ONGC’s $5 Billion Kazakhstan Oil Deal May Fall Through
May 3rd, 2013
Via NDTV, a look at the status of India’s bid to acquire a large stake in the Kashagam oil field: Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s (ONGC) $5 billion deal to acquire US energy giant ConocoPhillips’ stake in a Kazakhstan oil field is likely to fall through as India hasn’t been able to convince the Central […]
Read more »Pakistan Makes Two Bold Decisions
March 12th, 2013
Via Eurasia Review, an interesting OpEd on two strategic decisions recently taken by Pakistan: Aerial view of Gwadar Port, Pakistan Pakistan has recently made two very bold, but strategic decisions, which have drawn the concern of regional and global superpowers. These decisions are: 1) transferring management of the Gwadar port located in Balochistan to China […]
Read more »TAPI’B? Bangladesh Expresses Interest In Pipeline Project
November 11th, 2012
Via Eurasia Review, a report that Bangladesh has expressed interest in joining the TAPI project. As the article notes: Bangladesh said last week that it is keen to join the TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline project. The pipeline is already projected to cover nearly 1,700 km, and would need to be extended if Bangladesh were accepted […]
Read more »India: Online Retail
November 3rd, 2012
Via The Financial Times, a look at online retail in India: When it comes to internet users, India is growing fast. While the number of internet users globally rose 7 per cent last year, the figure was 41 per cent in India. And this is creating some interesting opportunities – not least for clothing retailers. […]
Read more »Indian Challenges: Fragmentation & Infrastructure
October 26th, 2012
Courtesy of Emerging Markets Insights, commentary on issues that must be addressed for multinationals to succeed in India: 1. Fragmentation: Multinationals have to move out of the traditional Tier-1 cities in order to adapt to India’s unique urbanization trend: The rise of manufacturing in rural India has led to robust job and wealth growth, which […]
Read more »Coffee In A Land Of Tea: Starbucks Arrives In India
October 21st, 2012
Via The Financial Times, a report on Starbucks’ entrance to India: In few countries would the opening of a coffee shop be treated as headline news, but that’s exactly the treatment Starbucks’ 4,500 square foot flagship Indian store in Mumbai received on Friday. Throngs of journalists converged on the restored heritage building owned by the […]
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