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Delhi gets First Public Air Purifier System – We also want it !

by Viral Dholakia on March 18, 2010

traffic Pollution

Delhi seems to be a lucky city – Some days back, it became first city in India to get remote controlled street lighting system, Now it becomes first city to get the first Public Air Purifier System. Air pollution is bad for humans, there are no two ways about it. It is one the [...]

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Indian Media & Entertainment Industry Report – To cross 1 trillion rupee mark by 2014 !

by Arun Prabhudesai
MEdia ENtertainment

Media & Entertainment Industry is big in India spearheaded by the Largest Film Industry in the world – The Bollywood. Although last couple of years have not been good due to recession, the Industry is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13 per cent over the next five years. M&E [...]

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Bitter Pill: Is Sugar Industry headed for a Down cycle?

by Viral Dholakia
sugar

Just as the world was witnessing a gradual recovery, over the last year, from the worst crises after the Great Depression, the asset class which clearly stood out and could be easily termed as a star performer for the FY 2009-10 is Sugar as a commodity. Sugar – As the best [...]

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How To Sell It Like Steve Jobs ? Apple iPad Selling Like Hot Cakes

by Ankit Agarwal

Call him crazy, arrogant and what not.But Steve Jobs does what he does best, “Sell a product like no one else can”. Well, the technology that goes in any Apple product is top notch too, but then so is the price.However, Steve Jobs manages to hypnotize the target audience with his presentation skills and make [...]

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Expressing Digitally: Bharti Airtel forays into Digital Media and Entertainment Business

by Viral Dholakia
airtel-bharti

The telecom market in India is slowly maturing and coming at terms to the reality of end of an era of weighing its business prospects led by higher average revenue per user (ARPUs) basis to gradually shifting at encoding the industry prospects, in this new decade, where the business may well be dictated by the [...]

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Finance Friday: The Fate of Low Floating-stock Counters – Valuation Crunch in NMDC FPO

by Viral Dholakia
nmdc-ltd

The Follow-on public offer (FPO) of the largest iron ore producer in the country National Minerals Development Corporation (NMDC) is currently open for subscription with a price band of Rs. 300-350 wherein the government plans to divest 8.38% stake in the market. The last date for subscription is today. Markets Way [...]

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Indian Stock Markets Going Global, How Good Is It ?

by Ankit Agarwal

Ever since Mr.Bhave took the charge of SEBI, the Indian Capital Markets have had a metamorphosis of sorts be it via new regulations, ramped up security, new avenues to trade and various other initiatives.Most of these changes have had primarily two objectives,

To bring in more transparency in the markets and bring down the manipulators
To increase [...]

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B-School Placement Salaries: Are we being told the real Truth?

by Viral Dholakia
IIM-MBA-salary

Finally, the placement season of ‘Top’ Indian MBA grads has begun (or, shall I say, ended the way it’s been projected that all have been placed already?). And with the placement seasons come eye-popping Salary figures as headlines in major newspapers. I never could understand the real reason for the major Institutes or major dailies [...]

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Air India To Fly An All Women Crew!! Brand Building ?

by Ankit Agarwal

Just when you thought that Air India has not been in the news for sometime, here it is albeit this time for not-so-embarrassing reasons. Infact, this time it is for good and in a true celebration spirit.Yes,

Air India will deploy an all-women pilot team on the ultra long haul, non-stop flight (AI-141) from Mumbai to [...]

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An iPad-er – To be or not to be

by Arun Prabhudesai
iPad-iPhone-comparison

Just read this report on iPad – It mentions that iPad is seeing huge wave of demand, even though it has got late coming into the market.

As per the recent changewave survey – iPad is showing a huge wave of pre-launch demand for the iPad and offers key evidence that the Apple tablet will have [...]

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The next business opportunity in India !

by Himanshu Chanda
Next India Business Opportunity

As business owners and educated customers we all understand – “The first mover advantage”. We know that the one who gets into an emerging market and satisfies a pressing need well in time, is the one who will get the most market share. The basic rational behind this is that every emerging field will take [...]

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An Ad Mad World Out Here, HUL & P&G Lock Horns

by Ankit Agarwal
Locking Horns

Even in this era of all-things-internet, there is no denying the fact that  Television advertisements have a defining impact on the brand positioning. With TV ads, brands  put their best face forward and reach out to a mass target audience.

TV Advertisements like any other forms of advertisements have one primary objective – Conversion. A brand [...]

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India Inc gives Thumbs up to Budget 2010 for its ‘Unambiguous’ Approach!

by Viral Dholakia
transparency

The key highlight of the Union Budget 2010 was its ‘Balanced’ and ‘Unambiguous’ approach towards clarity of future goals and various policy initiatives related to the macro-economic concerns of the country.

Markets Don’t Like Uncertainty
As per the popular belief, the equity markets do not prefer wild uncertainty going in to the future. Adoption of non-transparent approach [...]

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Global Recovery sees India Inc Moving Ahead with Acquisition-led Growth Plans

by Viral Dholakia
mergers-acquisition

Would 2010 be the year of Acquisitions ? … Well, it is already turning out to be one as early as the first quarter of calendar year 2010. With the sight of recovery in the global markets after the period of two years of recessionary environment, the Indian corporate world is losing no time in [...]

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