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Cheer returns to business school campuses
Placement season sees 30-40% rise in prospective recruiters; consulting & finance firms rub shoulders with start-ups, e-commerce players
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Oral-B faces the heat
While Procter & Gamble is doing everything it can to push its toothpaste brand, competitors such as Colgate are hardly permitting it a smooth run
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Pick up in hiring activity in January: Naukri.com
The Naukri Job Speak Index for the month of January 2014 was at 1,466 showing 13% increase in hiring activity
 "Pick up in hiring activity in January: Naukri.com")
Consulting to rule the roost at final placements of B-Schools
BFSI sector comes in as a close second
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Choosing the right device
An understanding of workloads handled by different types of devices is fundamental when making a purchase decision
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A brand ambassador playing the role of a personal guide was unheard of: Hanneli Slabber
Interview with Country Head, South African Tourism
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Technology trends in 2014
The year 2014 looks promising for the Indian telecom industry as one sees the emergence of new technologies that could have a positive impact on the overall telecom ecosystem
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Complacency is an enemy; successful companies are restless: Joseph Fuller
Interview with Co-Founder Monitor Group Senior Lecturer Harvard Business School
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The illusion of skill
A group's need to protect its treasured opinion by discounting crucial facts leads to shared blind spots and poor decisions, says a new book
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The right pick
When is an outsider CEO a good choice?
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XLRI completes final placements in less than 4 days
Recruitment process saw 103 prominent recruiters with 254 offers across domains with a variety of roles in Management Consulting, Investment Banking, Private Equity, Corporate Finance, etc
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'Ethnic' the big mantra for Heinz; to launch one big product a year
Firm to soon launch new aam panna variant of Glucon-D, the powdered energy drink that is the leader in the Rs 800-crore category
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IIM-L achieves 100% placement
The batch comprising 436 students was made 440 offers by 207 recruiters, including 49 new recruiters
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Liberty Videocon General Insurance to hire 200 people
Company looking to hire 200 employees by the end of this fiscal year to undertake expansion
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Madhukar Sabnavis: Youth versus universality
It's a challenge to be a true youth brand today
Naturals eyes top salon brand spot
The chain will double its outlets to 650 by the end of this year
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Globalisation top agenda for IIM-A's new director
It's been four months since Ashish Nanda took charge of India's top management institute and there are a host of changes on campus
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