Monday, October 30, 2006

NEIGHBOURS’ ENVY, ABE’S PRIDE

KOIZUMI WOULD LEAVE A LEGACY OF ‘SHOULD NOT HAVE’ TO HIS STUDENT
He carries a huge burden of expectations on his shoulders. At 52, Shinzo Abe may be the youngest prime minister in post-World war Japan’s history, but he doesn’t have long political experience. Analysts feel that the Prime Minister may adopt a jingoist approach in his foreign policy. However, Abe in his first address to Japanese Parliament ‘Diet’, tried to play down on his image of being a staunch follower of Koizumi, by off erring an olive branch to Japan’s estranged neighbours: China and South Korea. He, at the same time, refused to have diplomatic ties with North Korea until its past abductions of Japanese citizens was resolved. Japan’s Vice Foreign Minister recently held talks with Chinese counterpart in Tokyo.

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Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006


Saturday, October 28, 2006

Security Force

Says former Central Industrial Security Force Director-General K. M. Singh, “It should give honest officers the stability they and their families need.” The Supreme Court recommendations are a voluminous exercise, which desperately needs to work. It was 25 years ago that a proposal was made to clean up the system and there are numerous cases of the police being influenced by political motives since then. In New Delhi, for example, the Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case drags on. There are many unreported Mattoos, which makes it worse.

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Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006



Friday, October 27, 2006

A SIMPLE TRICK TO GET A PERFECT 10!

MCDONALD’S MUST LOCALISE & DIFFERENTIATE TO SURVIVE THE ONSLAUGHT
Experience surely counts – and how? Look at Ronald McDonald – how calm and happy he looks with just 93 outlets in a dozen Indian cities; even while Yum! Restaurant’s Pizza Hut and KFC brands have collectively ramped-up their presence to 145 outlets! But are we forgetting that looks can be deceptive? Perhaps behind this laughing clown, there’s a serious, delving corporate giant, which is brooding over having just grown annually at a superb 40% over the past decade! And perhaps as a corrective measure, it’s planning another 25 by 2008, with outlay of Rs.4 billion! The company also wants to open-up new convenience formats for its customers like Cold Kiosks, McExpress, High way restaurants and Drive restaurants. “We want to go into almost all the Tier II and III cities.

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Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Acquisition


The major advantage for M&M after this acquisition is that it would now have access to some of the renowned customers of Jeco, which includes names like Daimler Chrysler, ZE Group, Volvo & Renault, to name a few. Also, M&M would be able to use a capacity of one hundred thousand tonnes per annum and a total turnover of $229.26 million, which Jeco currently has. The latest deal is also important for M&M, as it will allow the company to serve the auto component needs of its present customers based in three major locations of Germany, UK & India. Although, M&M would currently own the stakes in the acquired firm through a Mauritius-based subsidiary, later it will be transferred to Mahindra Automotive and Steels Ltd.

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Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Monday, October 23, 2006

Company Dividend


In terms of three years’ average dividend yield, Triveni Engineering and Industries Ltd. tops the chart among the BSE 500 companies. The company’s average dividend yield from the financial year 2003-04 to 2005-06 stood at a smashing high of 134.17 (their higher dividend yield figure of 275 in financial year 2003-04 being the main driver, as for FY 2005-06, the company recorded a dividend yield of 0.40 only). Construction and real estate company, Unitech Ltd., with an average dividend yield of 102.80, stands second in the list of BSE 500 companies. Triveni Engineering and Unitech have off ered aggregate dividends of Rs.0.50 and Rs.1.00 per share, respectively, in FY 2005-06.

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Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Thursday, October 19, 2006

INDIA’ S 100 MOST PROFITABLE COMPANIES

Even the world’s second largest organisation, Wal-Mart, made it into this infamous list after showing extremely low capital appreciation over the past two years. Diversified companies have indubitably been able to improve shareholders’ value and extract profits over the years, and have also done justice to the sectors in which they are present. That formed the leviathan basis of our motivation to present to you the top ten most profitable diversified corporations in India. And in our researches, a company like Grasim, which has its presence in business spaces as diverse as cement, sponge iron and fibres – and which occupies the 25th position in the overall B&E Power 100 list – comes in rollicking at #1, when considered in an aggregate perspective relative to diversified companies. But predictably so, companies from the most well known groups of India, namely Tatas and Birlas, were bang on behind at number two and number three respectively. So, should India finally be going the diversified way? Well, at least we know of this guy called Ambani who thought so...

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

NASSCOM

Surely, the two decades of Herculean efforts and partnerships have been well rewarded as this company now finds itself in the NASSCOM top 20 exporters of software solutions. The merger with Orbitech has brought a sea change in Polaris’ fortunes and they’ve set up shop across 14 countries. Legacy modernization space has also been widely utilized by Polaris for close to 18-24 months. Jain says that they “need to do fast branding to get a mind share in this space, rather than in the pure services space.” Clearly, the ball is still very much in their court. Play on!

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN

The euphoria is taking over again; market pundits are now sounding bullish; bulls are taking charge; Sensex well above the magic 12,000 mark – it seems that stock markets are all set to test the limits again. The dampness is finally starting to wither off and investors are looking positive once again. According to a recent report by Standard and Poor’s on emerging economies (particularly the BRICS economies made famous by the 2004 Goldman Sachs report), India is the most preferred investment destination behind Brazil. Besides, while the emerging markets outperformed developed markets in the month of August, India ranked 1st and 2nd (behind Mexico) in terms of 1 month and 3 months returns according to the Standard and Poor/Citigroup BMI index.

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Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Monday, October 09, 2006

Congrats! You’ve made it!

Indians are no longer ‘guilty’ of possessions... If they have it, rest assured, they’ll flaunt it!
You are one who wants to brand himself affluent; you want the best; you want everything at your fingertips; you want the best of both worlds (India and Global) and you want respect, recognition and no-flaw delivery. Hold on! Do not mistake these as some of the symptoms of a new life-threatening disease like Chikungunya or Dengue, instead these are symptoms of the new “Affluent Indian” – a breed that is growing and evolving everyday. A study titled “Inside Affluent Space” carried out by American Express, a multi-interest world wide travel, financial and network services company, revealed that at present there are 0.7 million (estimated) Indians holding more than $0.1 million wealth that come under the affluent category termed as ‘I’ve made it’.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006


Thursday, October 05, 2006

Satyagraha


Not many amidst us fully comprehend even the definition of Satyagraha (strength generated through adherence to truth), the centenary of which went by a couple of weeks ago without much notice, and many more would contend that Gandhian ideology and tenets have virtually no place in a world riddled with terror and threat at every step. Be that as it may, I completely advocate Gandhigiri in its purest form to our politicians and to ourselves as well – a revisit to the legacy of ethical virtue, brotherhood and principled living it stood for – and for the inspiration it should signify in times ahead. Bole toh…Banda Bilkul Mahatma Tha! Happy Gandhi Jayanti.

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Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006