How to keep the buzz going through social media
It is a no-brainer when you think about it really. Any event you plan, whether it is a global conference or a small networking mixer, is social by design, right?DogSpot.in gearing up to make a splash in pet products
The pet products market may still be small, but fresh infusion of funds in the company from Ratan Tata may make a big difference.While some proposals of the abandoned Direct Taxes Code are already in force, its wider objectives seem to have been abandoned.Reliance Communications' plan to become India's second-largest telecom player looks promising, but is difficult to put into practice.Need to inject demand into the economy, says India's Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramaniam
Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian's mid-year analysis of the Indian economy indicates that while the country has done well in macroeconomic stability, a lot more needs to be done to boost growth and investments.What is worrying is that this unexpected boost has not produced any buoyancy in the economy. Alongside declining exports, domestic demand also remains low, undermining corporate appetite for investment.What it requires to be a delightful consumer brand
R.S. Sodhi, MD, Amul, talks about giving adequate value to the 3.6 million farmers feeding milk to his organisation.Next Union Budget an opportunity to get economy on track
While pre-budget meetings with the FM happen every year, industry leaders were never so anxious to put out a list of things that they wanted to see in Budget 2016.Import of steel grew by a staggering 71 per cent last fiscal and has continued unabated in the first half of the current financial year. Imports are up 31.2 per cent now, and at 7.45 million tonne, it has already exceeded the full year 2013/14 tally.The book is an incisive guide, though not comprehensive, to creating winning businesses and forging fulfilling careers.Lessons in Managing Family Businesses
The book provides insights on how to overcome stiff challenges in managing family businesses.India needs to watch the political developments in Venezuela closely and enhance its engagement with the eventual dispensation.Hybrids seem to be the future of computing devices and Toshiba's Z20t comes with a detachable 12.5-inch screen, which allows it to work in a true-tablet mode.The government drops Aamir Khan as brand ambassador of Incredible India campaign. His supporters perceive this as the backlash to his intolerance comments.CEOs of some of India's largest retail companies will deliberate on the future of retail, new trends, including omni-channel.CAG report points to the need for transparency in fund utilisation
The report says Rs 64,000 crore was collected as cess on secondary and higher education between 2005/06 and 2014/15. "Neither was a fund designated nor were schemes identified for the same," it says. Bears had the upper hand on Dalal Street in 2015.Facebook is projecting its Free Basics service as a purely altruistic exercise. It is anything but...