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Spielberg, India Firm Near Deal to Ally With DreamWorks By LAUREN A.E. SCHUKER and MERISSA MARR Wall Street Journal, US June 18, 2008 The principals of DreamWorks SKG are close to a deal with one of India's biggest entertainment conglomerates to form a new movie venture, according to...

Tata Motors eyes Hummer as it seeks £1.5bn war chest Rhys Blakely, Bombay Times Online, UK June 11, 2008 Tata Motors, the Indian group that owns Land Rover and Jaguar, has approached shareholders to ask for permission to raise a £1.5 billion war chest to use on further acquisitions...

Indian confidence Assetz, UK 18th June 2008 Amid a world economy in which high inflation and the credit crunch have filled the financial headlines of late, many of those still keen to carry out some property investment will have been on the lookout for new opportunities, markets where the...

Why India's Reliance Is Going Hollywood Reliance Big Entertainment is in talks to help finance the departure of DreamWorks SKG from Viacom's Paramount Pictures by Nandini Lakshman and Ron Grover Businessweek June 18, 2008 Anil Ambani of Reliance ADA, David Geffen, and Steven...

Scotland rolling red carpet for skilled young Indians 19 Jun, 2008, 0151 hrs IST,Ishani Duttagupta, ET Bureau England may be among the most favourite destinations for Indian immigrants, but now Scotland too is becoming popular. The Indian community is, in fact, one of the better established...

Mahindra Suddenly The Talk of The Town David Kiley Businessweek June 17, 2008 Indian pickup and SUV maker Mahindra & Mahindra has been quietly gearing up to launch its brand in the U.S. in early 2010. But the company has been anything but quiet this week. First, just-auto.com...

India urged to focus on farming By Brajesh Upadhyay BBC News, Washington India must focus more on its agricultural sector in order to sustain long-term economic growth, a leading industrialist has said. Bharti Group boss Sunil Bharti Mittal called for "serious intervention". He...

India on the Maritime Map by Jeni Bone Sail World, Australia Tue 17 Jun 2008 GMT 'Kerala has long been popular for boaties, who have moored in the backwaters.' Jeni Bone India is booming and its population is gradually catching on to the marine lifestyle. At a rate of growth of...

Reliance to sell gas in India at an 80-per cent discount to global prices 12 June 2008 Mumbai: Reliance Industries Ltd will start selling natural gas in the country this year at $25.20 per barrel equivalent of oil - an 80-per cent discount to global prices of over $135 - helping the...

India has "exciting growth potential" but must work harder: Goldman Sachs Investment bank outlines 10 things for India to improve upon, in order to grow 40 times by 2050 By Sanjay Kapoor IBTimes India, CA 17 June 2008 Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has suggested that the Indian...

John Lamb: Birmingham would do well to follow India's dynamic lead By John Lamb Birmingham Post, UK Jun 17 2008 It was a bizarre experience. We were in the heart of the West Indian state of Rajasthan protected from the sun by the wooded slopes of the Aravalli mountain range. In front...

Indian inflation likely to hover at 8 to 9% By Surojit Gupta and Charlotte Cooper Business Spectator, Australia NEW DELHI -- India's headline inflation rate is likely to hover at 8 to 9 per cent for some time and will hit double digits before declining in the last quarter of calendar 2008...

India's economy - reasons to be cheerful By Kaushik Basu, Professor of economics, Cornell University BBC, UK Oil and food shortages combined with rising inflation have created a sense of economic crisis in India and the mood is beginning to turn grim. While the nation's growth rate...

Volex chief says success in India is 'tip of the iceberg' Analyst fears downturn may force company into restructuring By Claire Shoesmith Crain's Manchester Business, UK June 16, 2008 Earlier this month Philip Sparks, an analyst at Evolution Securities, changed his recommendation on...

Sky's the limit for Bangalore Small airports to pop up around Bangalore By Harsha Pramod 16 June 2008 05:48 An executive visiting Bangalore for the launch of a new project said, “Ah, the airport!” This echoes the feeling of most of the frequent fliers. Almost every visitor to...

Yorkshire outshines rival for Bollywood glamour By Bernard Ginns, Business Editor Yorkshire Post, UK Date: 16 June 2008 The region's tourist chief returned from this year's Bollywood film awards and announced: "Everyone said Bangkok was not a patch on Yorkshire." David Andrews, the...

Indian companies see risk as advantage: Study Michael Bradford Business Insurance, IL Posted On: June 16, 2008 3:09 AM CST LONDON—British companies are far less comfortable than Indian businesses in finding ways to use risk to give them a competitive advantage, a new study reveals. The...

D.light hopes to shine in India BUSINESS FOCUSES ON REPLACING KEROSENE LANTERNS WITH LEDS By Matt Nauman Mercury News, USA Article Launched: 06/16/2008 04:04:01 AM PDT With their Stanford MBAs stuffed in their back pockets, Ned Tozun and Sam Goldman are leaving Silicon Valley for China...

Thats more than what WB has forcasted even for China.:eek::eek: It would be surprising to see how it can be managed with $150/barrel fuel cost. Even 8.5% would be fairly optimistic. The mean according to many analyst ranges from 7.9% - 8.2% GDP growth this year.

Who Will Ride India's Next Wave? Media and entertainment, private education, infrastructure, and renewable energy companies are poised to prosper as India's middle class expands by William Nobrega Businessweek June 13, 2008 Welcome to the "Next Wave." We are living in an unprecedented...