 Hey,
It Moved!
Just when everyone was
writing off HLL as a company that couldn't grow, it has surprised the
markets with a non-so-easy 7 per cent increase in sales. Chairman M.S.
Banga says that focus will be the new growth mantra at the FMCG giant. Has
Banga finally got a handle on HLL's topline problem?Editorial
Strike While The Iron Is Hot
Features
Welcome,
McIndia
Combative pricing,
localised palate and sourcing strategies are helping America's burger
behemoth, McDonald's, make a rapid success of its fledgling fast-food
empire in India. An exclusive case study.
The
Birth Of A Super Bank
By reverse merging ICICI
into ICICI Bank, Chairman K.K. Kamath has created a financial powerhouse
with Rs 95,000 crore in assets. His new universal bank, christened ICICI
Bank, will spur imitators, and redefine development finance as India knows
it. Kamath's next move is to take his bank global.
Call
Centre Shakeout
The entry of software
biggies like Wipro and HCL into the call centre business, competition from
other countries such as Ireland and the UK that want to be call centre
greenhouses, and the growing trend of multinationals setting up their own
call centres may squeeze out the smaller players. So, just who will own
India's lucrative IT-services niche?
The
Chinese Feast
Until recently, Indian
companies were running scared of the dragon. But now, a handful of them is
already sourcing components, making acquisitions, and exporting out of
China to boost their own bottomlines.
Pondicherry:
India's Hardware Capital
What Bangalore is to
software, Pondicherry is to hardware. HCL, HP, Acer, Wipro, Accel-ICIM,
Samtron, Proview, Sharon Global... just about every hardware manufacturer
worth its name has set up shop in this former French colony. So, what
makes Pondicherry tick?
Trends
Leader: Whose Money Is It Anyway?
Telecom: Promise
From An Old Peril
Telecom: Only
Too WiLLing To Change
Automotive: Don't
Just Stand There, Buy It
Personal Finance
Strong
Medicine
Why you should be buying pharma stocks now.
Hidden
Treasure
Are close-ended funds a good bet? Check this out.
BT
dot.com
Broadband Unravels
The great Indian broadband dream
is in danger of coming unstuck. And the problems have to do with unviable
investments and iffy technologies.
What's
Hot
Despite the travel scare, some
innovative verticals manage to survive.
What
Works
Asian Paints strings together
1,500 workstation, 67 satellite terminals, and specialised software to
paint the industry red.
Case Game
The
Case Of The Universal Bank
A development FI weighs merger
with its banking subsidiary. But there are problems it needs to factor
in. A
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best solutions on-line.
Managing
Tantrums @ Work
Sales superstar, but king of tantrum.
What should you do?
Back
Of The Book
The Death Of Buzz
Life in Mumbai ain't what it used
to be. Restaurants are empty and the stockmarket comatose. A walk-through.
Plus: Treadmill
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