Mobile value-added services (VAS) include messaging and premium content like music, video, TV, entertainment and information services.

KIT: The mobile value-added services market in India

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Croma, the Tata group&rsquo;s electronic and durables chain, seems to be making up for lost time. The retail chain, which opened just 50 stores in the last four years, is launching three stores every month in the current financial year. The 50th store was opened last week in Bangalore.

Croma steps on the gas

Sridhar Maturi is on cloud nine these days. Reason: his is the only Indian company that is scoring heavily in this year&rsquo;s FIFA World Cup.

Mahindra Satyam scores heavily in World Cup

Dabur has added one more Rs 100 crore brand to its kitty. Riding high on the growing popularity of ayurveda, Dabur Red Toothpaste has achieved this landmark in less than six years.

Dabur Red goes past Rs 100 cr

When it came to India, The Body Shop &ndash; the second largest cosmetic franchise in the world &ndash; was targeting only high-end consumers. But it didn&rsquo;t take long for the 100 per cent subsidiary of French cosmetics brand L'Oreal to realise that the only way to prosper in the country is to move down the economic pyramid.

Body Shop takes budget beauty route

Nestle has set its sights on the Indian consumer&rsquo;s breakfast menu. Breakfast cereals&ndash; a category where Nestle has a strong presence worldwide &ndash; is one segment the Indian subsidiary is planning an entry, Nestle India Chairman &amp; Managing Director, Antonio Waszyk, says.

Nestle wakes up to breakfast cereals

Before that, my life was puttering along fairly smoothly. I had enough work, the house looked all right as long as your standards were flexible, and I read a fair number of books. I was happy.

13/12/06: a black, black day

You need not &lsquo;go off&rsquo; any type of food. The trick is to know your body and eat sensibly.

Eating right for non-vegetarians

Books for children, reminders for parents.

Teach your children well

On a stone pillar in My Son, an ancient, now-ruined temple town in central Vietnam, is a long inscription in Sanskrit. It records that Bhadravarman, a king who ruled at the cusp of the 4th and 5th centuries, donated wealth to the nearby temple of Shiva.

The India in Indo-China

...and the fans hope that Diego Maradona&rsquo;s magic leads them to the promised land.

At last, the game Argentina has been waiting for...

Saina Nehwal is redefining the mould of the Indian sportsperson.

The smashing of a myth

A shock exit at Wimbledon, and this question is already being asked.

Is this the end of Roger Federer?

The Medias Tournament of Kings in Rumania ended in a spectacular triumph for Carlsen. He outdistanced a strong field, winning with 7.5 points from 10 games.

CHESS #635

There is a car out there that I have not driven yet &mdash; the GT-R or the Nissan GT-R, to be precise. It is not a normal car &mdash; it was conceptualised, designed and developed with the rather humble ambition of rocking the foundation bolts of super-expensive exotica from around the world.

March of the Micra

I&rsquo;m a doctor and I live with my parents. We are planning to buy our first car and I have a budget of Rs 4.5 lakh. I am considering buying a CNG or an LPG-powered car. The options in mind are the Tata Indica Xeta, Hyundai Santro CNG and Chevrolet Spark LPG. My concerns are space, rear seat comfort and long term reliability. I have some doubts about the the long term effects of LPG/CNG on the car&rsquo;s engine.

Gas gas

Terminal 3 at IGI airport opens tomorrow. Across Asia, new levels of style and efficiency distinguish airports, redefining the once simple act of travel.

Travel east for pleasure

A 4.5 mile stretch of silken sand, clear waters, good food, the enduring magic of wind and waves. Be a sybarite, and don&rsquo;t forget the sunscreen.

Barefoot in Boraca

Tasting menus in India range from mediocre to incredibly good.

Navigating the tasting menu

Sexual harassment is not limited to the workplace. Indeed, the workplace only reflects real life &mdash; the hierarchies and power balances that exist in the &lsquo;outside&rsquo; world.

Games at work

    This company&rsquo;s first board comprised Raunaq Singh (late founder of Apollo Tyres), MA Chidambaram of SPIC, Coke bottler Charanjit Singh and VR Mohan of Mohan Meakins.

Answers to last week&#39s quiz (#155)

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