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...India’s digital sector is riddled with erratic, techno-nationalist regulation, writes James Crabtree....
...Alibaba’s Alipay quest for dominance of south-east Asian e-wallets continues: the latest is a $73m investment in Digital Money Myanmar....
...As if desperate to prove the meaningfulness of it all, the E! red carpet presenters were notably hysterical and gushing this year, discussing each outfit with increasingly earnest tones — ‘iconic!”...
...These brief lives (plus a reappraisal of General Robert E Lee) help the authors challenge leadership myths, including the mistaken idea that leadership is an individual endeavour....
...James Crabtree is visiting research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy NUS in Singapore, and a contributing editor to the FT Illustration by James Ferguson...
...“It is just much harder to do e-commerce here than China,” says Vijay Sharma, founder of online marketplace Paytm, which last year raised $680m from Alibaba....
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...“We’d look at e-commerce businesses that have scaled sufficiently, that have real revenue, a proven business model.”...
...However, the Chinese group’s decision to become a sponsor makes it the latest in a line of mobile and e-commerce groups to sign up with the IPL as they seek to build brand awareness in India....
...Eros’s difficulties come amid heightened interest in India’s rapidly expanding online media and e-commerce sectors, boosted by a jump in smartphone use, which is on course to push the country’s online population...
...Facebook earns nearly all of its revenues from advertising, and has had some success persuading Indian companies to move away from traditional print and television advertising, notably in sectors such as e-commerce...
...The list of successful applicants is dominated by telecoms and technology groups, and includes Airtel, India’s largest mobile company by revenue, and PayTM, a mobile payments start-up backed by Chinese e-commerce...
Relying solely on mobile apps is ‘a really bad idea’, says Indian eretailer
...Exchange Board of India, the country’s markets regulator, to ease listing requirements for fast-growing technology start-ups — removing some of the fundraising barriers faced by companies in the booming e-commerce...
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...The tie-up marks the latest intensification of Flipkart's fierce battle with Amazon, which last year began pouring $2bn into India's rapidly growing e-commerce market, in part to overhaul the lead enjoyed...
...Fresh funding for fast-growing e-commerce groups such as Flipkart and Snapdeal led to technology-related private equity deals jumping to a record $2.7bn in the final quarter of 2014, exceeding the previous...
...In a private letter to India’s finance minister Arun Jaitley, a copy of which has been seen by the Financial Times, former economic secretary and RBI board member E A S Sarma strongly attacked the loan plan...
...Wealthy business luminaries including Ratan Tata, former chairman of the Tata conglomerate, have started dabbling in e-commerce projects too....
...More recently, however, the potentially vast scale of the Indian consumer market has attracted particular attention from venture investors, who hope that e-commerce groups such as Flipkart and Snapdeal,...
...Economists at Nomura forecast foreign direct investment into India will rise to $30bn this financial year from $22bn last year, but that will flow mostly into sectors such as pharmaceuticals and e-commerce...
...Flipkart, India’s largest ecommerce company, announced the acquisition of Myntra, a specialised fashion e-retailer, on Thursday, as it gears up to face intensifying competition in the country’s rapidly growing...
...The announcement of the new funding round came just days after Flipkart, which sells everything from books to electronic items, acquired Myntra, a specialised Indian fashion e-retailer....
...Standard-octane fuel at the pump still only costs about E£1.67 ($0.22) per litre despite a price hike last July. Like India, Egypt’s leaders are treading cautiously, for fear of a political backlash....
...Try the Wonderland Iced Tea or the Garden Party, before or after a play at the numerous theatres nearby. 5 rue Bouchardon, 10th arr James Crabtree Mumbai Summer in Mumbai means only one thing — rain,...
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