Airline operators are making a beeline for Indian aviation academies. This follows the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA&rsquo;s) programme to phase out expatriate pilots working with Indian airline operators, giving rise to the demand for domestic pilots. Most airline operators have till July 31 to phase out expats from the cockpits.

Students smile as demand for domestic pilots rises

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The placement season at Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Dubai is on and till now, has seen its highest salary package at 17,000 Dirham (around Rs 2.2 lakh) per month compared with 15,000 Dirham (around Rs 1.95 lakh) per month last year. The average salary this year stood at 9 Dirham (around Rs 1.1 lakh).

IMT-Dubai sees highest placement offer at Rs 22 lakh

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Professor Kavil Ramachandran, Professor of Family Business and Wealth Management at Indian School of Business Management (ISB), has maintained that building structured succession was key challenge for building a successful and lasting family business .

Succession key challenge for building  family businesses

Mongoose bicycles, popular among teenagers in the US, Canada and Australia, may soon ply on Indian roads. TI Cycles is contemplating import of this brand; a decision would be taken within the next two to three months.

TI likely to import popular Western bicycle brand

Unitedworld School of Business on Wednesday launched its Hyderabad campus, which will be functional from the coming academic session. &ldquo;After our presence in other regions of the country, we are catering to south Indian students who are aspiring for management career,&rdquo; KV Iyer, dean, Unitedworld Hyderabad campus said.

Unitedworld opens Hyd campus

The company has just launched an extensive brand campaign to showcase its latest tariff plan.

Uninor's dynamic pricing

A large number of management schools in the country have begun outsourcing the process of student placements to human resource (HR) consultants. Traditionally, B-schools have an in-house placement team, headed by a faculty member.

B-schools outsource placements to HR firms

MNCs are increasingly trying to combine business interests with social development to cope with discontent against globalisation.

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The new owners, who relaunched the brand last month, faces a tough task.

SIL: Second coming

It is 3 in the afternoon. You are on a long-distance call while checking your emails, surfing channels and taking a reluctant bite of the sandwich which has got cold as you just didn&rsquo;t have enough time in between those daily meetings.

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His decade-long career at Prudential Plc was the stuff every St Stephens and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad alumnus like him would aspire for. As chief executive of the UK financial service power house&rsquo;s Asian operations, Ajay Srinivasan, then based in Hong Kong, was managing assets worth $60 billion.

Unity in diversity

The luxury market, once considered immune to the ebb and flow of economic fluctuations, faced its worst slump last year. The decline in global sales was steep, off 8 per cent. Tag Heuer, the Swiss watchmaker, says it was better off than others in the industry; and as the market picked up this year, it has recovered strongly.

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Henkel wants to differentiate its detergent as one that makes clothes germ-free as opposed to just removing stains and whitening.

Germ washer

What the industry takes six or nine months to do, Zara does it in 15 days. The brand of clothing and accessories pioneered the term &lsquo;fast, affordable fashion&rsquo; in the apparel industry and is the global benchmark in a sector with one of the most complex supply chains. Till now, Indians needed a ticket to Europe, the Americas or South-east Asia to get Zara products. With Zara&rsquo;s Spanish parent, the euro 11-billion Inditex Group, forming a 51:49 joint venture with Trent, Tata&rsquo;s retail division, they needn&rsquo;t venture beyond Delhi and Mumbai.

Inditex Group: Fast fashion

Mercedes-Benz is set to enter the city bus market in India. Although the time frame hasn&rsquo;t been determined, executives at the company are pushing full throttle. The company made its bus debut in September 2008 when it launched the two-axle buses. Then in January this year it came out with its three-axle bus.

Mercedes-Benz: Making inroads

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The branded milk distribution market in India is around Rs 40,000 crore.

KIT: The branded milk market in India

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