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Battery Ventures Raises $709M For 9th Fund

Mar 4, 2010 5:06 AM

Battery Ventures, a Boston-based venture capital firm, has raised $709 million for a new fund. It targets another $40 million for the fund, according to a report in Boston Business Journal. The new fund is Battery’s ninth since its launc…

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Priyanka Chopra Tweets Her Way To Twitter HQ – Will Bollywood Drive Twitter To The Top?

Mar 3, 2010 11:21 PM

One of the most active of the “Twitteratis”, Priyanka Chopra added another feather to her illustrating Twitter journey by visiting the Twitter HQ at San Francisco following a special invitation. At the time of writing this article,…

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Australia's ANZ To Re-Enter India After 10 Years

Mar 4, 2010 1:25 AM

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group received approval to set up operations in India, the second fastest growing major economy, and targets a A$100 million ($90.50 million) pretax profit from India in three to four years. Australia's fourth…

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Rahman collaborates with creative director Amy Tinkham

Mar 4, 2010 3:52 AM

MUMBAI: After a series of concerts in India, and most recently in Australia, A R Rahman will now be heading to North America as a part of his A.R. Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour. The North American leg of the tour is slate…

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Opera Mini goes Native on Windows Mobile phones

Mar 4, 2010 3:16 AM

Opera Software – Oslo, Norway – has struck out a native version of Opera Mini 5 beta for Windows Mobile 5- and 6-based handsets. In their official statement the Opera confirms that “by integrating Opera Mini with the Windows …

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India to spend Rs 18,000 crore to provide broadband connectivity to all villages

Mar 4, 2010 2:55 AM

The government of India is planning to spend Rs 18,000 crore over three years to lay a five lakh km optic fibre cable network to provide broadband connectivity in every gram panchayat of the country. The venture will be supported financially b…

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LinkedIn now offering specialized recruitment solutions

Mar 4, 2010 4:07 AM

Professional networking site LinkedIn, which currently has over 4 million users in India, is looking at generating revenues through offering specialized recruitment solutions. This is in addition to the revenue that LinkedIn pulls in through i…

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Tamil Nadu gets one more CR station

Mar 3, 2010 11:40 PM

NEW DELHI: The number of sanctioned community radio stations has risen to 65 with the government permitting the M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering in District Karur of Tamil Nadu to operate a station. The Information and Broadcasting Minist…

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Infosys Plans to Raise Staff Pay

Mar 4, 2010 5:38 AM

Infosys Technologies, is considering raising salaries of all its staff in April, its second such hike since October, as it expects the recovery in demand for technology outsourcing to get stronger as the year progresses.

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Building a Pension Plan for Indians

Mar 5, 2010 1:46 AM

Instead of providing a measly incentive for individuals to open pension accounts, the government needs to market its pension program better and give tax breaks, says Shefali Anand, India personal finance writer.

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C. Kameswara Rao: Why Is India Shunning Safer Food?

Mar 3, 2010 10:53 PM

One thing's for sure: The moratorium on genetically modified eggplant wasn't a decision based on science.

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AppShup – SmsGupShup’s App Platform For SMS Apps

Mar 3, 2010 10:14 PM

Smsgushup which recently raised 12 Million $ from GlobeSpan Capital Partners is in an aggressive mode. They have announced the launch of a unique sms app platform name AppShup. I don’t believe that there is any other sms app platform wor…

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Vashu Bhagnani releases audio album 'Jee Liya Jaaye'

Mar 4, 2010 4:25 AM

MUMBAI: Famous Producer Vashu Bhagnani released audio album "Jee Liya Jaaye" on 3rd March 2010 at Grand Imperial Banquet hall. Album is released World Wide Records and is rendered by Sangeeta Vyas with lyrics by Shaheen Iqbal & Sangeeta Vyas, …

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Santosh Desai captures the everyday soul of middle class India in Mother Pious Lady

Mar 3, 2010 9:52 PM

Santosh Desai, Head of Future brands and a known name in the Indian media, advertising and marketing industry, released his book, Mother Pious Lady - Making sense of Everyday India, amid a high-profile audience in Mumbai on March 3, 2010. The …

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TAG Medias PR Satheesh to join Telibrahma as its President

Mar 3, 2010 9:51 PM

It is learnt from sources close to the development that PR Satheesh, President and COO, TAG Media, has put in his papers and will be joining Telibrahma as its President. Headquartered in Bangalore, Telibrahma Convergent Communications is a lea…

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JCDecaux creates high visibility for Yahoo! and Aircel in Bangalore

Mar 3, 2010 9:51 PM

Indias technology hub Bangalore has been witness to some innovative campaigns for Yahoo! and Aircel. OOH company JCDecaux has created a new iconic structure for Yahoo! at the Bangalore International Airport. Meanwhile, Aircel has joined hands …

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STAR up as Colors slips

Mar 3, 2010 9:26 PM

STAR Plus was at the top of the heap in the GEC stakes for week 9 with 300 GRPs (TAM, HSM, CS 4+) as Colors slipped to 286 GRPs, down from 307 in the last week. STAR Plus was at 288 GRPs in week 8. This is the first week in the year when Colo…

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Tata to now pay cellphone customers for deficient service

Mar 3, 2010 8:53 PM

Tata Teleservices says its subscribers would be compensated if the company failed to meet pre-determined levels of service standards

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Kapoor takes charge as Bharti's India CEO

Mar 3, 2010 8:53 PM

Telecom major Bharti Airtel announced the appointment of Sanjay Kapoor as its chief executive for India and South Asian operations effective from March 1

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Durable firms to up prices again

Mar 3, 2010 8:53 PM

Consumer durable companies plan to increase prices between Rs 300 and Rs 15,000, depending on the product, in a couple of weeks

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