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- As India Rises, Silicon Valley Falls Behind
- So says the Bay Area Council, which is talking up a 3,000-page report documenting the ever shifting relationship between India and the San Francisco Bay Area, which has the second-largest population of Indians in the U.S. after New…
- Private Equity Hub
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- Infinia catches $9 million
- Infinia Corp. of Kennewick, Wash., which is working on dish technology to convert the sun's rays into electricity, has raised $9 million million in new debt-and-equity funding from existing investors. Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures invested…
- TechFlash
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- Obama. Inc. Worth Waiting For
- Author of the Audacity of Help: Obama’s Economic Plan and the Remaking of America (Bloomberg Press). Quick quiz. Name the biggest venture capitalist in the world. Silicon Valley moguls John Doerr or Vinod Khosla? Maybe Microsoft…
- Democratic Underground.com
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- 11/21/2009
- Green tech idea contest in SF next week will pay winners…
- ... include notables like Bill Weihl of Google, and Vinod Khosla, a venture capitalist who is well known as a leading investor in ethanol, and a major founder of Yes on 87's campaign to pass California's Proposition 87, The Clean Energy…
- Examiner
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- 11/20/2009
- Ash, Ambanis on guest list for Obama dinner for PM
- Aziz Haniffa reports from Andrews Air Base on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's [ Images ] arrival in the United States and plans for the high-powered State dinner on Tuesday. P recisely at 13.02 local time on Sunday Air India [ Images ] 001…
- Rediff
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- 17 hours ago
Rediff- Indians don’t know how to accept failure
- Edited excerpts: We hear that the group is doing some cutting-edge work in fuel cells with a foreign start-up. This is an investment by (venture capitalist) Vinod Khosla and others. We are only hosting it at Vikhroli. But the idea was to…
- Livemint.com
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- 11/20/2009
- Green Ink: Gas Pacts, Climate Primers, and the Smart Grid
- Crude oil future fell below $77 a barrel as the dollar gained against the euro for a second straight day, Bloomberg reports . Europe might dodge the bullet for now: Russia and Ukraine agree to a new gas deal meant to avoid natural-gas…
- Wall Street Journal
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- 11/20/2009
- Kiwi Start-Up Makes Finals in SF Challenge
- Investors include notable start-up investors like Bill Weihl of Google and Vinod Khosla – a venture capitalist well known as a leading investor in ethanol and a major proponent of green legislation. Nova Eco-Tech was based on a perceived…
- Scoop
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- 11/19/2009
- Sun Microsystems chair's ice rink rises again in Palo Alto…
- It's hockey season once again in the Palo Alto foothills, and neighbors of Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy know what that means: the ice dome is back. After taking it down last spring under pressure from the Palo Alto planning…
- San Jose Mercury News
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- 11/21/2009
- Bright Idea: Bringing Eco-friendly Lighting to India's…
- Until eight months ago, Vinod Waghmare, 24, was a farmer in his native Mangaon village in Raigad, a district 150 kilometers (about 93 miles) outside of Mumbai. Back then, he generated an income of US$140 a month growing rice and lentils.…
- Wall Street Journal
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- 11/16/2009