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D-Mart beats the Goliaths
The retail chain, strong in the west of India, will now have to scale up its practices as it expands
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Students' Corner
Do you think some good B-schools should be declared centre of excellence in management?
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CFA Institute awards Claritas Investment Certificate to 2,408 candidates
From July, candidates who appear the examination will be able to leave the test centre with a preliminary result and receive the official result within a few days
Employers log on to social networks for background check of new hires
LinkedIn's annual survey finds quality is of prime concern for recruiters
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SAB plays to its strengths
Being second-tier has not dented the performance of this MSM channel, which just refreshed its popular shows in different ways
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It is unfair to compare wins at Goafest with wins at Cannes: Pratap Bose
Interview with COO, DDB MUDRA GROUP
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Hiring in auto sector at a standstill, layoffs imminent
SIAM says with demand continuing to be low and factories not operating at full scale there might be temporary excess overheads
Firms target social, professional networking sites for hires
Globally, one of the key trends in the eyes of recruiters is that social professional networks are increasingly impacting quality of hire.
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Hiring sluggish in June but companies bullish for full year
More than half of the talent acquisition leaders surveyed are planning to hire more people in 2013 than they did last year.
Jaguar revs up for better recall
By launching a luxury cabriolet, JLR is gunning for a halo-effect on its small but growing portfolio
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IIM Bangalore to mentor doctoral students of IIM Raipur
IIM Raipur in talks with IIM Calcutta for a similar initiative
IIT-Gn students file patents for mobile visual search applications
App developed intended to facilitate the transition from virtual keyboard to natural user interface
ITC increases focus on Classmate
Classmate range of notebooks was the first to be launched in 2003
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Lakme's new muse: The working woman
HUL is finally increasing its range of cosmetics for an office-going audience with its 9 to 5 brand
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"Our finance-linked sales have more than doubled"
What is the most interesting sales promotion you have engineered so far?
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Investors have lost confidence in the inventory-led business model: Kunal Bahl & Rohit Bansal
Interview with CEO & COO, Snapdeal
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Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity, but cash is reality: Guy Rigby
Startups should focus on building a management team and reducing dependence on the founder
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The business case for carbon management
Carbon management is a potential source of cost-savings