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            To Finnish Finland, like India, has 0.7 per cent of world trade. It leads in 
            communications technologies, from paper to phone handsets, and nearly 
            owns the entire market for such niche products as ice-breakers. It 
            has the hardware competence. India, the software. It is inviting Indian 
            firms to joint hands to map the entire technology value chainfrom 
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              business space? One helluva lot, according to Sujit Das Munshi, 
              ED, ACNielsen South Asia. Log on for an exclusive column by him 
              that doesn't just look at 'share-of-appetite' trends that F&B professionals 
              cannot afford to miss, but also junks some preconceptions of the 
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          | McSwoop McDonald's, with a new CEO back at heaquarters, is lowering a price 
            bait to lure the budget-conscious Indian on-the-move bite-grabber. 
            This fits into a broader strategy of multiplying customers that includes 
            reaching out to McSceptics.
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            One National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has turned a year 
            old. And what does it have to boast? Some 550 members and 5,500 users 
            in 400 cities and towns in India. The average trading volumes are 
            in the range of Rs 2,000 crore a day, and increasing numbers of people 
            are getting interested in commodities-especially agricultural-trading.
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            The Debt Basket Clinging to just a single savings avenue won't 
            earn you real returns any more. You need a more comprehensive, across-the-board 
            debt strategy.  
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              Music Never StopsIt hasn't, for DNA Networks founder T. Venkat 
              Vardhan, and it hasn't for Indian fans who have to almost exclusively 
              depend on the man for a chance to see their favourite gigs live. 
              A rockstar's life may be replete with sex, drugs, and rock & roll, 
              but Vardhan's chosen vocation is nothing but a mix of blood, sweat, 
              toil, even tears. The music is the saving grace. more...
 
 
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            Blink, Therefore I Am Daring books on snap judgement and market creation, 
            plus an endearing one on tear control.  
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              CarsGreat, you've broken 
              into the rarefied echelons of corporate hierarchy. Do you have the 
              wheels that befit your status? In case you don't, or are looking 
              for an upgrade, here is a little guide to India's best Back Seat 
              Rides.   
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              PeopleStarring Microsoft's Rajiv Kaul, Neil French 
              of WPP, Harsh Mariwala of Marico Industries, B.K. Modi of ModiCorp, 
              and Formula One's Narain Karthikeyan. 
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              Of ReckoningFor India's communist 
              parties, Budget ../2005 will prove if they are still a force to reckon 
              with.
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              Chad KymalThe quality whiz speaks 
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              Brighter, BrightestResults of 1,800 companies 
              for Q3, ../2004-05 confirm that the niggles of the previous quarter 
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              Watch: Supercop In LimboThankfully, the proposal 
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