GlaxoSmithKline is piggybacking the Rs 1,600-crore brand to step into newer product categories.

Stretching the Horlicks core

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Alessio Rastani has outshone some big stock market voices this week. Few knew who Rastani was until BBC unleashed him on the world. A small-time independent trader, he pronounced on a business programme that &ldquo;Governments don&rsquo;t rule the world, Goldman Sachs rules the world.&rdquo; A few minutes after he said that, his broadcast went viral on YouTube. In the hours that followed, BBC was plagued by accusations that Rastani is a hoax, a psychopath, immoral and even Satanic. Ultimately it seems, in the cloak-and-daggers world of banking, Rastani has emerged, at least, as vaguely honest.

Tips from a trader

Anew, complete and well-footnoted collection of the correspondence between M K Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru is published in time for Gandhi&rsquo;s birthday. In the excerpt below, a selection of Gandhi&rsquo;s letters and telegrams to Nehru from the violent period just following Partition.

Bapu to Nehru

How global is Mahindra&rsquo;s new SUV? Srinivas Krishnan drives the XUV500 and tells you all about it.

A world of difference 

When you&rsquo;re trackside at the 2011 Indian GP, you really don&rsquo;t want to be wondering what the heck is going on. Especially at the start of the race. So here&rsquo;s what you need to know about Formula 1&rsquo;s race start procedure.

Know your...

New modes of public transport for Delhi are changing the way its citizens live - for the better.

Mass class

I purchased a Toyota Etios Petrol G variant in March. It is giving me an average of 13 kmpl. However, after the recent rise in petrol prices, I plan on selling my car and opting for the diesel Etios. The V variant that I&rsquo;m considering costs Rs 8.26 lakh and delivers a company claimed fuel economy of 24 kmpl. My yearly commute is 30,000 km. Even if I get a fuel economy figure of 20 kmpl, I reckon I&rsquo;d be saving Rs 2.5 lakh over three years.

Swap story

S Kalyana Ramanathan visits Derby in England, a city that is all about Rolls-Royce and its aero-engine business.

In Rolls-Royce town

Two years ago, on a Singapore Airlines flight, Deepak Ohri was served Chinese food. He was not expecting the taste that met his palate. &ldquo;Eating on a plane isn&rsquo;t an enjoyable experience, and Chinese food, especially, loses its flavour. But this was exceptional,&rdquo; says the 43-year-old CEO of lebua Hotels and Resorts, a hotel chain headquartered in Bangkok.

Deluxe redux

MapmyIndia&rsquo;s Rakesh and Rohan Verma talk to Rrishi Raote about making money from maps and mapping.

Route master

Author Jabeen Akhtar tells J Jagannath how her novel on Pakistani Americans might throw new light on the community.

'In the US, Pakistan is hot'

Princess Diana would have been 50 this year.

Lessons from Diana

A new experiment is being tried in rural Mozambique to deliver crucial medicines to AIDS patients.

Spreading the burden

Imran Khan&rsquo;s new book is a sombre assessment of how his country landed in the mess it&rsquo;s in.

Pakistan's last hope?

Come on, Mommy, it's an earthquake &mdash; don&rsquo;t you know what to do? Duck, cover and hold,&rdquo; my 6-year-old advised me from under our dining table in Palo Alto in October 2007, one small hand holding on tightly to the shaking table leg, the other on the back of his neck. His 8-year-old sister was already in position.

Learning to be disaster-ready

Devjyot Ghoshal takes in the sights and sounds of the Formula One spectacle in the island nation.

Singapore spin

The third round of the Sao Paulo- Bilbao Grand Slam saw a statistical oddity. The world no:1 Magnus Carlsen and no:2 Viswanathan Anand both lost, to Paco Vallejo and Vassily Ivanchuk respectively. Under Bilbao scoring, the Ukrainian GM (+2,=1) leads with 7 points.

Chess (#975)


Is there any one catalytic moment that defines an artist&rsquo;s style or representation? Or does all of an artist&rsquo;s life with its highs and lows, joys and sorrows, triumphs and losses, lead to an autobiographical illustration of his art? Should the personal even form part of an artist&rsquo;s oeuvre?
How important is it for a collector to be familiar with an artist&rsquo;s life when he invests in his art? Or should art be viewed only through the prism of aesthetics, irrespective of

That cathartic moment

A NASA scientist chucks his job to make a film on the Chittagong uprising. Arunima Mishra speaks to its cast and crew.

Young rebels

Shilpa Johnson tunes in to a session where music becomes a tool to sharpen your business skills.

Orchestrating leaders of tomorrow

Singapore-based Ascott Group, which operates serviced residences across the world, is finally opening its doors to India. Of the three brands it owns &mdash; Ascott, Citadines and Somerset &mdash; two have been introduced in the country in the first phase. Citadines Bangalore and Somerset Chennai recently opened to guests; five more are slated to open by 2015. Ascott plans to invest a total of $250 million on the seven properties.

Feel at home

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