Faced with stricter recall & testing norms, industry puts up a brave face, saying recalls improve consumer confidence
Toyota has capacity to manufacture 310,000 vehicles at its two plants located near Bengaluru
In his first interview since taking over as ICICI Lombard managing director and CEO, Bhargav Dasgupta tells Shilpy Sinha that during the first quarter of 2009-10, the company has seen an increase in profit, while most other players are bleeding.
Focus on large-caps and ensure that the portfolio is balanced.
US-based Blackstone has bought malls such as AlphaOne Mall in Ahmedabad, Elante Mall in Chandigarh and Treasure Island Mall in Indore.
The agency's poor track record in convictions is the only light at the end of a rather long tunnel for the couple, observes Shyamal Majumdar.
The testing rate is likely to slow down, report Pavan Lall and Sohini Das.
Shapoorji, Kalpataru, Godrej pursuing Rs 60,000 crore opportunity in the region
Lenders can now initiate recovery proceedings since the SC has lifted the standstill on asset classification, which protected stressed accounts from slipping into NPAs.
Dhanteras' buying seemed to have been sparked by the belief that prices would remain firm
Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines (SIA), which recently received a no-objection certificate from the ministry of civil aviation to start a full-service airline (Tata-SIA Airlines), are in the process of securing an import licence for 20 Airbus A320 aircraft.
23 Yards will include body wash, beard oil, shaving gel, deodorant and sanitizer.
The holy grail of all motorcycles, the M V Agusta Turismo Veloce 800, finds its way to India.
Based in Aurangabad, the Rs 450-crore (Rs 4.5 billion) Bagla Group is involved in aluminium casting business and delivers shafts and spindles to firms such as Bajaj Auto, Lamborghini and Piaggio.
The reasons include the quality of secondary education, cost of starting a business and lack of government effectiveness. The increase in capital and education costs contributes directly to the value of physical and human capital and thus directly increases economic output. Poor governance and excessive bureaucracy impose costs on business and thus restrain growth, said the report, which was released last week.
'There will always be hiccups given that the Namami Gange programme is spread over different sectors and involves several agencies.'
A Vodafone Group insider with more than 25 years in the telco across geographies, he's like the eyes and ears of the multinational in India.
"We cannot start reducing the best institutes, like the Indian Institute of Management, to the lowest common denominator," says Ravi Miglani.
In the aftermath of the PMC Bank mess which was in the RBI's highest rating of 'A' category, trustworthiness of these ratings may be up for a review.
EY Foundation India and India Paryavaran Sahayak Foundation have come up with a cost-efficient and scalable solution. The project involves spreading awareness and driving usage of in-field straw management practices among farmers, to reduce the air pollution caused due to crop residue burning.
Aseem Chhabra lists the films that won his heart at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
Private hospitals can charge up to Rs 250 per dose of COVID-19 vaccine, official sources said on Saturday as India prepares to vaccinate people aged above 60 years and those over 45 with comorbidities from March 1.
Between October 21 and October 31, the rise in home isolation cases stood at over 41 per cent, as per the official figures.
Many boards insist on "proven", "experienced" directors when it comes to appointing women.
'The government has realised that the finances of the government are in a precarious state.' 'We are borrowing to fund the ever-burgeoning revenue deficit.' 'Then you are paying interest on the fresh borrowing.' 'For the first time, the government has realised that this cannot go on.'
In Maqbool, Vishal Bhardwaj did a Godfather; in that he took something that was pulpy and fast and gripping, and made out of it something timeless and grand, feels Sreehari Nair.
HUL has achieved few milestones in the fiscal gone by and hence is performing good on revenues front.
Maruti Suzuki has topped the after-sales customer service satisfaction.
'In a serious fiscal situation like this, an ostrich-like focus on annual budgeting, event management and defensive rhetoric will only make matters worse,' warns Rathin Roy.
Nainesh Patel, managing director of Farsan in Leicester, has started constructing the factory near Baroda to make inroads into Indian, American, Chinese and Australian markets. The Gujarat factory would allow Patel to supply two markets: quality British-made and mass-produced lower-cost.
Exporters say their capacity utilisation has reached almost 70 per cent and that big firms have brought it up to as high as 85 per cent.
Chief Minister MK Stalin has shown that he is cut from a different cloth when it comes to embracing what is current, modern and absolutely necessary. Thus, even while retaining the spirit and content of the pan-Tamil, Dravidian socio-political and socio-economic ideology to the 't', his government has also acknowledged the need to accepting scientifically-proven facts in operational matters, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Mercedes Benz, BMW and Audi have sharply increased their sourcing from India.
While e-commerce sites rush to meet mass demand, Etsy is positioning itself more as a community of artisans where buyers can seek uncommon and unique products rather than mass-produced discounted products.
"Our branded tutorial centres are a great way to deliver high quality tutoring to school students by combining the effective use of technology, in-house rich multi-media curriculum content with team of highly certified teachers - all this at an extremely competitive price point," says Shantanu Prakash, managing director, Educomp Solutions, a firm specialising in online education.
Software firm Cognizant Technology Solutions will be recruiting about 18,000 IT professionals before the year end in addition to the present 38,000 workforce, a top company official said on Saturday.
'Allocate 30% to 35% of your equity portfolio to mid-cap funds and 10% to 15% to small-cap funds.'
'We plan to touch Rs 1 trillion of Amul brand's turnover in the next five years.'
In a short span of time, with the help of Amazon, Cloudtail was able to devise a model that could protect it from the vagaries of online retail business.
