Good looking, isn't it? That's the Volkswagen Scirocco GT24, a concept revealed at the Volkswagen GTI Meet at Worthersee in Austria recently.

`Roc of ages

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&nbsp;I wish to buy a new car. I live in Rajasthan and my budget is Rs 7 lakh.

Hatching a plan

The DLF IPL may have been a resounding success, but can one say the same about the design of the trophy that the victorious Rajasthan Royals held aloft on Sunday night? Hardly.

A trophy to design

&nbsp;Creatives made in India are being delivered all over the world. Indian talent is getting recognised.

You`ve got creative

On its 25th anniversary, Maruti Suzuki seeks to reiterate its leadership with a new brand film.

Maruti`s silver hue

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The top 10 business bestsellers

    While this brand was founded in 1952, its origins date back to 1908 when the company decided to make acid-resistant ceramic jars for the sulphuric acid it was manufacturing at its Ranipet plant in Tamil Nadu. Name the brand.

The Strategist Quiz  (#050)

The retail sector in India is valued at $342 billion in 2007 and is expected to reach $530 billion by 2012.

KIT: The future of hypermarkets in India

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<LI>Where would you experience the Tenzing service and what is its significance? An Emirates airline.

Answers to last week`s quiz (#049)

Light can utterly transform a space - any architect or interior designer will tell you that.

Let there be light

&nbsp;We drive the new smaller engined variants of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class. 
&nbsp;Everybody knows it as the E-Class, the benchmark in its segment.

In E minor

&nbsp;The 2009 Porsche 911 has been unveiled. And does it not look similar to the 2008 model? Of course it does, and that proves that this is the new 911.

Direct action

I'm looking to buy my first car, so I would appreciate if you could make things a little easier for me by giving some valuable suggestions.

First choice

We're paying more for petrol (and diesel, and LPG) - but does anyone know why? We get Rakteem Katakey to tell us how oil prices are playing havoc with the world economy.

Turmoil

That wine mirrors societal mores is well known and a fascinating part of the ongoing boom in wine consumption in India is the social milieu in which this growth is taking place.

Wine and our society

&nbsp;Mirari is India's only brand in high-end jewellery. 
&nbsp;It isn't every day you find a woman sitting with her back to a strong room, its steel door guarded by a combination lock and, very likely, some biometric clearance too.

Jewels in my strong room

Though the markets rallied from their lowest point seen on Tuesday, the breaching of the January low of 4,448 by the Nifty confirmed the worst fears of investors that we are, in fact, in a bear market.

The other shoe falls off

&nbsp;Nature seems to be the flavour of the season in home knick-knacks. Anupam Poddar's Devi Designs studio has come up with a range of unconventional, yet contemporary nature-inspired products in metal to add some zing to your work-station/side table.

Twigs, leaves and palms

Indians are notoriously good at slagging each other off but taking offence when someone else does.

Uncivil society

&nbsp;Josy Paul is the very embodiment of the creative, energeticad-man. 
&nbsp;Years ago when moving out of his father's house, Josy Paul was rummaging in the attic when he found a paper with something he'd written many moons earlier.

Crazzy does it

When the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI)was born almost 10 years ago or so, it did so amidst intense wrangling.

It`s ego, not biz sense

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