Japanese auto major Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI), which recently forayed into the intensely competitive small car segment with the Brio, has brought an old hand on deck to grow operations aggressively in the Indian market.
In 1989 when Bajaj came out with their legendary and elegant Hamara Bajaj campaign, that looked more at apna India, rather than the scooter, and at all hues of scootered Indians, it drew millions of eyeballs and was brilliantly successful.
Irrespective of the recent performance of Datsun, Nissan is ready to put more resources behind it.
Takumi Shibata, chief operating officer, Nomura Holdings, said, "India is one of the most important regions for Nomura's global expansion. Under the leadership of Vikas Sharma, president and CEO of Nomura India, and with a strong team combining Nomura and former Lehman Brothers' expertise in India, I am confident that our footprint in India will significantly expand." Currently, Nomura employs over 2,600 people in India.
Workers had stopped production lines to protest a delay in salary hikes after 10 months of negotiations.
The automaker said that production at the Renault Nissan Alliance Plant, where Nissan, Renault and Datsun brands are manufactured, had gone up by 15 per cent and was expected to increase further on the back of increasing export orders.
The Big Two telecom companies have accelerated their moves towards this next-gen technology, though they have chosen very different routes to getting there.
The scrip jumped as investors tracked weakness in the Japanese yen which would boost margins of Suzuki's Indian subsidiary by reducing the costs of imports.
The company said if the bookings kept pouring, it would have to plan a second work shift at its Noida plant to meet the demand.
Five months before the Olympics opening ceremony in Tokyo, health authorities around the world are scrambling to contain outbreaks of the flu-like virus which has infected about 80,000 and killed more than 2,700 people, the vast majority in China.
The announcement evoked a sharp response from the UK and Ireland's largest trade union, Unite, which said it would fight for every job and demanded that there would be no compulsory redundancies from Tata Steel.
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Cumulative sales of India's top passenger vehicle makers -- Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra and Mahindra, Tata Motors, Honda Cars, and Toyota Kirloskar -- increased to 206,418 units in February over 200,322 units in the same month last year, an increase of 3 per cent.
'Currently, scooters contribute to one third of the total domestic two-wheeler market and it continues to grow.' 'That is why many new models are being launched in this category.'
The glorious journey of Honda City began in 1981. From then on, Honda City has gone through several transformation phases.
For Nissan, Datsun is something of a legacy brand and the current launch marks its return to the market after nearly three decades.
Toyota Kirloskar Motor's (TKM) plan to set up a diesel engine plant is held up as it is unable to convince its Japanese parent because of the lack of clarity in pricing policy of the fuel in India.
Almost each of these companies has a different technology to show for the effectiveness against microbes.
HSCI has now appointed Seki Inaba the director (marketing) for the Indian market. Inaba, who takes over from Tatsuya Natsume, will be responsible for marketing, sales and after-sales initiatives of the company in the country.
Stung by its indifferent show in India, the Detroit giant is overhauling the entire line-up of cars.
The domestic currency has dropped 40 paise or 0.60 per cent in two days
The country's new economic roadmap highlights the importance of creating a virtuous cycle of investment, savings and exports in order to sustain rapid economic growth over the next five years.
The ballooning of crude prices has significantly increased the country's oil import bill and it can also lead to a worsening of the current account deficit and fiscal deficit for the domestic economy.
Investors booked profits in recent gainers dragging the indices into losses
iGate Global Solution plans to hire over 100 IT professionals in Japan over the next 6-12 months targeting the huge Japanese IT services market with its Integrated Technology and Operations model.
Unwinding of long dollar positions ahead of the US job data backed the rupee sentiment
The dollar firmed up against some global currencies.
The car will be priced aggressively compared to its rivals.
Toyota Liva has hit the Indian B segment car market with a bang and is priced aggressively at a starting price of Rs 399,000.
India's largest drugmaker, Ranbaxy, will have an exclusive six-month marketing opportunity to sell a generic version of Japanese drugmaker Eisai's drug for Alzheimer's in the US.
Titan expects sales of premium-priced watch sales to grow by leaps and bounds in the future on the back of a growing disposable income among working professionals and income categories, says Pavan Lall.
According to sources, last week's talks between the two countries had hit a roadblock as Japanese trade envoys were unwilling to grant market access to Indian pharmaceuticals and allow professionals, including nurses, to work in the island nation. The talks were held in Tokyo.
Japanese auto major Nissan has roped in Bollywood actor John Abraham as brand ambassador for its standout models to be launched in India including sportscar GT-R and Hybrid SUV X-Trail.
Delhi-based Honda is increasing its focus on the entry level segment. So much so that it has put the potential launch of a big engine premium concept bike, the CX-01, on the back burner.
DoCoMo said it is uncertain whether Tata Sons will pay the awarded damages.
The domestic unit moved in a range of 64.14 and 63.99.
For 20 years, the stock market headed nowhere, and this has created permanent aversion.
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India, fully owned Indian subsidiary of the Japanese firm, launched on Friday a new version of its gearless scooter Activa, priced at Rs 39,800 (ex-showroom, Delhi). The company would focus on gearless scooters in the future and with the launch of the new Activa, HMSI is looking at a total of 18 per cent growth in its two wheeler sales in the next fiscal, 2009-10.
'If a 'two-front war' develops, Iron Brother may only turn out to be a drag on the PLA, since Pakistan is in no position to wage a war with India,' argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
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