting up a fab? Sufia Tippu EE Times Europe 02/20/2008 5:48 AM EST BENGALURU, India — An Indian government minister has announced that Indias largest corporate house, Reliance Industries Ltd., might consider investing in semiconductor activity...

India's H1 consumer confidence at all-time high - MasterCard Worldwide survey CNN Money February 20, 2008: 08:01 AM EST MUMBAI, Feb. 20, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- MasterCard Worldwide said its index of consumer confidence for India came in at 86.6 on a scale of 100...

Indian SMEs among the most upbeat in Asia - HSBC Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:59pm IST MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's small and medium enterprises are the most optimistic among their Asian peers after Vietnam while South Koreans have turned cautious, HSBC said on Wednesday, citing a survey. The survey...

Bollywood backers bid for cricket's million-dollar men Mario Xuereb The Age, Australia February 21, 2008 IT WAS the moment cricket joined the free market or sold out — depending on your point of view. The game's centre shifted violently from the green of Lord's and the MCG to the Indian...

For want of a hotel room, a booming Mumbai stagnates MARCUS GEE Globe and Mail, Canada February 20, 2008 MUMBAI -- Arriving in Mumbai at midnight after a 20-hour journey, I find my hotel has never heard of me. A night clerk flips through a stack of reservation slips. No such person...

Memo from India - Day 5 Roger Cranville, Pittsburgh Business Times Pittsburgh Regional Alliance A delegation from the Pittsburgh regional business, civic and economic development community took part in a weeklong business trade mission to India organized by the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance...

Memo from India - Day 4 Roger Cranville Pittsburgh Business Times Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 9:07 AM EST A delegation from the Pittsburgh regional business, civic and economic development community has embarked on a weeklong business trade mission to India organized by the Pittsburgh...

Surging Indian economy puts bat to ball, and hits six after six Daniel Flitton The Age, Australia February 21, 2008 IMAGINE being an umpire on the next cricket tour in India. Think of the intense pressure the moment before raising your finger, hearing the crowd bay in the stands, knowing —...