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'Hardest decision we have taken': Kunal Bahl on Snapdeal layoffs

'Hardest decision we have taken': Kunal Bahl on Snapdeal layoffs

Rediff.com23 Feb 2017

According to sources, employees from marketing, ad-tech, category, digital marketing, engineering team, catalogues, have all been asked to leave.

Solar energy gets a new shine in India

Solar energy gets a new shine in India

Rediff.com9 Jul 2015

A billion dollars in renewable energy is huge.

More bad news for your PCs and phones from Intel!

More bad news for your PCs and phones from Intel!

Rediff.com30 Jan 2018

Here's what you can do to keep your gadget safe.

Investments in Uber's Indian rivals uncertain after taxi app ban

Investments in Uber's Indian rivals uncertain after taxi app ban

Rediff.com12 Dec 2014

Investments are at risk if operators are unable to resolve concerns of authorities and customers after the rape accusation.

Nikesh Arora's tweet on Pichai: Now I feel cheated

Nikesh Arora's tweet on Pichai: Now I feel cheated

Rediff.com12 Aug 2015

In an earlier tweet Arora who recently left Google to join SoftBank Corp and is now its President said, "Brilliant guy, clear thinker, gets things done and a wonderful person at that.

Biggest PE deals in 2014

Biggest PE deals in 2014

Rediff.com1 Jan 2015

2014 saw some of the biggest PE deals.

Bharti, UK govt consortium win bid for bankrupt satellite firm OneWeb

Bharti, UK govt consortium win bid for bankrupt satellite firm OneWeb

Rediff.com3 Jul 2020

While Indian telecom czar Sunil Mittal's Bharti did not share deal details, UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma said his government and Bharti Global, will provide $500 million each.

Buying a property? Foreign investors prefer to shop online

Buying a property? Foreign investors prefer to shop online

Rediff.com12 Jan 2015

NRIs are increasingly buying properties in India online.

Reliance to conclude Aramco deal this year: Ambani

Reliance to conclude Aramco deal this year: Ambani

Rediff.com24 Jun 2021

Saudi Aramco chairman and head of the Kingdom's cash-rich wealth fund PIF Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan will join the board of Reliance Industries Ltd as an independent director in a precursor to a $15 billion deal. Reliance chairman and Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani, who had two years back disclosed the talks to sell a 20 per cent stake in the company's oil-to-chemical unit to Saudi Aramco, announced the appointment of Al-Rumayyan at the company's annual meeting of shareholders. Harvard educated Al-Rumayyan, 51, will replace Yogendra P Trivedi, 92, who has expressed a desire to retire, Ambani said. On the sale of a 20 per cent stake in the O2C business, he said the deal is likely to conclude this year.

Micromax plans to make all phones locally

Micromax plans to make all phones locally

Rediff.com17 Dec 2015

Micromax will invest Rs 300 crore on constructing new factories

India start-ups at risk as investors close taps, Modi fund falls short

India start-ups at risk as investors close taps, Modi fund falls short

Rediff.com20 Jan 2016

Venture capital investments in India's start-ups nearly halved to $1.5 billion in fourth-quarter 2015

India's transport ministry bats for Uber, Ola

India's transport ministry bats for Uber, Ola

Rediff.com9 Apr 2015

Uber and Ola continued to operate in New Delhi while their licence applications were pending approval.

Byju's likely to get $ 200-$ 250 million funding

Byju's likely to get $ 200-$ 250 million funding

Rediff.com17 Jun 2019

The Qatar Investment Authority deal follows Byju's raising money from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which was also the first direct investment by the Canadian pension fund in an Indian start-up. In March, Byju's had raised $540 million at a valuation on $5.4 billion, making it the most-valued ed-tech company in the world.

Ban on taxi aggregators: Rs 2,000-crore PE money at stake

Ban on taxi aggregators: Rs 2,000-crore PE money at stake

Rediff.com10 Dec 2014

The ban on taxi aggregators can put at risk investments of at least Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion), made by private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investors.

10 Indians who are heading top tech firms, exciting projects

10 Indians who are heading top tech firms, exciting projects

Rediff.com15 May 2015

15 per cent of startups in Silicon Valley are founded by Indians.

Start-ups in 2016: A year of funding crunch (and it isn't over yet)

Start-ups in 2016: A year of funding crunch (and it isn't over yet)

Rediff.com30 Dec 2016

Investors spent much of 2016 cleaning house. And a VC tells Ranju Sarkar, "There's still some bad news left in the portfolios (of VC firms). What happens to Ola and Flipkart will drive sentiment in future."

Google CFO Patrick Pichette to retire

Google CFO Patrick Pichette to retire

Rediff.com11 Mar 2015

On his personal Google+ page, the 52-year old announced his plans.

Sky-high valuation of India's start-ups worries global investors

Sky-high valuation of India's start-ups worries global investors

Rediff.com20 Mar 2015

As billions of dollars flow into India's booming online economy, some investors are beginning to fret that soaring valuations could hamper market listings.

How Nestle got Japan to drink Coffee

How Nestle got Japan to drink Coffee

Rediff.com18 Jul 2020

Japan today imports 500,000 tons of coffee annually. Barely 60 years earlier, it was a market that hardly sold a cup! Ad guru Sandeep Goyal reveals how Nestle won the Coffee versus Tea Battle.

Can Ola disrupt India's e-scooter market?

Can Ola disrupt India's e-scooter market?

Rediff.com28 Mar 2021

As a tech services company, Ola has never been in hardcore manufacturing. And unlike in ride hailing, which is a two-player market (Uber is the only other competitor), in two-wheelers it faces many entrenched players. But most of all, rivals say Ola's targets are out of sync with most, even ambitious, projections.

Will Yahoo sell its Internet business?

Will Yahoo sell its Internet business?

Rediff.com2 Dec 2015

The company may also proceed with a plan to spin off more than $30 billion in shares of Alibaba

Deepak Parekh on India's $ 93 billion 'real estate goldmine'

Deepak Parekh on India's $ 93 billion 'real estate goldmine'

Rediff.com2 Oct 2019

While student housing, retirement homes, and co-living spaces are going to be new realty growth drivers, Parekh also said foreign investors have also been investing in a big way in good commercial projects, while warehousing is another segment where they are showing keen interest.

How Indian start-ups are taking on global rivals

How Indian start-ups are taking on global rivals

Rediff.com24 Jan 2017

Flipkart's appointment of Kalyan Krishnamurthy as CEO and Ola's choice of PepsiCo's Vishal Kaul for COO speaks to the growing trend of bringing in experienced professionals to run business. Karan Choudhury reports.

Market regulator proposes platform to help start-ups raise funds

Market regulator proposes platform to help start-ups raise funds

Rediff.com31 Mar 2015

Market regulator Sebi to support stert-ups raise funds.

Uber v Ola: How fight for Indian taxi market ended up in court

Uber v Ola: How fight for Indian taxi market ended up in court

Rediff.com29 Apr 2016

Uber is suing Ola for $7.5 million to compensate for lost revenue and goodwill, alleging the Indian market leader created about 94,000 fake user accounts with the ride-hailing service and used them to make more than 405,000 false bookings

Inspiring stories of India's top Internet entrepreneurs

Inspiring stories of India's top Internet entrepreneurs

Rediff.com16 Feb 2015

Internet entrepreneurs are the next big thing in India.

How the PropTiger team wowed Rupert Murdoch

How the PropTiger team wowed Rupert Murdoch

Rediff.com30 Nov 2014

In just three years the online real estate portal has managed to raise about Rs 270 crore.

Meet 10 Indians who head global tech companies

Meet 10 Indians who head global tech companies

Rediff.com12 Aug 2015

With Sundar Pichai becoming the CEO of Google, India has one more reason to cheer its prowess in the global IT sector.

Didn't think Ola Cabs, TaxiForSure would last long: Meru

Didn't think Ola Cabs, TaxiForSure would last long: Meru

Rediff.com2 Feb 2015

Meru Cabs' founder says they were a traditional company.

How 2 IIT-ians built a $1 billion company in 3 years

How 2 IIT-ians built a $1 billion company in 3 years

Rediff.com3 Nov 2014

OlaCabs' hyper-growth and an ambitious plan to expand to 100 cities by the end of 2015 are perhaps what attracted Japan's richest man, Masayoshi Son, chairman of telecom and media group SoftBank Corp, to announce an investment of $210 million (around Rs 1,260 crore) in the company.

Markets end flat amid volatility; Nifty reclaims 7,900

Markets end flat amid volatility; Nifty reclaims 7,900

Rediff.com26 Aug 2014

Select metal stocks rebounded while power stocks extended losses after SC verdict on coal block allocations.

Markets snap 2-day losing streak; Nifty ends above 8,400

Markets snap 2-day losing streak; Nifty ends above 8,400

Rediff.com20 Nov 2014

Shares of ING Vysya Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank rallied by up to 6% on the BSE on reports that Kotak Mahindra Bank in final stages to buy the bank.

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