BMW CEO Faints On Stage During Presentation
It’s every public speaker’s nightmare come true. While speaking at a Frankfurt event with thousands of media personnel and auto fans in attendance, BMW CEO Harald Kruger was overcome by a dizzying fit and fainted on stage.
Singapore At The Top; India At 142 In Ease of Doing Business
According to the World Bank’s Doing Business 2015 study, India is ranked at a lowly 142 among 189 nations in the ease of doing business ranking.
Paytm All Set To Enter The Banking Space
Things are afoot in the payments industry. Its all started in August when RBI approved payment banks licenses for Airtel, Reliance, Paytm, Vodafone and Aditya Birla Nuvo. Several other entities which have been given ‘in-principle’ approval. Mobikwik, Oxigen, Citrus, and Novopay Itz Cash Card also applied for the licence but failed to get the nod from RBI.
Practo Acquires Hospital Management Company Insta Health For $12 Million
Practo is growing by leaps and bounds. Days after the online healthcare platform announced that it was expanding into Indonesia, the company has acquired hospital information management company Insta Health for $12 million (Rs 80 crore) as it looks to rapidly expand its footprint of doctors and users across the globe.
Here’s A New Fund Exclusively For Women Entrepreneurs
Women entrepreneurs in India have a reason to rejoice. A SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) approved venture capital fund, exclusively for women entrepreneurs has come into being.
Indian Companies Are Helping Aid Commuting Woes For Employees
Increasing migration to the cities and thus an ever-expanding fleet of vehicles, lack of traffic management, and inefficient and inadequate public transport is adding to the commuting woes of the Indian employee. The traffic woes in IT hubs like Gurgaon, Bangalore and Mumbai are well documented. Good news is that companies in India are cognizant and also sympathetic of the employee’s woes and some of them are coming forward with various initiatives and ideas to help mitigate, if not eradicate this problem plauging the average Indian worker.
The Richest Indian Startup Founders In 2015
Indian startup founders have had it pretty good over the last few years. Valuations of their companies have soared, and they’ve become fabulously wealthy. Here are the richest Indian startup founders in 2015.
Time Spent On Travel Is Working Time, Rules European Court
In a landmark judgement, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the time spent traveling to and from first and last appointments by workers without a fixed office should be regarded as working time.
Payal Kadakia Among 10 Most Promising Women Entrepreneurs
Indian-origin entrepreneur Payal Kadakia, 32, figures among the 10 most promising women entrepreneurs of 2015 in the list released by Fortune magazine. Payal is the CEO and co-founder of ClassPass, a two-year-old start-up that gives customers access to thousands of boutique fitness classes in their area.