    He is known as &ldquo;any time, any quantity man&rdquo;. Name the person and his company which were in the news recently.

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Business Standard

The initial success has prompted telecom companies to hardsell the new service.

The prime time 3G show

This raises concerns about the efficacy of the recently introduced corporate governance norms, which are aimed at increasing the diversity in the director pool, it says.

Small group of industrialists control 66% mkt cap of NSE cos: study by IIMs

Press Trust of India

Central govt had levied a 10% excise duty on branded garments this year.

Discounts unlikely to arrest fall in apparel demand

Food brands are trying to make products, which were earlier seen as occasional indulgence, to become a part of the regular shopping basket.

Target: Top of the pyramid

Days after the American government lost its top-tier AAA credit rating from Standard &amp; Poor&rsquo;s, engineering institutes and business schools in India are bracing for a possible impact on their placements.

US credit downgrade worries Indian business schools

Few recent cases of illegal immigration of Indian students-turned-workers, give us a food of thought that it's a waste of talent and breach of laws. These agents are third-party mediators in a highly fragmented industry wherein their activities don't go monitored.

Student's corner

The Centre will review certain clauses in the Foreign Education Providers (Regulation) Bill to attract more overseas institutions looking to set shop in India. The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has decided to revise downwards the minimum corpus of Rs 50 crore required to set up campus in India by all foreign institutions. The move was prompted by a recommendation by the parliamentary standing committee.

Centre to address foreign university bill corpus hurdle

With corporations across the globe in the race to enhance their shareholders value and also get involved in corporate social responsibility, there is an increasing need to nurture next generation leaders to create a better and more sustainable world through the positive power of business. Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), an international non-profit organisation, has been attempting this for the past few years.

Q&A: Keshav Murugesh, Chairman, Students in Free Enterprise

IBM advertised its employees as proud IBMers and Intel showed how its USB-inventors are different. Tata Steel is seeking to do the same.

Steeling the brand

Sony PlayStation (PS) has 80 per cent share in the Indian game console market. Sounds good, but Sony isn&rsquo;t celebrating &ndash; yet. That&rsquo;s because the market is still tiny (India has 2 per cent video game penetration), comprising only the upper layer of the SEC audience. This is in sharp contrast to the 60-70 per cent penetration in markets like the UK.

Sony PlayStation takes the mass route

    This form of drink was invented in India in 1638 by mixing arrack, sugar, spices, lime juice and water. Its English name is supposed to have been derived from a Sanskrit word. Name it.

The Strategist Quiz (#214)

The innerwear market in India is estimated to be about Rs 13,000 crore and expected to grow at 13 per cent annually over the next decade.

KIT: The innerwear market in India

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While candy giants such as Perfetti Van Melle are looking beyond confectionery, players from other sectors are looking at the segment with great interest. Last month, Chennai-based fast moving consumer goods company, CavinKare, forayed into the segment with the launch of a Rs 1 liquid candy, Funfills, in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.

CavinKare: A new candy for kids

In a new commercial, Domino&rsquo;s Pizza (Domino&rsquo;s), the US-based pizza major, dwells on one of the mainstays of its sales pitch &mdash; on-time home delivery. Continuing with the tagline of &lsquo;Khushiyon ki home delivery&rsquo;, Domino&rsquo;s traces the pizza&rsquo;s journey from the store to the consumer&rsquo;s home.

Dominos: Delivery wonder

The slowdown of 2008-09 has transformed markets the world over. While developed markets are experiencing sluggish recovery, activity is quickening among the emerging economies. Companies from emerging markets have been highly competitive and gained shares in both domestic and overseas markets in a number of industries. Meanwhile, developed-market companies have regrouped and are striving to win back lost ground.

Emerging markets surge

Of the 12 models launched this year, seven are in the sub-Rs 10,000 range. But the task is formidable.

Samsung aims for critical mass in digital cameras

In his new book, Fixing the Game, author Roger Martin argues that our theories about the fundamental goals of a corporation are fatally flawed. Martin cites the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, where the top priority for BP was to protect shareholder interest, and compares it with Johnson &amp; Johnson&rsquo;s response to the Tylenol crisis of 1982. J&amp;J placed its consumers first by recalling 31 million bottles of Tylenol capsules and offering free replacement. This extract from Fixing the Game illustrates how the handling of the crises by the two companies affected their long-term reputation.

Heart of crisis response

Your colleague walks up to you and hands you a cute little red badge. You look up quizzically, and she says, &ldquo;You did a swell job on that presentation. Made it so much easier for us to convince the client.&rdquo; You recall the informal kudos you got after the presentation, only she was not even part of the team.

Measuring up

Nestl&eacute;&rsquo;s Maggi has been synonymous with instant noodles in India for a long time now. So despite the entry of Hindustan Unilever (Knorr Soupy Noodles), IndoNissin (Top Ramen), GlaxoSmithKline (Horlicks Foodles)and ITC (Sunfeast Yippie), the Swiss major has remained the undisputed king with around 80 per cent share in the Rs 2,000 crore branded noodles market that is growing at 25-30 per cent annually.

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