Nooyi had recently said that the company might make two or more acquisitions outside North America this year to add snacks or drinks it did not already make.
The company will soon launch its range of shampoos and shower gels targeted at children in the age group of 4 to 14 years. The products have been test-marketed in markets like Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata.
Walt Disney finds another platform for its cartoons -- your mobile.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, in popular parlance, Harry Potter 5 may not be opening with the same fanfare as the super hit Spiderman 3.
Mirc Electronics, the manufacturer of Onida brand of consumer electronics, is looking for overseas acquisition opportunities to beef up its research and development capabilities.
The advantage could translate into Groupe Danone buying the Wadias's stake in Wadia BSN, the 11-year-old venture between the two groups, and hence pave the way for Groupe Danone doing business on its own in India.
The world's largest branded yoghurt maker is eager to enter the world's largest market
Optical storage maker Moser Baer is extending the price war in the home video market to new titles and films.
Groupe Danone is contemplating an exit from the biscuits category in India, due to low margins and a plethora of small manufacturers.
With growing viewers TAM Media Research's top 100 TVRs (during June 3 to June 9), both Zee's and Star's show share the 14th position with a rating of 6.4 each, while Sony's show ranks 33 with a rating of 5.3, on June 8.
French firm in talks with Wadias over future relationship.
The executives of Anand, Gujarat-based Amul, the country's largest dairy products maker, said that there is enough untapped market to make it a mission possible
In February 2007, for instance, durables grew at 1.1 per cent compared with 20 per cent for the same period last year.
Chopra is planning to buy single-screen theatres and convert them into multi-screen theatres, depending on their viability.
Media and advertising agency Madison will acquire a majority stake in cricket's "little master" Sunil Gavaskar's sports management company, Professional Management Group.
Mumbai-based Temptation Foods has acquired the marine foods business of FMCG major Hindustan Unilever for an undisclosed sum.
Even as conflicts between rival brands increase in India, industry experts find the trend encouraging.
Maruti Udyog Ltd surpassed Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Hindustan Lever to emerge as the country's largest sports advertiser on television in 2006.
According to Indian tax laws, an acquisition or sale made by an overseas subsidiary of an Indian company is not liable for taxation in India.
With substantial cash reserves, a buoyant domestic market and increasing global opportunities, almost every consumer goods (FMCG) company is looking for acquisition targets.
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