cross-border

The simple acts of kindness are simply God's way of opening peoples eyes. The New York taxi driver returning all the diamond rings, to me, speaks volumes..
Can you imagine finding diamonds?? Can you see yourself giving them back?? The poll I took on AOL this morning shows that 70% of the polled would return them. The lady from my home state and only 15 miles from me in Dallas, just tipped him .30 cents!! To me that is not like Texans, we are very generous to say the least. So the 100.00$ she gave him for returning the jewelry was not a tip, but reward for the return of her diamonds. I believe Osman Chowdhury did this not for what he would get out of it, he did so because it was the right thing to do.. I applauded you Osman, and showing the world that New York taxi drivers are not what we perceive them to be. You and drivers like you are seldom heard about. I wanted to give you credit where it was due...

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Vinod Khosla, an esteemed Silicon Valley VC and a champion of cleaner energy recently
invested in an India-based startup

The investment highlights a few important points:

1) The continuation of seamless cross-border investments between U.S and India.
2) Growing importance of Ethanol in our energy landscape.
3) Maturing of the Indian market with respect to deal structure for VC investments -- the articles mentions the usage of "preferential shares". I'm not sure if this is the same as "preferred stock" as used in the U.S, but will try and research.

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