Taking his cue from the Rolling Stones, Tibetian spiritual leader, Dalai Lama is once again on a StateSide tour. The Dalai Lama comes back strong in September, with the hype of a concert tour. Earlier this month a brand-new 30-by-40-foot billboard was erected across from the Cond© Nast building on Times Square, announcing the Tibetan … Continue reading Dalai Lama Tour 2003
Thomas John, one of the 2002’s ten best chef’s according to Food & Wine magazine, when asked what he would eat on a $10 budget: “”I’d probably go hungry.” John who worked at Le Meriden in New Delhi is now the head chef at Mantra, in Boston. Delhi chokra with such attitude. Continue reading Dear John … no need to be a snob
The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating story about how Indian hair donated by devotees visiting the world famous Tirupati temple end up on the head of washed out celebrities like Lisa Marie Presley. Although India is a small part of the global hair business, compared to the market leader China, so-called Indian temple hair … Continue reading Hair This
From Red Herring October 2000 issue Paul Budnitz is bemused by the falling fortunes of online retailers. For the 32-year-old president and founder of the minidisc e-tailer Minidisco in Berkeley, California, business has never been better. Introduced by Sony almost eight years ago, the minidisc is about half the size of a compact disc and allows music lovers to record music … Continue reading The mighty minidisc finds a niche and actually becomes profitable
From Red Herring October 2000 issue Every so often India is rediscovered. Hippies in the ’60s sought enlightenment there. Then came the Deepak Chopra enthusiasts. And now, venture capitalists are seeking to cash in on a raft of Internet startups. But like the early spiritual travelers, most VCs are about to discover how elusive nirvana … Continue reading Backoffice India
From Forbes Magazine, Sept 13, 1999 These are a mixed blessing. You post messages on them; others respond — agreeing, disagreeing or elaborating. BODY: Yadda, yadda, yadda. These bulletin boards are noisy and full of useless chatter, with an occasional jewel buried there. The bulk of the entries are ill-informed opinions, rumors and even outright … Continue reading Message Boards
From Forbes magazine, May 3, 1999 HERE IS A WAY to ride the broadband wave without buying a moneylosing company like At Home Corp. Horsham, Pa.-based General Instrument (NYSE: GIC) controls 60% of the settop cable box market. Its new boxes will have high-speed modems inside that allow subscribers to surf the Web, get e-mail, … Continue reading Broadband bargain
From Traders Magazine, March 1999 issue Lured by the benefits of using digital technology instead of paper for publishing its stock quotes and obviously eyeing more subscribers the National Quotation Bureau’s (NQB) Pink Sheets are being automated. Beginning next month, the 3,000 companies traded on the Pink Sheets a subset of the non-Nasdaq over-the-counter market … Continue reading Pink Sheet Company Is Seeing More Black An Old-Fashioned Marketplace Is Going High-Tech
From Trader’s Magazine, October 1998 issue Nasdaq will learn next year just how well an Internet-based market-making trading system performs. Several Nasdaq trading desks are among the guinea pigs for a pilot program aimed at testing the reliability and security of the Internet-based successor to Nasdaq’s Level II workstation. And the results of the pilot … Continue reading Nasdaq Prepares for Web Market Making: Pilot Program Is Prologue to Trading-Cost Reductions
From Sept 1998 issue of Traders Magazine Ten years ago, Automated Securities Clearance was a small but pushy software company that competed for order-management business with TCAM Systems. How times have changed. Weehawken, N.J.-based Automated is no longer an upstart, peddling its core BRASS system and order-routing services. BRASS now overshadows the rival product of … Continue reading Bright Side of Upheaval In Order Management: BRASS, the Industry Standard, Faces Competition
