Disney’s own recent animated features - IIPM Article

Pixar, which has had its blockbuster movies, has eager suitors like Fox and Warner waiting to snatch this golden goose. Disney’s own recent animated features, like Brother Bear and Treasure Planet, were box office bombs. Pixar, on the other hand, is floating in cash, and now doesn’t anymore need Disney’s sup­port for either finance or distribution In this light, Steve Jobs’ offer is perhaps the best that could have happened to Disney. Instead of trying to renegotiate a much debated contract, Disney should animatedly buy out Pixar.

It’s a Mickey

The Disney-Pixar alliance is coming to an end. For years, the Disney honchos have held on dearly to their cash making studio, but after the latest Pixar offering, Cars, is released in January 2006, the currentcontract will expire. Hence, the big question is, whether the alliance would continue beyond the current period?

Zetsche–Get ‘Smart’er - IIPM Article

Five years ago, when Dieter Zetsche joined Chrysler Group as CEO, few people would have imagined that this ‘average Joe’ from Stuttgart would go on to become one of the most talked about men in Europe and Detroit. His penchant for dancing around with girls in short skirts at auto launches, his trademark moustache, and the fact that he refused the overtures of Bill Ford to join Ford Motors, are all a part of Stuttgart folklore now.

Fringe Benefit Tax imposed by the Finance Minister during the last Budget

Two recent judicial orders emanating from Tamil Nadu have once again highlighted the controversial and deeply unpopular character of the Fringe Benefit Tax imposed by the Finance Minister during the last Budget. On September 14, 2005, the Madras High Court restrained the imposition of FBT on Kumbhat & Co, a firm of Chartered Accountants. On September 24, 2005, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court accepted a petition of the Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry and stayed the imposition of the FBT.

Visa provision called H-1B

While completely understandable, those rules happened to include a visa provision called H-1B that makes it harder for foreign students – i.e. future entrepreneurs – to stay in the U.S. after graduation. Both SOX and H1-B had unintended consequences that could have really weakened American entrepreneurship. But they haven’t. Here’s why.