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Forbes Column 08: eBay’s Bounce-Back Opportunity

Meg Whitman is finally leaving eBay. My Forbes column, eBay’s Bounce-Back Opportunity, discusses what the successor needs to pay attention to, whether it is John Donahoe or otherwise. We have also discussed eBay’s strategy at length in Web 3.0 and eBay and eBay vs Amazon. Today, the determining factor in the eBay vs Amazon debate

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Death of Indian Outsourcing

“Are you kidding? No way!” In 2008, the IT and IT enabled services (ITES/BPO) industries are supposed to be the major drivers of India’s economic growth. According to Nasscom, the two industries combined will employ 4 million people and account for 7% of GDP and 33% of foreign exchange inflow. The death of this industry

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Yahoo Please Put Up A Fight

My GigaOm column, Yahoo Please Put Up A Fight discusses all those things we have been talking about for a while here. The problem with Yahoo at the moment is a complete lack of vision about how the web needs to evolve. The MyYahoo user experience, for all its promises, has remained a marginal “starting

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Move in Challenging times

With the falling real estate market, the Move Inc. stock price has been hammered down in the last one year and is currently trading at $1.78 with a total market capitalization of just over $300 million. The 52-week range for the stock is $1.75 – $6.69.

Deal Radar 2008: Bill Me Later – Blessed by Amazon

Bill Me Later is a safe and convenient payment system that allows people to purchase on the phone or over the web. The service is in direct competition with eBay’s PayPal. It was recently judged as the sixth-fastest-growing U.S. firm by Inc. magazine. It has around 200 employees and is based in Baltimore. Bill Me

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Punish the Rich, Subsidize the Poor

“Punish the Rich, Subsidize the Poor” – I have heard this dangerous theme a few times in the last week … I would like you to examine this thought in great depth. Here are some pointers: * The Historic Significance of Atlas Shrugged * Ayn Rand’s Literature of Capitalism And if you have not read

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India’s Development – Not the Tata Nano

Many of you have been ranting on my previous Tata Nano post about equal opportunity. I will go on record and synthesize my point of view here: I have no problem if people own cars and don’t drive them. Rich or poor. If the car is a status symbol that they need to show off

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