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The ever changing world of Saddam's palaces
Spread over acres, it had banquet halls, boudoirs and bathrooms with golden faucets. The Americans bombed it in January '99.
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Britannia
Cookie trail
Things seemed rather quiet at Britannia after the exit of Sunil Alagh. But a quick check by BW shows there is a lot of action.
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Out of kolkata
Bata reboots in Gurgaon
'Go West' seems to be the policy that Bata has adopted. The Canada-based footwear giant has decided to shift its headquarters from Kolkata to Gurgaon.
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Real Estate
Has the boom started?
With corporates picking up property and new malls being planned, land prices in the NCR region are on the rise again.
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Capital fight over CAS
The cable industry began its CAS (conditional access sytem) roll-out in South Delhi in usual style. It first switched viewers off on December 14 and then told them that they have to buy a Rs 4,000 set-top-box (STB).
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2nd Thoughts
Not long before we see the Brits driving a Reva
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Offshoring
No full stops for BPO
Last year's Forrester report made Americans sit up at the prospect of losing 3.3 million jobs to low-cost destinations by 2015.
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100 years of the Wright Brothers' first flight
A dream that came true for the Wright brothers. It opened new doors for the travel industry.
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Capital Ideas
It is widely assumed by policy makers and economists that education leads to development. But is it the other way around?
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Pension reforms
Backseat driving
You must have heard a lot of talk from the government about the coming pension reforms, but never seen any action.
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Media Room
Will Disney tie up with Star India? Or will it ally with sibling joint venture company ESPN-Star Sports?
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Wockhardt
Battle for EMRs
Even as the debate on whether or not multinational firm Novartis deserves an exclusive marketing right (EMR) for cancer drug imatinib rages, the Patent Office has sprung another surprise.
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Auto ancillary funds
Driving interest
The boom in the auto ancillary sector has come six years too late for IL&FS Investment Managers, the private equity arm of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS).
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Applause entertainment
A Birla in Bollywood
What is Kumaramangalam Birla's industrial giant doing in entertainment?
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US medicare bill
Faster entry for generics
The US passed the Medicare Bill on 8 December. Now, the US government will offer 40 million Medicare recipients federal help in paying for prescription drugs.
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Interview/william haddad
Bill's drug war
William Haddad initiated the Hatch-Waxman Act in 1984, which opened the floodgates to cheaper, off-patent drugs in the US.
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Infosys technologies
An Expert acquisition
Four years after it raised money through its ADR issue, Infosys Technologies finally announced an acquisition.
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Brain research
Mind matters
The National Brain Research Centre (NBRC) has a permanent home. President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam dedicated the world-class facility at Manesar to the nation on 16 December.
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The tata group
A positive attitude
Six companies in the group have turned EVA positive this year. How did they do it?
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Interview/tony Jansz
Back to funding in India
The Carlyle group is active in the private equity market once again. Its second pan-Asian fund, the $170-million Carlyle Asia Venture Partners (CAVP) II, has done two deals this year, Worldzen Holdings and QuEST.
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Ketan parekh
Exiled!
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has announced its verdict - after two long years.
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What was that again?
RAHUL DRAVID after scoring a double century in India's second test match against Australia at the Adelaide Oval last week. India won.
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