Hello! Maktoob-hoo!

So Yahoo! finally turns its attention to the Middle East, and buys up Maktoob, in a deal that might be worth as much as $100m (although Techcrunch says $85m, other sources $75m)

Tags: JordanMaktoob GroupMergers and acquisitionsUnited Arab EmiratesYahoo! Incorporated
Mark Sutton

Posted by: Mark Sutton

August 25, 2009

Sharing best practice 101

Here's one from the the vaults - its Charles Wang, then CEO of Computer Associates, and Satyam's former chairman B Ramalinga Raju in happier times at the signing of an agreement between the two companies back in 2000

Tags: CA IncorporationCrimeFraud
Mark Sutton

Posted by: Mark Sutton

February 7, 2009

Services opportunities

Some possible good news from Satyam over the weekend, as the company's board announced that it is very close to securing funding to see it through to the end of March

Tags: FraudSatyam Computer Services
Mark Sutton

Posted by: Mark Sutton

January 26, 2009

Making sense of Satyam

The Satyam scandal keeps on twisting and turning, with the Indian government now all but outright accusing the chairman of having stolen the mystery $1 billion, rather than merely having invented it

Tags: FraudIndiaSatyam Computer Services
Mark Sutton

Posted by: Mark Sutton

January 19, 2009

Wipro is on a World Bank ban too

India's outsourcing industry woes continue to build, with the news that Wipro is also on the World Bank's blacklist of contractors that are banned from bidding for its contracts because of allegeded malpractice

Tags: FraudWipro
Mark Sutton

Posted by: Mark Sutton

January 12, 2009

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