In a little over a year, Mahindra & Mahindra's (M&M) all-Indian utility vehicle, Scorpio, will enter the quality-conscious US market, which is also the largest in the world with 15 million vehicles in annual sales. The company already has firm orders for 45,000 units of Scorpio for the first year, which is more than the 40,000 it sold in India in the last financial year.
The story of the Eicher group, promoted by the Delhi-based Lal family, may some day make a case study, not least for its agility in coping with the changing reality of doing business in India.
Ever since the Chinese-owned Apache SEZ went into full-scale production exactly a year ago, a lot has improved for Tada and its 100,000-plus inhabitants.
In the seven months between April and October this year, the Chevy Spark has managed to sell less than 12,000 units, or an average of 1,700 units a month, while its peers Alto and WagonR (Maruti Suzuki) , Indica (Tata Motors) and Santro (Hyundai) have had average monthly sales of 10,000-18,000 units.
Renault waited 14 years after India's automotive sector was opened up to foreign investment to enter the country, about a decade behind General Motors, Ford and Daewoo. However, once in, Ghosn has moved quickly to sew up six ventures in India in a mere 33 months.
The fact that Ratan Tata is lurking around the corner with his Rs 1 lakh car will not make Nakanishi's job any easier, or less public.
The airport's owner, the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, which manages the religious and philanthropic assets and work of Sri Sathya Sai Baba, has invited bids for it and put the floor price at Rs 600 crore. One big attraction of this airport is that it is only 70 km from the Bangalore International Airport, coming up in Devanahalli. The vantage location will allow airlines to feed the southern sector, which currently has 30 major and minor airports.
Coca-Cola and Pepsi, which have triggered books and case studies on the cola war, are ready to battle each other on a new turf in India: fruit drinks. Pepsi is said to be ready with Tropicana Twister, an orange drink, to take on Coca-Cola's Minute Maid, which debuted in India in February and went national in May.
Jagdish Khattar loves to be contrarian. When pondering options, his beady eyes acquire a glint as he wonders aloud how to go against prevailing wisdom. This often shows up in the way he runs Maruti Suzuki India -- that is what Maruti Udyog now calls itself -- the country's largest car maker.
A clutch of innovators, entrepreneurs and researchers are heralding a revolution that combines the academic and the real world within the IIT Madras campus.
Market sources say the new model will be called Atos, the name under which Santro was sold in some parts of Europe. Codenamed Pa, it has been tested by the company on the Chennai-Bangalore route. The company said the new car may be priced between Santro, which costs Rs 2.70-4.74 lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi) and Getz (Rs 4.90-5.25 lakh).
Eighty per cent of television viewing is now split among 43 channels and not a single show is rated above 10. Viewers are not sticking to any channel for too long and definitely jilting it during commercial breaks.
The fight between TVS and Bajaj might remain out of court, but TVS Motor's stand spoke of the company's resolve infused by its chairman Venu Srinivasan.
At a time when software companies were reporting disappointing results on account of this, an unperturbed Chatterjee said Tata Steel would reap significant benefits from the new exchange rate, which would be disclosed with its results.
Analysts say that retail offers a big opportunity and acquisitions are a way to grow rapidly; there is also the need to deploy this money gainfully.
Two years after Mukesh and Anil Ambani separated, many who have associated with the family still find it difficult to believe the fact.
Honda Siel Cars India has started training its sales force to counter the challenge of SX4, the sedan launched by Maruti Udyog on May 7.
Many now agree that the third finishing bid, of $402 million by ESPN-Star, was actually the one that offered the true value for the rights.
CEO pay is not always the function of performance.
Wednesday's acquisition of Whyte & Mackay for $1.18 billion puts Mallya in the hallowed bracket.
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