How many of us are constantly hooked on mobile phones – be it accessing mobile internet or listening to songs on FM channels? Mind it; I’ve not even mentioned phone calls yet. In fact, most of the younger generations now prefer to update their Twitter and Facebook status through
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Bharti Airtel commenced its journey in India more than a decade ago with a promise of delivering world-class and affordable services. Now, the company has fulfilled those aspirations and moves on to the global stage with a new brand identity. Even as the debate continues as to which telecom
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In the 1st part of the article on “Indian Economic Growth may slowdown in 2011” – we saw how high inflation, slow reformist movement, earnings slowdown, high fiscal deficit and volatile industrial growth can hamper the future growth prospects of the country in near-term. Further to it, we have
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Dear all, the stock markets have already discounted (by moving down, of course!) that India growth story may soften up a bit going into 2011. Did you ask how? It’s simple! Equity markets tend to digest latest news flow and adjust its pricing well in advance depending upon the
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Call it the magic of positive sentiment in the year 2010. Almost all asset classes gained significantly in the year that just passed by. Most remarkable among them was commodities which outperformed all asset classes on the back of supply constraints and weak dollar. Going into the New Year,
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Once bitten, twice shy! It seems this idiom is not applicable to Indians. Or how else would you explain Indian sporting authorities not learning lessons from the recent CWG fiasco? None of us can forget the collapse of the foot over-bridge outside Jawahar Lal Nehru stadium and fall of
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Undoubtedly, television is one of the greatest inventions of all time; which has given breakthrough to a whole lot of media industry revolving around the small screen – be it news broadcast, entertainment or religious channels. Well, that’s about the good part of it. But, have you ever spared
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Most of you might be familiar with Gold ETF as an alternate source to investment in physical gold. But, how many of us are aware about the concept of ‘e-Gold’ (electronic gold) which houses equivalent physical gold maintained in exchange designated vault? Difference between Gold ETF and E-Gold The
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MNP has been implemented – now its time for a reality check for all the telecom service providers. Good boys will be rewarded and bad boys will be punished. And, for a change, the verdict would come from none other than the king (the customer!) himself. The initial churn
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Grand sporting tournaments can support a whole lot of industry around them – be it merchandise sales, infrastructure upgrade or ticketing revenue; and boost ancillary sectors such as tourism and hospitality. At first, it was the FIFA World Cup 2010 that saw manufacturers of vuvuzela making fortune from the
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