A $300 million movie of James Cameron is heading for expected $1 billion gross sales. I saw the movie last week. I was talking to someone who also watched the movie in a third tier city in India. That made
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China has a very aggressive plan for establishing an extensive high speed railway network within the next 10 years. Reading the news about the fastest train in China made me look up the history of the railway. England lead the
Recently I attended a conference of construction equipment manufacturers. Before going there, I thought the industry must be excited that the whole world has gone on fire in terms of investment in infrastructure. The conference started with the theme “
I was reading 20 Forecasts of the World Futurist Society. Forecast #2: Water Becomes the New Oil—Water desalination may soon become one of the world’s largest industries. By 2040, at least 3.5 billion people will run short of water—almost 10
I wrote about my experience in Chile earlier. On my way back on a 9 1/2 hour flight from Santiago to Dallas, I was thinking about ways that a US company can leverage Chile. I think there are multiple plays
Over the past week, I have been traveling within Chile. I am impressed with the country in terms of the infrastructure around Santiago. Everything seems to be working well. During my meetings with various companies I found a genuine interest
Over the last three decades, Dubai prospered because India and China were mired in bureaucracy. Dubai provided a near shore playground for people who were rich and people who wanted to be rich. Dubai created sports stadiums without any local
Earlier this year a story was reported that “Sequoia sees China IPOs deal-exit strategy”. I have discussed this subject earlier. Time will prove whether or not this is a good alternative for exit.
China is manufacturing and exporting everything from solar panels to toothpicks. India has been exporting knowledge based services for years. Both the countries are going full steam in terms of their growth in GDP, however, China and India are moving