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Naini Thaker

Bangalore, Mumbai

Assistant Editor at Forbes India

Assistant Editor, @forbesindia

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  • 2 days ago | forbesindia.com | Naini Thaker

    While the company has seen workforce reductions globally, its India operations continue to grow in AI R&D, infrastructure solutions, and enterprise services. To counter the slowdown in India’s PC and laptop market, Dell Technologies is shifting its focus toward higher-value services and enterprise solutions.

  • 1 week ago | forbesindia.com | Naini Thaker |Suveen Sinha

    If, after all of this, the answer is that it makes sense for us to do that, we consider it. Q. You faced a fair bit of tough times between 2014-15 and 2018, which was also sort of an inflection point for the company. How challenging was it for you then? And how did you turn things around? A few things happened during that period. We did the Ranbaxy acquisition overnight.

  • 2 weeks ago | forbesindia.com | Naini Thaker

    The acquisitions include the scandal-ridden Ranbaxy Laboratories for $4 billion. At present, pharma stocks are doing well because they have been kept out of US President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs. But uncertainty looms: On April 14, the Trump administration said it had started examining pharmaceutical imports as a possible prelude to tariffs. This comes at a time when Shanghvi’s strategy is becoming bigger and bolder.

  • 2 weeks ago | forbesindia.com | Naini Thaker

    Eventually, we found a way to work around the same. Now we have advertising and we have subscription. The subscription has two features—it removes ads and it gives you features that allow you to progress faster in the course. Essentially, users are paying for convenience. We are also adding a second subscription tier, which is Duolingo Max, which has all of our AI-powered features. Q. But to get subscribers, you would have needed quite a bit of marketing…Actually, no.

  • 3 weeks ago | forbesindia.com | Naini Thaker

    Another key driver of MMT’s expansion has been strategic acquisitions. In 2016, it acquired the Ibibo Group, including Goibibo and redBus, for $960 million in one of the largest deals in India’s travel sector at the time. While Goibibo and MMT have overlapping models, Magow notes that their customer overlap remains only 25 percent. “From a positioning standpoint, Goibibo is seen as a ‘value brand’ for budget-conscious and value-seeking customers,” he explains.

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