Bringing Banking To The Cell Phone Masses : Obopay CEO Carol Realini (Part 3)

SM: Can you give us more detail about what Search For Common Ground does? CR: Their work is divided into grass roots community work where they help build capacity for peace at the community level. They also do media work and have radio and TV shows. Their content is to help communities communicate and increase

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ST Microelectronics: NXP JV

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author In the last part of this series, we looked at STM’s strategic initiatives that are aimed at making the company more nimble and profitable. A very important part of this strategy was unveiled last month when the company decided to form a Joint venture with its wireless business and that

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Catching Up on Readings: Design In The 21st Century

Time for another round of recap since the last one on May 10 … See what you have missed, and catch up.

Bringing Banking To The Cell Phone Masses : Obopay CEO Carol Realini (Part 2)

SM: As you look back on your career, do you feel your decisions were strategic, planned decisions? CR: It might have been! I remember my first day at work. I walked into this big building and I was 1 of 2 women technical engineers. Women were just entering the technical workforce back then. I was

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ST Microelectronics: Strategy

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author As highlighted in our discussion of ST Microelectronics financials, the company has not been very profitable in the last few years. More importantly, it has been growing lesser than the semiconductor industry and losing market share. It is therefore appropriate to peek into the steps that the company has taken

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Bringing Banking To The Cell Phone Masses : Obopay CEO Carol Realini (Part 1)

What do you do when you have had a wildly successful career and are happily retired? If you are Carol Realini you spend some time doing global humanitarian work and then you start a new business venture! Carol, CEO and founder of Obopay, has found not only a second career but also a potential opportunity

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Forbes Column 08: A Technological Fix For Education

Here’s my new Forbes Column, A Technological Fix For Education, profiling HotChalk. You may have read the interview I did with Ed Fields, HotChalk’s CEO. Another recommended reading piece while on this topic is Lucid.

ST Microelectronics: Financials

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author In the introduction to this series, I reviewed the company’s history and businesses. Let us now review the company’s financials from a more holistic perspective.