SANTA CLARA: TiEcon 2007 was held in the Santa Clara Convention Center on May 18 and 19. With its theme of "The New Face of Entrepreneurship", and attendance of around 4000 people, TiEcon inspired attendees to 'Dream, Explore, Connect'.

One name which has remained a constant in the changing façade of jewelry business in India over the last century is Srimals. The Srimal group was established in 1902 by Seth Indarchand Srimal. From a humble beginning as a jewelry retailer, the group has steadily expanded to provide entire gamut of services such as jewelry designing, jewelry manufacturing, jewelry photography, etc.

NEW YORK: The TiE Tri-State's 2007 Annual Event, "The US/India Corridor: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges" held on Saturday, May 5 at the Marriott Marquis, portends what is in store for businesses between the two

SAN JOSE, CA: Sonasoft Corp., provider of SonaSafe Integrated Backup/Recovery & Replication software has announced the expansion of its channel program to capitalize on the momentum it has already built in the market place. The new initiative builds upon the Company's increased traction in high availability and data protection market.

NEW YORK/ NEW DELHI: Not only are more and more top Indian brains in the US returning to India, they are bringing in top R&D which is enriching vital sectors in India. The Indus Entrepreneur Group (TIE) estimates that around 60,000 infotech professionals may have returned in recent years.

MUMBAI: Vijay Mallya-promoted United Spirits has acquired Scottish whisky company Whyte & Mackay for 595 million pounds (Rs 4,819 crore) in the largest such deal by an Indian company in the liquor space.

SAN JOSE: San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed inaugurated Sonasoft Corp's expanded R&D office headquarters facility on Camden Avenue in San Jose on May 3. Sonasoft added almost 200 new customers in 2006 and had a revenue growth of 150 percent. Mayor Reed was the chief guest at the ribbon cutting ceremony. It was also attended by San Jose Councilmember Nancy Pyle, Sonasoft Board members Andy Khanna, Dr Romesh Japra

SANTA CLARA: The Managing Director of ICICI Securities Ltd. India, Subrata Mukherji and the President & CEO of ICICI Securities Inc. USA, Gopakumar hosted a dinner to commemorate the opening of their Bay Area office, on May 3 at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, CA.

MUMBAI: The combined wealth of the 20-million strong non-resident Indians (NRIs) community is estimated to be over one trillion dollars -- more than the country's entire economy of about 850 billion dollars.

NEW DELHI: India's indigenous prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) that can produce 500 megawatts of power at rates cheaper than existing atomic reactors will begin functioning by 2010.