Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Coming out of the shadows after almost a year, the contours of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Rs 73,000-crore Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) project have started emerging in a big way. The state government has roped-in American networking and technology giant Cisco Systems as one of its strategic ...
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
When the US economy catches a cold, the whole world sneezes. That’s the cliche many in finance employ to describe the interrelated nature of the global economy. But what happens when the US economy catches something a bit more severe? We may be about to find out.
The US government declared ...
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Ozone Ayurvedics revealed an innovative and perhaps a never-thought-before advertising plan for its beauty product 'No-Marks'. It has appointed Dr. Kiran Bedi, the former Lady IPS officer, as the brand ambassador of this cosmetic cream.
Kiran Bedi would make her debut commercial advertisement to promote No-Marks, and according to the campaign, ...
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
I want to get a little thanda, and my dil of course maange more. More specifically, after reading the ‘I’m-better-than-you’ online stories of PepsiCo and Coco-Cola.
Come IPL, and these two business biggies start fighting over sponsorship of individual players and league teams. Hona kya tha! Pepsi says Ok tata bye ...
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Friday, February 6th, 2009
You got a Salary Cut? By How Much? They got it by Rs. 80,000...Kingfisher’s Pilots! A sad story for them, and they never expected that much. But don’t blame it on recession again. “...it’s all in the name of integration with the erstwhile Deccan”, said an agitated Kingfisher Pilot.
The intense ...
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
As if only this was remaining! After much humiliation and embarrassment from across the globe, this time it is the World Bank who has made a worsening blow. OK, I’ll state it without any euphemisms- World Bank has said “Get out Satyam!” The World Bank has outrightly barred the India’s ...
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008
There was a time, when airlines were brimmed with passengers and commuters used to book their tickets months ago. October 2008 however, has witnessed a different picture altogether. Despite the biggest festive season of the year, almost 1 out of every 3 seats in Jet, Air India and Kingfisher were ...
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
India is the second best country for business investment, a new survey of American corporate executives shows. Conducted by Development Counsellors International every three years, the "Winning Strategies in Economic Development Marketing" survey has tracked trends in economic development since its inception in 1996.
This is the first year respondents were ...
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