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The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government appears to be making just the right kind of noises before the 2014 general elections. If the easing of rules in sectors such as retail, pension and...
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Every day, whenever he is in Chennai, Dr Prathap C. Reddy, founder and Chairman of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, visits his group's flagship hospital on Greams Road. Reddy, 79, has been following this...
View ArticlePeople Business ; Starring: Michael Boneham, George Wong, Bjorn Rosengren,...
Stopping and Starting It was a promise he had made to the youngest of his three sons that prompted Michael Boneham to retire from Ford India. He had told the boy he would be back with the family in...
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Many Indians would consider turning up 10 minutes late for a meeting a minor matter. But the same infraction could cause great discomfort among people of some other cultures which are rigid about...
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In its 2011 Corruption Perception Index, Transparency International ranked India at 95 out of 183 countries. How can the widespread corruption in this country be curbed? Here are five suggestions....
View ArticleHappy New Hear ; Adopting New and Convenient Audio Technologies Makes for a...
With the advent of the personal movie viewer - Epson's Moverio BT- 100 video glasses and Sony's HMZ-T1 3DTV headset - video moves into private territory. These devices allow you, and you alone, to...
View ArticleThe Power of Pine ; A Tiny Company in Uttarakhand Is Harnessing the Potential...
Berinag is a sleepy little town about 100 km from Pithoragarh in hill state Uttarakhand. A small company based there is now changing lives of locals with a unique project - generating power from pine...
View Article'I Believe a Lot in Luck and Destiny and Officer's Choice Has Been Very...
Who has had the maximum influence on you? In business it has been my brother. I was with him off and on - in 1975-77 and then again from 1983 to 1992. Though he was nine years older, we were more like...
View ArticleReview: Lenovo Ideapad Z580 and Nikon Coolpix S800c ; after the Flurry of...
Lenovo Ideapad Z580 Price: Rs 64,990 No Half Measures After the flurry of size zero devices, the Lenovo Ideapad Z580 is regular size, just the way laptops were till sometime back. By no means is it...
View ArticleHow Punjab Tractors Is Giving MandM a Run for Its Money ; Not Often Does an...
Executive Summary: Not often does an acquired company give the acquirer a run for its money in the market. This case study looks at how Punjab Tractors Ltd, which was hardly in the best of shape when...
View ArticleHow It Bucked the Trend ; on the Whole, the Performance of Urban Co-Operative...
In 2002, Hanumant Gaikwad, founder of Punebased facilities management company BVG India, needed a loan to buy housekeeping and gardening equipment worth Rs 1 crore. It was a big amount, considering...
View Article'For the First Time, We Will Develop in India, Then Export' ; Olof Persson,...
Olof Persson, President of AB Volvo and Chief Executive Officer of the Volvo Group, spoke to Dearton Thomas Hector about the Swedish company's India and global strategy during his recent visit to...
View ArticleLove at First Site ; Matrimonial Sites Are Yesterday's News - India's New...
A handful of entrepreneurs has realised that in the business of love, India could be where the proverbial rainbow touches the ground. There is no data on the online dating business in India, but...
View ArticleWhat about the Little Guys? ; While Gujarat Plies Big Companies with...
The Nano may be a little car, but it's a big deal for Sanand. This manufacturing project attracted other bigticket investments to this tiny town of 32,000 people in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district....
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S.D. Shibulal, the last of the founders to lead Infosys, is under pressure to boost growth at the software giant. In an exclusive interview with Govindraj Ethiraj on the show Bottomline, airing on...
View ArticleRevenue-Hungry Govt Shattering the Telecom Dream ; the Money, as Ever, Is...
When he is feeling troubled, Sanjay Kapoor allows himself a half- smile and talks of samosas. Not because the piquant snack, a health hazard as good as any, is comfort food for Bharti Airtel's head of...
View Article18 Years to the Top ; A Nugget-Rich Read of the Journey of India's Most...
A Bank for the Buck By Tamal Bandyopadhyay Jaico Books Pages: 344 Price: Rs 395 There are a few instances of smashing start-up successes in India in the last two decades. There is Sunil Mittal's Bharti...
View ArticleOut of Its Shell ; Energy Giant Shell Has Expanded Cautiously in India So...
Ten years ago, when global energy giant Royal Dutch Shell exited its India exploration venture no one doubted the rationale behind the decision. Shell's foray having shown little prospects of striking...
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View ArticleIndia Inc Makes High Stakes Bet on Overseas Acquisitions ; Indian Companies...
On November 23, Tata Steel announced it would cut 900 jobs in the United Kingdom and shut 12 sites as part of a restructuring exercise aimed at sustaining its European operations. The news did not come...
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