Pogo blazing a trail in market
After spinning a frenzy with Beyblades (which sold a million units in 2005), the Rs 120-crore organised toy market has been scorched by Blazing YoYos that have already sold 1.2 million units. Telecom Minister A. Raja wants to bring down average call rates to around 25 paise a minute, but telecom operators are not waiting for a diktat from the ministry to offer discounts, though rates and schemes vary from circle to circle. Things aren’t as bad for the Indian IT industry as the sombre mood among delegates at the NASSCOM Leadership Forum held recently in Mumbai tended to convey. International market research company Synovate has recently conducted a world wide "Hot spots" survey to understand what consumers want and has shared the findings exclusively with Business Today. We bring you excerpts from the survey.With old economy sectors making an impressive comeback, the traditional strongholds for these sectors are again emerging as the top cities for jobs. Vadodara, Faridabad and Jaipur are the three Tier II cities that are generating the maximum number of jobs, according to Naukri.com.For those grappling with employee attrition and retention issues, here’s some insight into why people quit. In an online poll conducted by Yellojobs.com, a referral recruitment network, 42 per cent of the respondents said they changed jobs due to “bad” superiors.Virtualisation was among the most talked about technologies in 2007; in 2008, this technology will come into play in a big way, according to projections by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Group. Travel retail is still in its infancy in India. However, that is changing. A large number of MNCs and domestic majors are in queue to set up retail outlets at new new airports that are being built. The cracks in the Left Front are beginning to show. The Forward Bloc, a key constituent of the Front in West Bengal, is going it alone in Tripura and in the municipal polls in West Bengal. Days after Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Y.V. Reddy maintained status quo on key interest rates, several banks, led by the state-owned State Bank of India (SBI) slashed their prime lending rates (PLR) by 25 basis points.There are now unmistakable signals that the Indian economy is losing steam. All indicators seem to point towards a slowdown in the offing.India will be our APAC & global hub - Christoph Kollatz
Christoph Kollatz, Group President, Siemens IT Solutions (SIS), has been involved in the final integration of Siemens Business Services into the division he heads. Kollatz was in Mumbai recently and met Business Today’s Anusha Subramanian to talk about the company and its plans in India. The fortnight’s burning question: Has the Indian stock market finally run out of steam after a five-year bull run?Industrial growth is plunging. The bad news for India is that the government’s focus on inflation over growth and the impending slowdown in the US economy will hurt the entire economy and place a question mark over the India growth story.Has India decoupled from the US? A fair answer will have to be both yes and no.Wanted: A 'new deal' for India's farms
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram is under tremendous pressure—to deliver a Budget that keeps everyone happy. There is, after all, the small matter of 10 state elections later this year and the general elections in 2009.Golf watchers are different, too
All golfers have a natural shape to their shots. You are either a slicer or a hooker (a harmless golfing term used for golfers who shape their shots from right to left on a regular basis).If you are headed to a board meeting or to sign a business deal, it's time to put on your best formal shoes. Let us help you out with the classiest styles that can adorn your feet.fSince the dawn of filmmaking, the documentary has held its own against its more glamorous sibling, the feature film. We take a look at three hard-hitting examples of the genre.Have you ever wondered about the different parts that make up your footwear? Here’s presenting the formal shoe—piece by piece.Daniel Day-Lewis is quite simply one of the most talented actors alive. What few know is that the reclusive actor took a year off from work in the late 1990s—working as an ‘intern’ to a Florentine master craftsman and learning how to make bespoke shoes.Three new places to head to for some soul-stirring music, amazing cocktails and mouth-watering food. What are you waiting for?Casual wear doesn’t mean looking shoddy. Try out these smart shoes. It is Japan’s best-known spirit. And like many things Japanese, it’s a great buy.Join us as we take a look at some of the best boots to add to your wardrobe.This fortnight, we feature three books that are very different from each other in approach and writing styles. Yet, they share one thing in common: stories of people and their lives, which are inspirational.Nothing beats a well-crafted Bespoke suit.Want a shoe that’s created only for your feet? Wake up to the world of bespoke shoes.Can a great pair of shoes really enhance your look? What shoes should you wear if you are short or thin or if you are going to a formal dinner or a casual do? Simone Battiwala, manager of Fendi India and a styling and fashion advisor, tells you just that.Indians, somehow, are still chary about ordering a good Napa wine when they are entertaining. Maybe, it’s because American wines tend to be in short supply and more expensive.The mountainous terrain of Alsace in France, bordering Germany and Switzerland, has a lot more than just a simple vacation to offer.The new C220 CDI from Mercedes-Benz is here and, boy, it does fill up your senses when you take it out for a drive!Before you go on your family vacation this year, you might want to invest in a new digital camera. So, we got three of the latest automatic digital cameras from Canon, Nikon and Sony and dispatched them to renowned fashion photographer and advertising maverick Rohit Chawla for his verdict.The future is print 2.0 - Vyomesh Joshi
A Silicon Valley veteran of 27 years, Vyomesh Joshi is also on the board of Yahoo. In India, on a rare trip ‘back home’ (to attend a family wedding), Joshi, or VJ to friends and colleagues, agreed to don his corporate duds for an hour and talk to BT’s Kushan Mitra about his successes and the future of printing.Cashing in on cashless healthcare
They are gaining popularity, but before you sign up, here’s what you should know about cashless insurance.Indian capital markets increasingly take their cues from global markets. But smart investors have started moving away from stocks that will be affected by the US slowdown. You should, too.Investing in commodities can be just as profitable as doing so in equity and debt. Amid worries of a growth slowdown, many companies are still making plenty of money.The clash of the telecom titans
The big boys of Indian telecom just can’t have enough of a booming market for wireless services. That’s why they plan to pump billions in putting up more infrastructure and expanding into new areas in the fiscal year ahead. Meantime, a clutch of pretenders has ambitions of gate-crashing the Great Telecom Party.The housing finance market is slowing down, but not if you asked HDFC, which is clocking growth rates of 25-30 per cent and even expanding its market share. The inside story of how it has kept running while others around it are stumbling. An ambitious project to wire up Indian judiciary promises to not just speed up delivery of justice, but also make it accessible to everyone from anywhere, anytime.Now, a plane that runs on biofuel
It is a standard, run-of-the-mill Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 with unmodified General Electric CF6 engines that will run on a 20 per cent blend of biofuel.
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