Coca-Cola, the world's biggest beverage company, is expected to sell an energy drink in India by the year-end to gain from a growing demand for beverages in the country, sources, who declined to be identified, said.

Coca-Cola may launch energy drink by year-end

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The Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, rated 20 in the global B schools league this year, is now looking to tap new markets - in terms of both student intake and companies that come for campus recruitment.

ISB scouts for more intl students

&nbsp;ICFAI University, Tripura launched MBA-CFA, a dual degree programme. The course would be completed in 27 months instead of two years normally taken for each module.

ICFAI launches MBA-CFA dual degree

Ahead of the entry of the much-awaited iPhone in India, leading mobile phone manufacturer Nokia is looking at strengthening its marketing, branding and distribution network to maintain its position in the domestic market.

Nokia jittery ahead of iPhone entry

Spencer&#39;s Retail, the Rs 800-crore retail arm of the RPG Group, will expand its range of fashion merchandise with the launch of private labels as well as foreign apparel brands, in an attempt to revamp its image as a fashion-centric brand instead of just a food retail chain.

Spencer`s goes for image makeover

Indian marketing and communications group Mudra is expecting a growth of 35 per cent following the restructuring exercise undertaken across the advertising, media buying and marketing services divisions.

Mudra sees 35% growth in turnover

Aiming at filling the gap in the kids market for sportswear, Kappa has launched its sportswear for kids - Kappa Under 14 - in India.

Kappa brings kids sportswear to India

P>Will India find the taste acceptable? 
P>The IPL auction of cricketers in February was called the Mumbai Cattle Market' by those horrified by the tamasha of industrialists and filmstars throwing dollars at players.

Madhukar Sabnavis: IPL - The new marketing cocktail

&nbsp;'Creamy layer' causes confusion.
&nbsp;The long wait for candidates aspiring to enter the premier Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) may have ended on May 1 with the institutes releasing the final admission list, but the admission process is far from over.

Admissions at IIMs still provisional for OBCs

&nbsp;Over 1,00,000 students will take the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) on Sunday. Conducted by the All India Management Association (AIMA), the test is one of the most widely-used ones to seek admission in over 1,000 AICTE-approved and university-affiliated B-schools in India.

Over 1,00,000 students to take MAT today

Global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company Accenture and the Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) have launched Accenture Management Development Academy (AMDA), an online, classroom and on-the-job training programme designed to develop and nurture leaders from Accenture's mid-level management in India.

Accenture Management Development Academy launched

THIS WEEK: The market for ladies handbags in India 
The total value of the bags market in urban India is estimated at Rs 1,470 crore a year.

Strategic tools for the practising manager

    Following the example of American Express, who started a product named Carte Blanche in the early 1960s? It was soon derided as Carte Rouge and closed down.

The Strategist Quiz #045

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<LI>This airline's name when translated in English means "Fresh Air".

Answers to last week`s quiz (#044)

Cambridge university&#39;s relationship with India has evolved to a partnership and has come to be based on reciprocity, Sandra Dawson tells Mark Tully
When Sandra Dawson, KPMG Professor of Management Studies at Cambridge, left school she decided she didn&#39;t want to have anything to do with Britain&#39;s ancient universities.

'It would be impossible not to be interested in India & China'

Even as the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) get ready to implement the 27 per cent Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation quota from the upcoming academic session, the pan-IIM Alumni Association has decided to challenge the order.

Pan-IIM Alumni Association challenges OBC quota verdict

ADVERTISING: The 30-second commercial, created for consumers in Pakistan and West Asia, is being aired in India during the DLF IPL Twenty20 matches.

Coke launches Pakistan ad in India

The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) has set aside a sum of Rs 1.5 crore for assistance to the students who are facing difficulty in getting admitted into the institute this year.

IIM-B earmarks Rs 1.5 crore for poor students

The Indian School of Business (ISB) is agog with activity as the Class of 2009, which started off a fortnight back, is tuning itself to the rigours of long study hours and assignments.

ISB helps turn the career corner

&nbsp;Hindustan Unilever and Coca-Cola have already launched campaigns.
&nbsp;Cellphone advertising is witnessing the first few signs of how it has the potential to become big in the near future.

FMCG majors take to mobile advertising

It isn&#39;t just enough to be ahead of competition, but to be far ahead, according to the Shopper&#39;s Stop annual brand track and customer satisfaction index.

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