For executives who quit their cushy jobs to do a one-year post-graduate programme in management at reputed management schools, it could be a problem of plenty, with placement offers pouring in two months before their course comes to an end.
The directors of the seven Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) will meet later this month to discuss details of a proposal to take the Common Admission Test (CAT) online by 2009.
While the other owners of Indian Premier League teams are gearing up to pick up players in an auction some time this month, Emerging Media and Lachlan Murdoch, the combine which has bagged the Jaipur team, has firmed up its marketing and promotion plans.
State run refineries stand to gain as govt raised the FDI limit to 49 per cent from 26 per cent.
The auctions are slated sometime in February, though the exact date is yet to be announced. Expectations are that stars like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh will rake in close to Rs 2 crore to Rs 3 crore in just one season of 59 match-days.
If it were a corporate entity, the Board of Control for Cricket in India would have been among the country's top 170 companies in terms of revenues (2007) -- much larger than Zee Entertainment (Rs 1,515.88 crore) for which promoter Subhash Chandra is waging a bitter battle against the official cricket board to develop 20-20 cricket in India.
To be modelled on the Carnegie Mellon University.
Last week, Reliance Entertainment signed up with Manchester United for an exclusive, global three-year game development deal, which reports estimated at $100 million. Rajesh Sawhney, president, Reliance Entertainment, talked to Business Standard about the company's plans in the gaming, animation and home entertainment space.
It is learnt from sources that the two companies today paid Rs 20 crore as guarantee deposit to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
The likes of SRK, Nirula and Mallya are in the race to own an IPL team for the upcoming Twenty20 series.
Sony TV has locked horns with production house Endemol over airing of Big Boss sequels. Sony maintains that it has the first refusal rights, as per the agreement between the two.
The Express group is expected to get around Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) from the deal.
Real estate major DLF, Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries, cinema production and distribution company Eros International, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and Videocon Industries are believed to be readying to bid for team ownership rights in the Indian Premier League.
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have a 2008 budget wishlist. They want the government to grant them more funds to support their infrastructure expansions and research initiatives.
Foreign B-schools are finding great potential in India's growing economy and are therefore coming up with executive education programmes and centres here.
The US-based Chartered Financial Analyst Institute has decided to approach the All India Council for Technical Education to seek approval for its India operations.
If India's Australia tour gets cancelled, advertisers will ask the broadcasters for a refund.
Oil India chief reveals plans of the upcoming IPO and future investment strategies.
The largest such refiner -- Indian Oil Corporation -- has earmarked over Rs 13,500 crore (Rs 135 billion) to meet these specifications (essentially lower sulphur and aromatic hydrocarbons) in petrol and diesel at its seven refineries.
The actors lead the newcomers pack in endorsement moolah.
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