Outsourcing the Drug Industry (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
In her swank headquarters just blocks from some of Mumbai's worst slums, Swati Piramal is midway through an impassioned pitch about revolutionizing the world of drug discovery. Sanskrit passages of the Bhagavad Gita, the ancient Hindu text that guides her business philosophy, adorn the office walls of her company, Piramal Life Sciences. Its logo is gyan mudra, a finger gesture used in yoga ...
Google @ 10 (The Globe and Mail)
The search engine has forever altered the world in a remarkably short amount of time. As Google turns 10 tomorrow, here are 10 ways it has changed business.
Quattrone's plans see vindication haunted by e-mail (The Palm Beach Post)
Because of errors by Bloomberg News Service, an incorrect version of this story appeared on PalmBeachPost.com on Aug, 3, 2008. This version includes the corrections by deleting a reference to unprofitable companies in 13th paragraph; correcting the date of leave in 103rd paragraph; and correcting the date NASD suspended its case in 110th paragraph.
US outsourcing drug research to India (rediff.com)
US giants are rushing to partner with Indian and Chinese companies—tapping their brainpower and saving millions of dollars in the search for breakthrough treatments
Google @10 (The Globe and Mail)
By now, you've heard the story. Google Inc., arguably the most dominant company on the Internet, was started by two Stanford University students with little more than a stack of computers and a knack for algorithms.
Democratic lt. governor candidates take aim at Dubie (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
Nate Freeman and Tom Costello, the state's two Democratic contenders for lieutenant governor, would prefer to focus their political criticisms on three-term Republican incumbent Brian Dubie. ... - By PETER HIRSCHFELD Vermont Press Bureau