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Securing the eastern border |
More than any other bilateral
relationship, India's growing ties with neighbouring
Myanmar reflect the element of realpolitik
that has entered our foreign policy calculations.
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Capital Ideas |
India is not the only economy
in the world that is threatened by high inflation.
Prices have risen across the globe.
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| IDBI/UTI |
| The
legal googly |
Industrial Development
Bank of India (IDBI) and Unit Trust of India
(UTI), set up in 1964 under special Acts of
Parliament, were brought to their knees in
the nineties by bad management. So, in 2001,
the government brought in M. Damodaran as
UTI chairman to do the troubleshooting there.
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| Interview |
| "New
norms will be helpful" |
Simon Friend, global pharma
leader, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLC, was in
India and spoke with BW's Gina S. Krishnan
on issues ranging from financial reporting
standards for companies to the changing industry
environment.
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| IDFC |
| Still
an orphan |
It's been seven months
since managing director Naseer Munjee and
his senior team quit Infrastructure Development
Finance Corporation (IDFC) in a huff, apparently
opposing the government's idea to merge the
company with the State Bank of India (SBI).
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| Entertainment |
| Epic
recreated |
This one's a treat for old-film
buffs. Shapoorji Pallonji's Sterling Investments
has just finished restoring, colourising and
digitising K. Asif's Mughal-e-Azam.
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| Consumer
Durables |
| Second
time lucky? |
Chinese consumer electronics
major Konka is planning to make a comeback
to India, and is scouting for a strong local
partner to leverage the latter's existing
network.
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| Automobiles |
| Ford's
next splash |
Does Ford India
finally have another winner ready? That's
the question being asked of the company's
new urban activity vehicle (UAV), Fusion.
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| Auto
components |
| Beyond
the boundary |
The Gurgaon-based, Rs 288-crore
Sona Koyo Steering Systems' acquisition of
a 21 per cent stake in Fuji Autotech (FA),
France for $6.15 million makes it the sixth
significant investment overseas by an Indian
auto component maker during the last one year.
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| Broadcasting |
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Play time for kids' TV |
It is not child's play.
Plugging into children andwhat they want on
TV is getting as crucial as understanding
what grown-ups want in their news - the market
is roughly as large.
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