Commerce

Above all else, commerce in all its forms is the engine that drives the relationship between any two nations.  Whatever the diplomatic or military stumbling blocks or snippets of success that may occur between the governments of the United States and India, trade is the best place to get your finger on the pulse.  On this page you will find links to articles and essays from around the web that keep you informed of the latest business, economic, and financial news, as well as deeper analysis of the current trends.  All links are quality checked.  This is a must-read section for the business community.

Starbuck Opened its First India Store Anjana Pasricha, Voice of America, October 20, 2012

Starbucks India: Chain to Open First Store in October Eric Kinetz, Huffington Post, September 28, 2012

GM Turns to China to Crack India’s Tough Car Market Henry Foy, Reuters, September 4, 2012

McDonald’s Opens its First Meat-Free Outlets  RT, September 4, 2012

American Thwarted in Quest to Build a Ski Resort in India Vikas Bajaj, New York Times, August 21, 2012

US-India Trade Summit Now More Affordable for Small & Medium Enterprises PRWeb, August 17, 2012

Facebook’s Growing Ad Footprint  Shivani Shinde & Viveat Susan Pinto, Business Standard, August 15, 2012

India’s ICICI Bank Selling $750 million in US Bond Market  Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2012

Top US Retail Companies like Wal-Mart and Starbucks Lobbying Hard to Enter Indian Market

Bain Capital in Talks to Buy into Genpact  Economic Times Bureau, July 31, 2012

Biocon Close to Oral Insulin Deal with Bristol-Myers Squibb Mohit Bhalla, The Economic Times, July 25, 2012

Spotify for Bollywood J. J. Colao, Forbes, June 28, 2012

Satyam Eyes Outsourcing Deals in US  Dhanya Ann Thoppil, Wall Street Journal, June 27, 2012

Coca-Cola Plans to Invest $5B in India  IBN Live, June 26, 2012

Case Study:  Facebook in India  usindiamonitor, June 21, 2012

Karnataka Hosts Global Investors Meet  June 7-8, 2012

Reliance Brands, Brooks Brothers Ink Deal  Reeba Zachariah, Times of India, June 4, 2012

ANALYSIS: Indian Rupee Continues its Forex Fall  usindiamonitor, May 24, 2012

Bharti Airtel Buys 49% Stake in Qualcomm’s India Unit   NDTV Correspondent, May 24, 2012

India Changes Stance on Rise in US Visa Fee  Nayanima Basu, Business Standard, May 22, 2012

Foreign Claims on India; $137b Due in One Year  Vidya Bala, The Hindu Business Line, May 19, 2012

Indian Government has Taken Note of Standard & Poor’s Outlook  Times of India, May 19, 2012

India-US Nuclear Deal: There is More Work to be Done  Aziz Haniffa, Rediff, May 18, 2012

Foreign Firms in India: India is Growing Less Hospitable to Foreign Investors Economist, May 17, 2012

Indian Rupee Hits All-time Low Against the Dollar Erika Kinetz, Huffington Post, May 16, 2012

India Seeks Shale Gas Supplies from US  The Economic Times, May 16, 2012

Harley-Davidson Keen to Assemble More Models at Haryana Unit Abhishek Law, the Hindu Business Line, May 14, 2012

US Firm General Mills Buys Parampara’s Food Brands The Hindu Business Line, May 13, 2012

NRI Deposits in Indian Banks Triple to $11b in 2011-12 Aravind Jayaram, The Hindu Business Line, May 13, 2012

Outsourcing is so Last Year Economist, May 11th, 2012

India Attracts Highest FDI Ever at $8.1B in March  NDTV, May 10, 2012

Dunkin’ Donuts Enters India  Business Standard, May 9, 2012

Marketing Process Outsourcing Here, Will Stay  Jayashree Nandi, Times of India, May 6, 2012

What will get India out of the Pits?  Surojit Gupta, Times of India, May 6, 2012

India Remains Leader in BPO Segment: Government  Times of India, May 4, 2012

Youngest Indian CEO in US Shares his Story  Ritu Jha, Rediff, May 3, 2012

Indian Companies Stepped up US hiring During Recession: Council of Indian Industry  Indira Kannan, Business Standard, May 2, 2012

Linkedin’s Jewel in the Crown J.D. Gershbein, usindiamonitor/socialmags.com, May 1, 2012

US-India Business Summit Sees Huge Potential  Silicon India News via IANS, April 30, 2012

Indo-US Civil Nuke Deal my Proudest Moment: Condi Rice  PTI, Zeenews.com, April 29, 2012

“Firang” Invasion of India’s Social Enterprise Ecosystem Vishy, TechSangam blog, April 13, 2012

Starbucks Coming to India: Will it Knock out the Indian Coffee Retailers?

by Preetam Kaushik, Huffington Post, April 10, 2012

Obama drops the Ball on India  Patrick Christy, The Diplomat, March 27, 2012