Archive for April, 2008
100,000 Gallons of Oil per Acre: Closed Loop Algae
Today in BsAs, met a biodiesel farmers’ cooperative from Argentina making a pitch for investments in jatropha, industrial castor seed planting and subsequent oil extraction. Husks of the seed drive biomass electricity and CO2 generated from burning husks is funneled into a bioreactor(Seeded with algae) producing 500,000 liters of oil – not sure the amount [...]
India sets world record, launches 10 satellites at one go
Boosting credibility in the outsourced satellite launching business.
via The Times of India
Setting a world record, India’s Polar rocket on Monday successfully placed ten satellites, including the country’s remote sensing satellite, into orbit in a single mission. ( Watch )
The ten pack launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) saw the 230-tonne Polar Satellite launch [...]
Concentrated solar power
The governments of India and Brazil (with 275 to 300 days of sunshine coming down on most places in these countries) should seed a fund – say with $50 billion from their wealth reserves, to jumpstart an Apollo program for low-cost solar.
via Salon News
CSP makes use of the most abundant and free fuel there is, [...]
India’s new African safari
Lessons for Latin America
via livemint
A 2006 World Bank study by Harry Broadman, Africa’s Silk Road: China and India’s New Economic Frontier, which was based on a survey of Indian and Chinese firms operating in Africa, found that in contrast to China’s enclave-type, state enterprise-dominated corporate profiles with limited spillover effects, Indian firms have been [...]
IBM vs. Tata: Whos More American?
via BW
Which company is more “American”—Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services, or Armonk N.Y.-based IBM IBM? Evaluate the two based on where they make their sales, and the answer is surprising. TCS, Indias largest tech-services company, collected 51% of its revenues in North America last quarter, while 65% of IBMs were overseas.
Open source in Argentina
All emerging mkt governments should slowly stop sending tribute to the Microsoft empire.
Argentina Discovery
Argentina may become the first country in the world to require all government offices to use open-source software, pending the outcome of a bill recently introduced in the nation’s congress.
Indian soya company
rediff.com: 5 great value stocks to buy
Ruchi Soya Industries
If you’ve ever eaten soya curry, chances are that you are a Ruchi Soya consumer. With its premium brand Nutrela, Ruchi Gold and Mandap, the company is into the manufacturing of soya foods, edible oils, vanaspati, bakery fats and soaps.
With 17 per cent of its turnover [...]
More overseas flights make fares tumble
The wonders of competition- greater choice and lower prices. Indian consumers are benefiting from a liberalized airline sector – just like in telecom (with one of the cheapest calling charges in the world – 2c/min for local mobile calls and 6.75c/min for domestic mobile long-distance)
via rediff
If you are planning a holiday this summer to the [...]
High Growth Reported for the Emerging Pharmaceutical Markets Argentina and Mexico
MarketWire
Although both the Argentinean and the Mexican markets have been growing, their growth is attributed to different reasons. The Argentinean pharmaceutical market has been growing mainly based on growing sales volume, while growth of the Mexican market is mainly driven by growing prices.
The Mexican market is dominated by foreign companies with few domestic players. The [...]
Lean Reflections: Auto production shifts to and from Mexico
Lean Reflections:
It was interesting to hear yesterday that Chrysler and Nissan are working together on some new vehicles. It was not surprising to hear that Chrysler will manufacture a pickup truck for Nissan in Mexico, and that the Nissan product for Chrysler will be made in Asia. But it may have been a rebuke [...]
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