India outsourcing to survive Satyam fall

At the start of this year, India was rocked by revelations that the huge software and outsourcing group Satyam had overestimated its profits to the tune of around $US1 billion. Before his arrest, chairman and IT poster-boy Ramalinga Raju said he had been “riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten”.

Jebediah; Bluebottle Kiss; Something For Kate, Shenton Park Hotel, September 14, 1996

The “Unipalosers” may have only played to about twelve people in Canberra, home of our national treasures but little more besides, so finding a wealth of punters at the Shenton Park Hotel could have been quite a surprise for the tired gaggle of Murmur stablemates. And “yip”, they burped, for this was the last gig … Continue reading “Jebediah; Bluebottle Kiss; Something For Kate, Shenton Park Hotel, September 14, 1996”