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There is a race. A race with no real goal. A race where anyone can compete as they are fed with ample food to get started, and then they are asked to RUN! But there is no direction and no ultimate goal, do you think the race will do any…

Sarpanches and gram-sewaks are creating havoc on the streets, rioting and striking, to protest against the half-yearly social audits that evaluate work done by villagers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme…

2009 was a disappointing year for the commodities in the light of asset bubbles bursting catastrophically across the globe – And, it comes as a no surprise that 2010 has panned out to be a good year for the companies that deal with…

All you Harley Davidson fans who have been distressed and disappointed over its sky high prices, here is a reason to cheer. Harley Davidson is planning on setting up a 70,000 sq. feet assembly plant in the first half of 2011 for select…

Do you want to send Free SMS from Internet? Tired of sending smses through your mobile screen? Do you want to send free smses to many people at a go? There are many Free SMS solutions available on the Internet, and here is a run-down on…

Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest auto maker in terms of sales as well as the number of vehicles has been India’s most loved vehicle since time immemorial. Swift, Alto, Zen, Maruti 800, A-Star – all its models have been success stories in…

Top CEOs of multi-national retailers have been lobbying hard for a long time to open up FDI in multi-branded retail for a long time. Obama’s visit this week with his cabal is now touted as the tipping point for the government to change its…

It is said that economic imbalances are a major source of crisis. Moreover, certain imbalances are so hyped with over-exuberance, that only bearish recessionary situations can dampen the spirits and correct the frothy build-up that…

Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. (RBNL) recently raised Rs. 2.83 Billion via preferential allotment of 33.32 million equity shares at a price of Rs 85 per share. Even though RBNL which houses the radio and Out-of-Home business of R-ADAG…

Diwali is round the corner and so is Dhanteras. On Dhanteras, individuals and business communities consider it auspicious to purchase gold or silver articles or at least sombre steel utensils – with the belief that new ‘dhan’ or some form…

Well... not our regular beer but bioethanol. According to CIA factbook, India is 5th largest Oil consumer and 6th largest in oil imports with both figures around 3 million barrels consumed per day. With its relatively low per capita…

16 crore rupees – That's what is the cost of the this new super luxury sports car entrant in India. Bugatti name itself is quite intimidating for a common man – and when you have Veyron name in front of it, there is not doubt it is for the…

Have you noticed how a bunch of ants surround a cube of sugar? Similarly, where there is big money involved – the corruption will most likely find its roots dug deep into the system. It is literally under every stone you turn. And, by…

Someone once told me that Innovation isn’t thinking about bright new ideas but using ideas from one section and applying it to another. Several innovations that I came across in India truly fits the description. Let’s see some of them and…

Horlicks has for years been the most famous health food drink across India. How many of you remember your Mom saying “Son if you want to become healthy, you should Horlicks daily?” It had always positioned itself as the one stop health…

The CWG Games are over. Now its time to do the clean up act - An investigation into the commonwealth LOOT of the tax-payer’s money! The horror that the prelude happened to be gradually turned into appreciation as the Games went through…

Toyota Motor Corp is one of the most innovative and famous car models around the world. Though in many countries their cars sell like hot cakes where most are able to afford it, in India they have still been confined to the high end…

Indian woman’s journey from medieval India to modern India has been quite eventful. The status of women in modern India is a sort of a paradox. If on one hand she is at the peak of ladder of success, on the other hand time & again…

Retail Sector in India was being hailed as Sunshine sector just a couple of years back – Many Indian players entered it to grab potentially huge retail Indian consumer market and grew very aggressively. But it seems that sun is not shining…

Micromax Informatics is India’s biggest mobile handset seller. Started less than 3 years ago, Micromax has garnered a 4.1% market share (by revenue) and a revenue of Rs 1,600 cr last year in the US $ 6.7 billion Indian handset market. Today…