Desi attorney raises record $1.2 mn for US Congress bid

Indian-American attorney Ro Khanna, who served for two years in a senior position in the Obama administration, has raised a record $1.2 million (around Rs 6.24 crore) in one single quarter for his......

Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board to focus on philanthropy

Microsoft on Friday (local time) announced that its co-founder Bill Gates has stepped down from the company's board of directors to dedicate more time to his philanthropic priorities including......

Giving wings to startups

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a< recipe for creating 100,000 plus angel investors in India.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Civil servants and politicians in India fervently murmur the word......

Microsoft-LinkedIn deal: An Indian among big gainers

Indian origin Dipchand Nishar, who is now with SoftBank, would make $15 million. Reid Hoffman, co-founder and controlling shareholder of Linkedin Corporation, emerges as the biggest beneficiary of......

Why Microsoft buying LinkedIn raises many red flags

  The LinkedIn board's decision to sell suggests the stand-alone outlook was not especially alluring. Satya Nadella may have abandoned his prudent approach. The Microsoft chief executive's......