Matthew Kirdahy, Forbes

Stories by Matthew Kirdahy, Forbes

Secrets to selling a high-end home

Secrets to selling a high-end home

Rediff.com   8 Jan 2008

How to unload your property during a real estate downturn.

Businesses that don't exist, but should

Businesses that don't exist, but should

Rediff.com   26 Dec 2007

A sampling of ideas from the next generation of consumers -- and entrepreneurs.

Why Santa is a good and bad CEO

Why Santa is a good and bad CEO

Rediff.com   22 Dec 2007

Kriss Kringle may be either the world's most outmoded or the world's most efficient CEO. Here are five reasons why he deserves all the hype, and five why it might be time to examine a North Pole succession plan. You be the judge.

The world's heaviest-smoking countries

The world's heaviest-smoking countries

Rediff.com   6 Dec 2007

The poor countries that smoke the most and pay the highest price.

India's 10 top luxury hotels

India's 10 top luxury hotels

Rediff.com   20 Nov 2007

The country, once a cheap travel destination, has morphed into a chief player in the global luxury-hotel market.

Gadgets so good they're wicked

Gadgets so good they're wicked

Rediff.com   19 Nov 2007

How the gadgets that help the bad guys can help you run a software empire, oops, company.

Boom time for Indian realty developers

Boom time for Indian realty developers

Rediff.com   16 Nov 2007

Indian real estate developers, enjoying boom times, want your capital.

These four Indians are worth $180 billion

These four Indians are worth $180 billion

Rediff.com   15 Nov 2007

Thanks to a roaring Bombay stock market, with a benchmark index up 53 per cent in the past year, and a strong rupee that appreciated 12 per cent, for the first time, all India rich-listers are billionaires

Is your career coach a fraud?

Is your career coach a fraud?

Rediff.com   14 Nov 2007

It's a $1.5 billion industry, but how do you know that the person you are paying is really qualified to help you?

Great six-figure jobs you don't need a degree for

Great six-figure jobs you don't need a degree for

Rediff.com   9 Nov 2007

Some of the strongest labor market demand is for workers in skilled trades.

Want to be an effective business leader? Read this

Want to be an effective business leader? Read this

Rediff.com   8 Nov 2007

Hollywood producer Peter Guber says business leaders need to know the power in their roles and not lose sight of the need for drama.

CEOs' first jobs

CEOs' first jobs

Rediff.com   31 Oct 2007

No matter how they started out, part of what makes business leaders successful is their ability to learn something at every step.

Congratulations, you're weird

Congratulations, you're weird

Rediff.com   1 Oct 2007

What's the best way to impress an interviewer? Probably not by breaking into song. And definitely not by bringing your mother along.

Why is it so hard to say 'well done'?

Why is it so hard to say 'well done'?

Rediff.com   18 Sep 2007

Coaches do it. Moms and dads do it. Why can't your boss? Mike Robbins discusses the importance of showing your employees how much you value them.

Indra Nooyi in <I>Forbes</I> most powerful list

Indra Nooyi in Forbes most powerful list

Rediff.com   31 Aug 2007

The list of smart, fearless women that are running corporations, nonprofits and governments, while making the world a better place

How they made millions in the stock market

How they made millions in the stock market

Rediff.com   30 Aug 2007

Great investors like Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch were big buyers when stocks got cheap. You should be too.

Energy sources of the future

Energy sources of the future

Rediff.com   28 Aug 2007

Once oil runs out - where are we going to be getting our energy in 50 years?

How to cut your IT energy costs

How to cut your IT energy costs

Rediff.com   27 Aug 2007

Powering your company's digital backbone isn't cheap. Here are some ways you can save.

World's best business schools

World's best business schools

Rediff.com   25 Aug 2007

The top M.B.A. programs in the U.S. and around the world.

 Best vacations for thrill-seekers

Best vacations for thrill-seekers

Rediff.com   25 Aug 2007

Forget bungee jumping: Today's vacationing adrenalin junkies want fighter jets, sharks, Corvettes and black-water rafting.