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A consumer study has ranked Nokia as the most preferred brand in mobile phones followed by Samsung and Reliance.
The markets have opened strong in morning session as FMCG, telecom, oil, banking, power, metal and some technology stocks
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Mina Guli wants to complete 100 marathons across the world to raise awareness of water scarcity and save water.
After last year's lull, number of offers jump by 15%.
Relatively new brands of HUL, such as Closeup, play second fiddle to other legacy brands such as Colgate from Colgate-Palmolive and Vicco.
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What does one make of Ramdev's recent allegations that MNCs are conspiring against Patanjali?
Purab Kohli makes an unusual debut in Bas Yuhin and Supari
Morgan Stanley expects the central bank to cut rates this week, 125 bps in cuts through 2015.
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In five years, royalty payments have grown 31.1% yearly, much faster than rise in revenue and profit.
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Growth numbers for the large players in the sector, though, improved during the quarter.
'Virat is the captain of the Indian side and Anushka is an A-list Bollywood actor. Something like this has not happened before.'
Don't go by the number, Ranveer Singh says, he is picky when it comes to endorsements. There are some brands he will never endorse. Fairness creams, for example, but he does not turn away from cola and alcohol brands.
Irrespective of demonetisation and GST blues, IIM Lucknow has been able to successfully place their batch of 459 students.
Sasha Chhetri, the Airtel 4G girl, is a better known face across India than most Bollywood starlets, says ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
But return on equity deteriorated for 7 of the 12 firms analysed.
The upgrade, said Icra, takes into account the "robust internal accrual generation, leading to low reliance on debt, as well as gearing levels, and strong debt protection metrics".
The four 'gaushalas' or cow shelters will work on improving productivity of Indian cows up to 10 times
IT, pharma and FMCG stocks are the top performers in 2013.
It is not easy for an FMCG brand to make a comeback if it has been out of consumer's reckoning for some time. Moreover, a protracted battle between the owners and then closure of a large number of outlets at one go might have sent some very negative signals to many, says Sneha Bhattacharjee.
Most offers are coming from regular recruiting firms and sectors led by consulting, analytics, IT and finance.
The current focus on data to measure marketing success could herald the end of an era -- or the beginning of a hype cycle, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Ramdev's Patanjali is a low-cost, low-margin business that gets away with pretty much what it wants because wily old Ramdev knows how to get around all politicians, says Vir Sanghvi.
Aviation companies were in focus with all the three airliners SpiceJet, InterGlobe Aviation and Jet Airways adding in the range of 2% to 3% on the BSE
Currently, Kohli has 13 brands under his belt.