Every now and then, Jabra comes out with a design or a feature that makes its headsets stand out. The company is a world leader in wireless solutions, known for its extensive range of hands-free equipment for mobile phones, contact centres and offices. Here, we check out two of the company's latest products...

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When 30-year-old Maya Nayak shifted base from Patna to Bangalore, she had to learn to cook, since maids in the metropolis were frightfully expensive. So, to overcome her cooking handicap, Nayak invested in an LG microwave oven that came with nearly 60 Indian auto-cook menus. Added utilities like a tandoor and a multi-cook menu further made the oven ideal for Indian cuisine. No wonder, LG&rsquo;s Indian auto-cook microwave range went on to record a 15 per cent growth against the 10 per cent category growth.

Players make electronic gadgets to suit desi tastes

Admissions for the academic year 2010 at over 150 business-schools will be delayed.

Delayed CAT results hit B-school admissions

In October 2005, Kolkata-based Apeejay Surrendra Group acquired Typhoo, the British tea brand, for &pound;80 million from Premier Foods. In the deal, Apeejay bought Premier's entire tea business which includes brands like London Fruit &amp; Herb, Lift and QT apart from Typhoo. Premier&rsquo;s tea blending and packing unit at Moreton, Wirral, was included in the deal. Typhoo, which was launched in 1903, was the third-biggest tea brand in Britain, behind PG Tips and Tetley. At that time, Premier sold 23 million packets of Typhoo each year.

Typhoo tees off in India

In the years preceding the economic meltdown, paeans had been sung about how India was on the road to being an economic powerhouse. But believers were constantly at loggerheads with skeptics on whether this was India&rsquo;s true future or pure fiction. For all the economic misgivings of 2009, India emerged with a positive story to take away. The trend of growth continued bringing attention to the strong fundamentals of our economy. The last quarter saw encouraging results from different companies and sectoral outlooks were looking positive. Our economy, the 12 th largest in the world, according to the World Bank, can now confidently be bullish about our future superpower trajectory.

India passes with flying colours!

Apart from the cityscapes, the Commonwealth Games provide the opportunity to improve the mindscapes of the people of Delhi. The Delhi Government has embarked on a civility campaign, Come on Delhi, to make the city a good host for the upcoming event.

Dilliwalas hear it from Delhi ki Beti

    This brand is named after the current that flows along the coast of Florida.

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    During Christmas 2009, who placed &ldquo;plastic red kettles&rdquo; that accept debit and credit cars in 120 cities in the US? The new kettles have wireless card readers attached to them; such kettles have been used to collect coin donations earlier.

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Brand Identity: In the recent past, the strongest trend observed in terms of airport development is the establishment of a brand identity for airports and the communication of the same through different means, including retail and F&amp;B.

KIT: Key trends in airport retail development

Trust Kishore Biyani, the founder of Future Group, to spot new revenue streams before anybody else. The latest from Biyani is Indian-style hotels and schools to train entrepreneurs and help understand consumer behaviour. Both initiatives are expected to go on stream in the next six to eight months.

Future Group: Eyeing new horizons

With the Versa laid to rest, Maruti Suzuki is ready with another van option called the Eeco that can seat five to seven people. Set to be unveiled at the Auto Expo in New Delhi, it is likely to be priced below Rs 400,000, and will come with air-conditioning and the option to choose from six colours.

Maruti Suzuki: Eeco-nomy van

Cloud computing is helping corporations create new, cost-effective business models.

Work in the cloud

At 27, M Thiagarajan started Paramount Airways in Madurai with an all-business seat configuration. The idea was to tap corporations that need people to travel frequently between southern cities like Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Madurai, Trivandrum and so on. While others decided to start big, he took small steps. Paramount started with just five aircraft. The move seems to have paid off. Last month, Paramount had the highest load factor of 87 per cent among Indian carriers.

'The downturn actually helped us to an extent'

Airtel DTH has high hopes from a market that offers scope for exponential growth but is already packed tight like a can of sardines.

Airtel, Act II

A few days back, if you were at Mumbai&rsquo;s Dadar Railway Station or at Delhi&rsquo;s Rajiv Gandhi Chowk Metro Station, you could not have missed a man sprawled on a sofa with a cushion that read: &ldquo;Reserved for Abhishek Bachchan classes&rdquo;. Is Bachchan Jr preparing for an alternate career? Not really. This is on-ground activation aimed to create a buzz for the newest reality show on Colors, National Bingo Night. It will of course be anchored by Bachchan Jr.

Bachchan Jr to rouse the aarami in you

Hopes to capture 7-10% share of the multimedia segment.

Karbonn leaves its print on the handset market

Companies from sectors like FMCG, consumer durables, telecom, automobile and insurance are invading rural markets, and have consequently increased their rural marketing budgets significantly. Given the growth in rural advertising, Xpanse, the rural marketing arm of Starcom MediaVest Group, is planning to expand its reach to more villages across India. Xpanse Country Head Sandip Bansal reveals his plans in a chat with Seema Sindhu.

'I hope to reach 150,000 villages by 2010'

There were motorcycles at the 2010 Auto Expo in Delhi and then there were some. Here are a few that the BS Motoring team drooled over.

Look twice

Volvo and Eicher introduced the Eicher VE series of heavy duty vehicles at the Expo. These include vehicles from 16 to 40 tonnes GVW including 4x2, 6x2, 8x2 rigid haulage trucks, 4x2 tractor-trailer and 4x2 and 6x4 tippers. One such vehicle was the Terra 25 6x4 rigid tipper, a platform that can also be adapted for concrete mixers.

High and mighty

India-specific hatchbacks took centrestage at the 10th AUTO EXPO, currently on in New Delhi.

Heavy metal

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