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Wipro Consumer Care to focus on lighting

Wipro Consumer Care to focus on lighting

Rediff.com   23 Oct 2007

This will be the company's first major expansion in the switching business after the acquisition of the North West Switches brand for Rs 102 crore (Rs 1.02 billion) in May last year. The plant will be located at Haridwar, Uttaranchal, where the company has acquired about six acres for the purpose. A significant part of the Rs 60 crore (Rs 600 million) capital expenditure earmarked for this fiscal will be spent on setting up the plant, Vineet Agrawal, president, said.

Wipro, Infy, TCS come together to boost education

Wipro, Infy, TCS come together to boost education

Rediff.com   10 Oct 2007

So far, all three have launched their own initiatives to train teachers and students in information technology. While Infosys BPO has Project Genesis to train faculty, which in turn teaches students, Wipro recently launched a similar programme called Mission 10x.

Titan stops ticking in Europe

Titan stops ticking in Europe

Rediff.com   5 Jul 2007

According to the company, it has provisioned for these losses from FY03 and made the final provision during FY07.

Live it up, American style

Live it up, American style

Rediff.com   23 May 2007

If you aspire to luxury furniture brands endorsed by Hollywood stars or mattresses that former American presidents slept on, you need not go to the US.

Spencer's scouts for global brands

Spencer's scouts for global brands

Rediff.com   17 May 2007

Kolkata-based Spencer's Retail is scouting for international lifestyle brands, and is in talks with several global firms dealing in apparel, footwear, luxury retail and lifestyle products.

How controversies dog the IIMs

How controversies dog the IIMs

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2007

Even as the government considers a new Bill to make the Indian Institutes of Management answerable to the Parliament, it appears the IIMs - considered home to some of the best brains in the country - have shifted from being seats of learning to seats

Rural women retailers earn meagre returns

Rural women retailers earn meagre returns

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2007

Rural retail seems to be keeping a lot of women in villages across the country on their toes.

Coke mulls foray into juices, energy drinks

Coke mulls foray into juices, energy drinks

Rediff.com   12 Mar 2007

Following a global strategy to promote healthy beverages, Coca-Cola India is considering an entry into various new beverage segments such as juices in addition to sports and energy drinks.

IIM-B gives executives world-class view

IIM-B gives executives world-class view

Rediff.com   5 Feb 2007

The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore has been collaborating with global universities like INSEAD, Lancaster, McGill and three schools in Japan for over a decade to train senior executives in management techniques

Future Group to dress up homes

Future Group to dress up homes

Rediff.com   1 Feb 2007

To launch 'Hometown' stores.

U21Global lines up India spread

U21Global lines up India spread

Rediff.com   7 Dec 2006

U21Global, the Singapore-based online graduate school, plans to expand its reach in India by launching a series of management degree courses specific to the country.

Daimler banks on small towns to up Merc sales

Daimler banks on small towns to up Merc sales

Rediff.com   30 Nov 2006

DaimlerChrysler India has recorded a higher growth rate for its Mercedes-Benz in smaller cities than in the metros.