Bill Roedy made his channel a hit, but can&rsquo;t get out of the way of his story.

MTV Roedy's reality show-off

Business Standard

Six days after it opened, three months ago, I happened by the Spell &amp; Bound Bookshop &amp; Caf&eacute; in SDA Market, a prosperous corner of South Delhi. The market has restaurants and coffee places and one of the better-stocked thekas in the city. Primed by years of Harry Potter products, one&rsquo;s eye was instantly captured by Spell &amp; Bound&rsquo;s forest-green and olde-worlde facade, with its promise of cosiness and warm bookery.

Business magic

Some of the most iconic bed brands in the world are now available in India and are being snapped up eagerly by super-rich Indians.

In the lap of luxury

The RS legend has been revived! Skoda is set to launch the Laura with an RS badge (that&rsquo;s two badges, front and rear, actually) and there&rsquo;s a tonne of goodies it&rsquo;s loaded with. To start with the cosmetic bits &mdash; and it&rsquo;s a long list we&rsquo;re talking about here &mdash; the RS will be available in black, white, &lsquo;sprint yellow&rsquo; and &lsquo;racing blue&rsquo;, the last two being particularly outstanding. Also starring are xenon headlamps with a cornering function in the front fog lamps. The illumination bits are signed off with daytime LEDs, which do look quite refreshing.

Ready to RS? 

Becoming the first TV journalist to film the heights and the living conditions on the Siachen glacier.

My Life My Style: Vikram Chandra, CEO of NDTV

I have been planning to buy a Fiat Linea Emotion (petrol) for quite some time. I love that car! Every time I come close to buying a Linea, I hear horror stories about Fiat&rsquo;s service standards. Please tell me if the service is still bad, or if I should follow my heart and go ahead and buy the Linea.

Emotional decision

For people who played in R D Burman&rsquo;s orchestra, music hasn&rsquo;t been the same since he left the building.

Band misses The Boss

Mamata Banerjee has put together a panel of eminent intellectuals to revive Kolkata&rsquo;s prestigious Presidency University. Mohammed Safi Shamsi finds out what the task will entail.

Bring back the glory

Rahat Taslim won Rs 1 crore in KBC last year.

Master stroke

In a meeting with Business Standard some years ago, Kapil Dev had said that the reason why we see so few all-rounders like him in the game today is because the current crop of cricketers does not have his mental strength, stamina and fitness. Sanjay Manjrekar in his latest column on www.cricinfo.com made a similar observation about Kapil Dev. He wrote: &ldquo;Kapil was a superb athlete, and admirably, it was an advantage he never took for granted. He may not have given you the impression of being a thinking batsman, but when it came to his bowling, fielding and general approach to fitness, there was no one quite as sharp.&rdquo; Dev had a long career which lasted close to 16 years; he played 131 Tests and didn&rsquo;t miss a single match because of injury.

Wear and tear

The critic Jim Emerson once pointed out that some movies worked better when seen in solitude, because they were too personal to share with an audience. When you watch a film you feel strongly about alongside a bunch of indifferent or critical viewers, it can feel like &ldquo;having other people in the most private recesses of your consciousness, making fun of your dreams as you're dreaming them&rdquo;.

Alone in the dark

    This form of drink was invented in India in 1638 by mixing arrack, sugar, spices, lime juice and water. Its English name is supposed to have been derived from a Sanskrit word. Name it.

The Strategist Quiz (#214)

The innerwear market in India is estimated to be about Rs 13,000 crore and expected to grow at 13 per cent annually over the next decade.

KIT: The innerwear market in India

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The top 10 business bestsellers

While candy giants such as Perfetti Van Melle are looking beyond confectionery, players from other sectors are looking at the segment with great interest. Last month, Chennai-based fast moving consumer goods company, CavinKare, forayed into the segment with the launch of a Rs 1 liquid candy, Funfills, in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.

CavinKare: A new candy for kids

In a new commercial, Domino&rsquo;s Pizza (Domino&rsquo;s), the US-based pizza major, dwells on one of the mainstays of its sales pitch &mdash; on-time home delivery. Continuing with the tagline of &lsquo;Khushiyon ki home delivery&rsquo;, Domino&rsquo;s traces the pizza&rsquo;s journey from the store to the consumer&rsquo;s home.

Dominos: Delivery wonder

The slowdown of 2008-09 has transformed markets the world over. While developed markets are experiencing sluggish recovery, activity is quickening among the emerging economies. Companies from emerging markets have been highly competitive and gained shares in both domestic and overseas markets in a number of industries. Meanwhile, developed-market companies have regrouped and are striving to win back lost ground.

Emerging markets surge

A mobile security expert said he has found new ways for hackers to attack phones running Google Inc&rsquo;s Android operating system.

Security expert warns hackers can attack Android

Reuters 

Of the 12 models launched this year, seven are in the sub-Rs 10,000 range. But the task is formidable.

Samsung aims for critical mass in digital cameras

In his new book, Fixing the Game, author Roger Martin argues that our theories about the fundamental goals of a corporation are fatally flawed. Martin cites the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, where the top priority for BP was to protect shareholder interest, and compares it with Johnson &amp; Johnson&rsquo;s response to the Tylenol crisis of 1982. J&amp;J placed its consumers first by recalling 31 million bottles of Tylenol capsules and offering free replacement. This extract from Fixing the Game illustrates how the handling of the crises by the two companies affected their long-term reputation.

Heart of crisis response

Your colleague walks up to you and hands you a cute little red badge. You look up quizzically, and she says, &ldquo;You did a swell job on that presentation. Made it so much easier for us to convince the client.&rdquo; You recall the informal kudos you got after the presentation, only she was not even part of the team.

Measuring up

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