By Sudarshana Banerjee A private school in Mumbai has made the iPad2 mandatory for its roughly 840 students. Podar International is the only school in Mumbai and the eighth in the country to get the Council of International Schools Accreditation.…
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Telecommunications-equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies is restricting its business in Iran voluntarily, despite its business in Iran been in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations including those of the UN, US and EU. In an official statement, the company…
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Liquid Comics, which owns comic book libraries based on Indian characters by Indian creators, has launched Graphic India, a new digital platform to promote comic books in India. The site features free daily digital comic book chapters, interviews with creators,…
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By Adam E. John Genpact has signed a five-year strategic partnership agreement with the government of Qingdao to foster the globalization of Chinese corporations. Genpact will use its global expertise to assist local enterprises in adapting to an increasingly competitive international market…
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WI Harper Group, a Chinese early growth and expansion stage venture capital firm has invested $4 million in a co-lead round with Matrix Partners into SNS Plus, an international publisher and distributor of worldwide games with a focus on the…
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IBM announced the opening of three regional offices in India as part of the company’s on-going geographic expansion in the country. The new offices in Dehradun (North India), Guwahati (Eastern India) and Raipur (Central India) provide IBM with a…
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By Adam E. John The board of directors of Tata Sons has appointed Cyrus P. Mistry as Deputy Chairman. He will work with the current chairman Ratan N. Tata over the next year and take over from him when Mr…
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Wave, a diversified business group in India, has engaged IBM in its green-field township project for Wave City, a smart township. Located in Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh State), the 4500 acre township will be one of the first urban developments in…
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By Vikram Sethi Accel Partners, a global venture capital and growth equity firm, and an investor in Facebook, has announced the closing of Accel India III, a $155 million fund for seed and early stage investments in India. Accel’s India…
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Intel Capital is making or in the process of making a total of $40 million worth of investments in ten Asian companies. The investments include eight new investments in companies from China, India, Japan and South Korea, and two planned…
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