The BCCI, however, decided not to allow its players to participate in the Twenty20 league in Sri Lanka. ...
04:49 PM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: Going through a transition mode, Indian family businesses are learning to "let go" their control, and family hierarchy is not the only criteria anymore in assigning responsibilities, reveals a study. Premier business school ISB in its report 'Challenges Faced by Family Businesses in India', released on Wednesday said these entities were going through a transition mode. "Family business leadership is also gradually learning to 'let go' their control...
04:54 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Manoj Pradhan Age: 42 Profile: Global Emerging Markets Economist at Morgan Stanley Career: He has served on the faculty of the economics departments at the State University of New York (Stony Brook) and the George Washington University in Washington DC from 1998 to 2004 Education: PhD in Macroeconomics from the George Washington University and a Masters in Finance from the London Business School Interests: Music, photography Q. What is worrying...
02:46 PM, Jun 26, 2012
London: BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is considering splitting its business in two, separating its struggling handset manufacturing division from its messaging network, The Sunday Times reported. RIM, which last month hired JP Morgan and RBC Capital to look at its strategic options, could break off its handset division into a separate listed company or sell it, the British newspaper said without citing sources. Potential buyers would include Amazon and...
08:29 AM, Jun 25, 2012
Mumbai/New Delhi: Swedish retailer IKEA, the world's largest furniture maker, is opening up in India, marking a crucial step for the Indian government whose policy flip flops related to foreign investment have damaged market confidence. The company, known for huge stores selling flatpack furniture and accessories, said it would invest 1.5 billion euros to open 25 stores in Asia's third-largest economy after initially balking at India's sourcing requirements. IKEA's plans,...
06:46 PM, Jun 24, 2012
Is it a good idea for you to shift your business to the cloud? Depends on which country you're talking about. Business Software Alliance (BSA), a global association of the software industry, has come out with a report on the adoption of cloud computing. While Japan and the US ranked at the top, India has been found to have a better regulatory environment for cloud computing. A host of parameters,...
04:37 PM, Jun 21, 2012
New Delhi: India has emerged as the best place for women entrepreneurs to start business with high level of optimism on various factors that are important to judge business growth, says a study by PC maker Dell. "According to the study commissioned by Dell, we have found the ideal country for a woman starting a business in 2012 could well be India," Dell Chairman (Global Emerging Markets) and President (Asia...
06:36 PM, Jun 18, 2012
Washington: As India and the US begin their strategic dialogue, India has insisted it will restore investor confidence and regain economic momentum even as a top White House official voiced US businesses' "worrisome" mood. "In an era of global inter-dependence, not everything is within the powers of national governments," Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said at the US-India Business Council (USIBC) on Tuesday ahead of the annual dialogue...
07:26 PM, Jun 13, 2012
Washington: External affairs minister SM Krishna on June 12 sought to reassure frustrated US business leaders that India is committed to economic reforms after recent government decisions that have left them questioning future investments. "In an era of global interdependence, not everything is within the powers of national governments. But we are confident we will restore investor confidence and regain momentum and growth," Krishna said in a speech ahead of...
11:55 AM, Jun 13, 2012
As the economic crisis gripped India, our leadership kept singing 'all is well', but the numbers played a different tune. ...
11:14 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Kajal Aggarwal says that she will never forget the fact that her first film was a flop. When a film is in the making, everybody works on it with optimism. The 'Businessman' actress acknowledges that it is difficult to digest failure. However, she concedes that if one is equanimous in success and failure, things will become easy. "People are not ready to watch films which they don't like. The fate...
03:16 PM, Jun 09, 2012
Kajal Aggarwal says that she will never forget the fact that her first film was a flop. When a film is in the making, everybody works on it with optimism. The 'Businessman' actress acknowledges that it is difficult to digest failure. However, she concedes that if one is equanimous in success and failure, things will become easy. "People are not ready to watch films which they don't like. The fate...
11:17 AM, Jun 07, 2012
Here's a look at the nominees for business and entrepreneurship who have made it to the top 50 in CNN-IBN's search for The Greatest Indian. ...
12:13 AM, Jun 07, 2012
San Francisco: Google Inc unveiled major changes to its shopping business that will likely prove controversial in the e-commerce world. Starting in the fall, product search results for users in the United States will be influenced by how much retailers and advertisers pay, a company executive said. In the past, product search results were based mainly on relevance and the program was free. Google, the world's most popular Internet search...
10:28 AM, Jun 02, 2012
'Saar Osthara', to be produced by Vyjayanthi Movies, will go on the floors from June 16. Ravi Teja and Kajal Aggarwal will join the shooot on the same day in Ooty. The banner has announced the film's launch date along with the heroine's name. It is known that after Amala Paul backed off from the film, Trisha Krishnan too walked out without citing any reason even in her Twitter post....
11:46 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Howard Gardner The Man: The professor of cognition and education at Harvard Graduate School of Education taught us why IQ is not everything; broadened the focus of the educators, and changed the way children are taught in American schools"even as he introduced the idea of multiple intelligences in the field of psychology. He tells us the meaning of truth, goodness and beauty in an age of twitter. The Oeuvre: Spans...
01:14 PM, May 25, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Britain is keen to forge ties with the city-based Asian School of Business (ASB) for conducting collaborative studies in areas like climate change, agriculture and energy, director of the premier B-school said on Thursday. The proposal for tie-ups between British universities and the ASB came up for discussion during a meeting between British Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai Mike Nithavrianakis and ASB director S. Rajeev here on Wednesday. "The...
06:19 PM, May 24, 2012
Michael Porter The Man: Is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School. Porter is every B-School students staple diet; gave the term competitive advantage and several frameworks"Five Forces, Cost / Differentiation"to think about management problems; founder of Monitor, a consultancy that Rahul Gandhi started his career in. He tells us how to get business and society to work together. The Oeuvre: Has written widely on management strategy and...
11:08 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Some IT professionals and businessmen were facing problems in getting visas mainly due to outsourcing issues in those countries but Indian consulates are active in providing all help in resolving the grievances, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Asked during Question Hour about denial of visa by some countries to some IT professionals and even students, Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said her ministry as...
10:40 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Worried over deteriorating global economic situation and its impact on India, the government on Wednesday announced that it would resort to "unpopular" austerity measures to deal with fiscal problems but made it clear there is no pressing of "panic button". Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Rajya Sabha that the government needed to deal with difficult situation in wake of the rising prices of the crude oil in...
06:59 PM, May 16, 2012
