Samsung has got its act together in mobile handsets. The journey forward could be tough.

Bulking up

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Bosch, a leading manufacturer of automotive components, had a particularly tough 2009, both globally and in India. Car sales were down, but more than that, companies stemmed production which hit suppliers directly. 2010 looks to be better, says Bernd Bohr, chairman of the Bosch Automotive Group. The company, which supplies parts to the Nano, is betting big on the car&rsquo;s diesel version.

'We are hopeful of large volumes in small cars'

    This company is driven by the ______ Spirit created by its founder on the following three key values: Creative Wisdom, Unwavering Drive and Positive Thinking. Name the company and its founder.

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eBay, the online portal, comes out with a new campaign to highlight its variety and the safety of its payment gateway.

Yesterday once more

Those who run Jaguar and Land Rover and their top designers talk about leaping cats, concept Landies and Ratan Tata.

Finders and keepers

With Volvo, Daimler and Scania gaining a foothold in the over-40-tonne heavy commercial vehicle category, it was time for Indian players to get their act together. &ldquo;Indian manufacturers were not strong in heavy commercial vehicles because there was not much demand for them. But with exports and infrastructure stirring up, these have received a shot in the arm over the last four to five years,&rdquo; says PricewaterhouseCoopers Leader (automotive practice) Abdul Majeed.

Tata Motors: Prima-ry changes

Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company, the joint venture between Apollo Hospitals Group and Munich Health of Germany, has come out with a new mass media campaign.

Apollo Munich Health Insurance: Insuring against negativity

    The first monorail train system and a single track vehicle were set up in the US in a record time of six months with the help of German engineers. The person who dreamt of it introduced a nine-step process in his company to convert all blue-sky ideas to reality.

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RISING INCOMES: Due to a number of factors such as microfinance products, exemption from income tax, NREGA, mass media penetration, investment in rural infrastructure and the increased production of higher-value crops, disposable incomes in rural households are increasing, thus creating a positive scope for retail opportunity in rural India.

KIT: Growing Drivers for Rural Indian Opportunity

Kraft&rsquo;s $19.7-billion acquisition of Cadbury Plc pits the world&rsquo;s second-largest food company against its arch rival Nestle, the world&rsquo;s largest player in the organised food space, in a market like India, which is an important one for most food companies today.

Kraft set to get a taste of India

It&rsquo;s action time in the sports car segment with Japanese car giant Nissan Motor on Wednesday launching its flagship sports car &mdash; the 370Z &mdash; in India.

The Nissan 370Z is here

The Mumbai branch head of a navratna public sector company wanted to replace a 10-year-old wooden showcase with something that occupied lesser space.

Shyamal Majumdar: Have time, will waste

Top business leaders will congregate on the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, (IIM-L) campus for the annual flagship extravaganza &lsquo;Manfest 2010&rsquo;, which took off in signature style today.

Business leaders to congregate at 'Manfest 2010'

The institute&rsquo;s plan to start its first academic session on the Mohali campus in 2012 may be delayed since it had to scout for alternative land due to a dispute.

ISB may rope in MIT, Kennedy School for Mohali campus

With the placements season fast approaching, top B-schools across the country are to ensure they churn out as many entrepreneurs as possible.

B-schools want more students to become entrepreneurs this year

B-schools are increasingly introducing niche educational courses to cater to developing industries.

Now, golf, market courses in B-schools

Delhi University&rsquo;s (DU) Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) is moving south by having an integrated campus in the south campus of the university. The plan has been approved by DU which will go ahead with the activities and execution of the new campus.

FMS to set up south campus

Prominent institutes like the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A), IIM-Bangalore (IIM-B), The Environment and Research Institute (Teri) University and Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, which offer the one- and two-year public management and policy programmes, are seeing a growth in applications.

Mid-level public sector executives back to school

Coca-Cola, the latest to add a dash of lemon to the cola war, is playing the pricing game to catch up with Pepsi&rsquo;s Nimbooz and Parle&rsquo;s LMN.

Battle over Nimbu paani

Strangely, the greatest under-10 second TV commercial in the world does not advertise a product or a service. It has no great soundtrack. No fancy trick shots or post production. In fact, it whizzes by faster than the time it actually takes. And yet it freezes you, stuns you, pulverizes you for every hundredth of every one of those less than 10 seconds.

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