The annual talk-fest of rich and powerful from across the world in snow-laden Alpine resort town of Davos will be attended by nearly 40 heads of government among more than 2,500 global leaders from over 100 countries.
The government's new initiative appears to be timely for health and hygiene players, battling low awareness and the lack of use of branded products.
The report analysed product launches of 2011, their success over three years, and reported 31 of the 14,509 products introduced that year were received well by consumers.
Key events that rocked India Inc in 2014 and one of them is Vishal Sikka taking over reins at Infosys.
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Competitors in the health and hygiene soap segment include Lifebuoy, Dettol and Santoor.
"A Meryl Streep or Jimmy Kimmel can speak their mind, and stay assured that they won't be harmed. That does not happen in India," say Manavi Kapur & Ranjita Ganesan.
The IMD attributed the projection to a weakening of El Nio and the Indian Ocean Dipole turning positive.
Chocolate majors, home and surface cleaning companies, beauty brands say that business has been brisk this festive season.
While the two high-profile exits in pharmaceutical and telecom have raised concerns over regulatory hassles in the country, Japanese investors are still keen to tap into India's consumer growth story and many more merger and acquisition deals are in the offing in this space.
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A meeting to pay homage to K G Subramanyam, one of India's most interesting painters and thinkers.
As rural demand tapers, companies are back at the drawing board, firming up plans to beat the unexpected slowdown in sales.
Weak GDP data and unfaouvrable global data has pulled down Sensex, Nifty.
Those scheduled to attend the five-day WEF Annual meeting, beginning January 21, include more than 40 heads of state or government, including those from the UK, Australia, Japan, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Brazil, Italy, Mauritius, Republic of Korea and Switzerland, WEF announced on Wednesday at a press conference in Geneva.
'I am quite optimistic that sooner or later, my wishful thinking would turn into a reality.' The only hitch is that the INC president's own career ambitions may be hurt if the Congress merges with the BJP,' says Sudhir Bisht.
Land aggregators now want to sell to large corporations because their payment is guaranteed.
About 5.5 million users are looking for real estate online in India
Faces are important in India, because people connect with people, not concepts.
Business reacted with caution to the reforms of 1991, and demanded protection from multinationals and imports. Twenty-five years later, traces of that demand can still be found, reports Bhupesh Bhandari.
India was the flavour of the year, at least in the FMCG sector, as multinationals hiked stakes in their subsidiaries lured by long term potential of the country, while homegrown executives made their way to top hierarchy of global firms in 2013.
India Inc is encouraged by a determined Budget.
Tarun Das and T N Ninan offer their prognosis for US-India momentum on the economic front
Indian billionaires do not believe in sitting on their wealth.
Real estate sector cheers reforms in the Budget.
Income from renting of properties is taxed at a flat rate of 10%.
In an interview with Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com, he talks about the economic policies of the Narendra Modi government and whether achche din is really coming.
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