NEWS ITEMS ON INDUSTRY STRUCTURE, TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS,
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CORPORATE PLANNING, CORPORATE STRATEGY, ETC.

2001 News (January-June)


ET: 2 Jan 2001
p.1: Coke vs Pepsi cola wars are now dead and gone (also p.8: Nooyi wants to make PepsiCo truly cutting-edge corporation)
p.3: Accounting body to issue rules on EPS calculation
p.5: Funds are looking for stronger business models; Flat growth... (TV industry)
p.7: 'The future is large, data-enabled networks'

ET: 3 Jan 2001
p.1: Ajanta Quartz falls for the dragon, to shift base to China; Funds benchmarking to MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) log negative returns
p.8: It's not just dumping (China's competitiveness)
p.12: ATM makes make hay in Y2K...

ET: 4 Jan 2001
p.1: Arthur Andersen scoops up Indian investment bank; Merc looks for synergies, not control
p.9: Coca-Cola to give brands a local flavour; Telco keen to be in the driver's seat in S. India

ET: 5 Jan 2001
p.7: Hard(ware) game: Indian cos enter motherboard segment
p.10: Tatas deny rumours on TCS going public
p.11: STAR clears $500 m DTH project for India
Corporate Dossier: At the moment of value (on e-business); No soft options (IT hardware business); Specialists at work (Speciality Ranbaxy Clinical Reference Laboratory: SRL)

ET: 8 Jan 2001
p.6: Barrett deletes rumours of PC demise; Apple's best may not be good enough
p.9: Feeling your way to corporate success (on emotional intelligence)
p.10: Aviation sector flies high, traffic grows 10% in 2000; Tata Steel, SAIL keen to push sales via http://www.metaljunction.com; IFC to acquire 7 per cent stake in Indian Seamless...
p.11: Godrej Soaps to get a good wash: Marvel, Evita may go
p.13: Lafarge to buy Britain's Blue Circle... (see also 9 Jan 2001, p.1)
Investor's Guide: p.3: Converging to conquer; p.8: Limited downside, great potential (on investments around the globe)

ET: 9 Jan 2001
p.3: Pvt. insurance cos ring dealth knell of DOs (development officers)
p.16: Blue Circle takeover to add muscle to Lafarge
p.17: Pentamedia sets up 4 units to consolidate acquisitions

ET: 10 Jan 2001
p.1: Kumar Birla put off by HPCL culture, wants out of MRPL; Reliance puts its brains and brawns behind Inforcom
p.6: Growth of infotech industry not related to infrastructure
p.8: 'Quality education is a network game' (Prof. Ghoshal, Founding Dean, ISB, Hyderabad)
p.10: HLL signs marketing deal with Bestfoods
p.13: Tatas seeking superdeluxe hotel in NY
Brand Equity: (CavinKare; The Goggenheim Museum)

ET: 11 Jan 2001
p.1: Global buys leave IT co's bottomlines tottering (see also page 4)
p.5: Steve has a Job at hand--To see Apple as hub of digital lifestyle
p.9: Power of a single chip...
p.10: Dabur, CGNU in life insurance deal
p.11: Satyam beats rival Infosys in growth race; Lafarge may go slow, stay out of L&T deal

ET: 12 Jan 2001
p.1: Reliance Petro in growth mode...; Pharmaspeak: From chaos to cosmos (see also p.4)
p.6: Gateway India (on VSNL)
p.8: Can cellular oligopoly be sustained?; 'Bandwidth shortage hurts software'
p.11: Microsoft to equip Apple PCs with Office software
p.12: SBI insurance partner Cardif to play silent role
p.15: UB Group rolls out an Indian cigar chapter
Corporate Dossier: (Innovision Business Group of BPL; Data centres); Of Ants... (review of a book on organisational change)

ET: 15 Jan 2001
p.6: 'Environmental reporting is the trend' (corporate governance)
p.9: Advantage brick and mortar
p.12: Branded trains...
Investor's Guide: End of the line for free ISPs

ET: 16 Jan 2001
p.1: Cellular cos fear MNC allies may not hang on anymore; East or west, Tatas look for... (centralised HR plan)
p.10: HLL to sell off 74% in animal feeds arm to Godrej Agrovet
p.15: DiamlerChrysler denies impending break-up report
p.16: Cisco CEO puts his faith in internet, education

ET: 17 Jan 2001
p.1: UTI Bank weighs takeover, merger with Centurion Bank
p.7: US economic slowdown to hit Indian software industry
p.8: VRS: Time for branch rationalisation?; 'BoI will focus on its core activity, banking'
p.11: Speciality products unit helps Sun Pharma hike net by 49%; L&T opts for export to boost medical equipment business; Wockhardt, Harvard Medical join hands to focus on quality

ET: 18 Jan 2001
p.1: Dresdner Bank in revamp mode...
p.3: GIC teams up with Russian co to tap international markets
p.5: You have a chance to lead 2nd industrial revolution
p.9: HLL, iVillage join hands to set up women's portal

ET: 19 Jan 2001
p.6: Citings (Peter Drucker); 'World class management education is a must'
p.7: 'Internet data centres will be a growth area'
Corporate Dossier: (Raymond; GTB; Bata)

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ET: 29 Jan 2001
p.1: Hire and higher: IT cos on recruitment binge; Samsung CTVs may roll out of Videocon's Salt Lake factory
p.8: Citings: (on knowledge workers); 'DTH is a kind of universal service...'
p.11: Davos leaders admit... (World Economic Forum)
p.12: Jyothi to take on Reckitt in all sectors after blue victory
Investor's Guide: p.8: Changing face of the banking sector; Is the great merger wave breaking?

ET: 30 Jan 2001
p.5: NPAs still the Achilles' heel of Indian financial system
p.11: White expansion (NALCO)

ET: 31 Jan 2001
p.14: Stanchart Grindlays asks 70 executives to leave
p.17: (Nokia; Overnite)

ET: 1 Feb 2001
p.3: Tata Tea, Tetley lean closer towards merger
p.16: RIL may sell 10-12% RPL stake to global partner
p.17: Cisco releases networking products
p.23: Amazon to cut jobs...
p.25: Satyam creates core units, opt for VC (venture capital) model

ET: 2 Feb 2001
p.4: Looking at the phenomenon called the dot.com venture
p.9: Nike to extend brand appeal beyond sports
p.16: MIT lab now joins India's convergence bandwagon
p.17: (Advt.) The Indian software industry is projected to grow by 50% this year (NASSCOM)
Corporate Dossier: (Hutchison; Fuchs Petrolub; Juniper Networks; OceanStore); p.3: Come together... (on convergence); (Convergelabs)

ET: 5 Feb 2001
p.1: Infotech cos look beyond The Great Wall for pros; Chip designing can be a success story

ET: 6 Feb 2001
p.1: Shoppers' Stop.com exits scene virtually
p.4: Zero base budgeting in Indian context
p.5: Figuring it out: Strategic sense
p.6: Bell president proposes cheap wireless network for rural areas
p.9: Titan plans brand extension, in talks with Accenture

ET: 7 Feb 2001
p.1: Software cos now prefer to operate from home
p.4: "There is a fast growing storage-market"
p.5: Financial Retailing: We sell saving products too
p.6: (UTIB+GTB)
p.7: ITC puffing on new plans to singe Centre's ban
p.8: Auto sector blues: SKF to slash 15% workforce
p.9: Switchgear players gear up for intense race; Continental, Apollo ready to talk business again; Claus Moller tells firms to become staff-friendly
p.17: Flagship products of Microsoft drop anchor on the Net; McNealy-Gates battle royal on web; Matsushita launches new chip for wireless devices

ET: 8 Feb 2001
p.4: Citings: (retaining talented people)
p.16: Net access rates dip...; Hardware cos yearn for a place...; Infrastructure, education key issues for software sector
p.17: Fitting to a T: Sorry e-com, t-com is the next big thing

ET: 9 Feb 2001
p.1: India heading for diabetes epidemic
p.4: Citings: (On the management problems of large organisations); Why does it take a calamity to tap civil society?; "Cars will soon have upgradable software"
p.8: Underdeveloped hardware sector...; Nasscom to formulate ethics code to address HR concerns
p.17: Remote access servers to rule networking market
Corporate Dossier: Mettle-work (Tata Group); (Private insurance players, ICICI-Prudential, HDFC Standard Life)

ET: 12 Feb 2001
p.1: Software cos see steady rise in revenue from Europe; China building blicks on open source code platform; modile phone prices crashing daily
p.3: (GTB+UTIB)
p.4: What ails the MSEB?; Quake-hit Gujarat: Opportunity from tragedy
p.6: Linux to help Chinese cos develop products
p.7: Corporate burn midnight oil to rein in quality talent
p.17: Mobile devices set to make world a better place; Sony expo dazzles visitors with futuristic gizmos
Investor's Guide: ESOPS: A carrot that's losing colour

ET: 13 Feb 2001
p.9: JVSL (Jindal Vijayanagar Steel) revamp cleared, promoters' stake to drop
p.22: Tetrapak shuts down Gujarat factory
p.28: Augusta-Westland plans partnership with HAL

ET: 14 Feb 2001
p.9: Nestlé takes a late plunge into bottled water pool; Amtrex Hitachi launches cool moves to retain top position; Coface, HDFC Bank tie up to offer cheap trade loans

ET: 15 Feb 2001
p.1: Reliance Petro negotiating largest trade finance deal; [Bata CEO flies in executives, concepts from HQ to set the pace] For Morzaria (of Bata), it's a matter of stepping out in style; Tech stocks will soon join the ranks of Old Economy
p.5: Knowledge+Intelligence=Profit; Ensuring loyalty in fleeting times

ET: 16 Feb 2001
p.4: Does globalisation imply less government?; "I'm committed to uplifting employee morale" (SK Chakrabarty, CEO, IDBI)
p.7: Come together! That's the GIBC (General Insurance Business Council) blueprint for insurers
p.8: Hind Lever to revamp brand portfolio
p.9: Tata top brass takes one week off to motivate men
p.18: Bokaro Steel Plant
p.19: Mitsubishi to recall over 400, 000 cars
p.22: Amrutanjan plans to offer IT services
Corporate Dossier: Abort, ... (on reengineering); Telecom... (Netravali on telecom); StepStone.com; Finding the path (corporate success and failure)

ET: 19 Feb 2001

ET: 20 Feb 2001
p.1: Mr. FM... (cigarettes and books); Retail market for PCs to explode
p.3: Infosys puts Orissa on eastern IT map
p.4: L-U-V-E alphabet soup (on the Indian economy)
p.5: 'Tractor sales should grow again by 2003'
p.8: Tata shareholding in Tata Steel touches 26%
p.9: Where have Sake's heady days gone? (Sake--pronounced saa-kay--is a Japanese brew)
p.17: Mediator charts Napster survival plan; Top PC makers unsure if chips are up or down

ET: 21 Feb 2001
p.3: BoB to streamline branch network
p.8: FTV to make suitable changes, address Indian sensibilities
p.9: Tata Telecom to slim down, demerge Tatafone; Samsonite India to make Cruiseair (suitcases)

ET: 22 Feb 2001
p.3: BoI in recast mode, may scrap zonal offices altogether; RBI directs insurance cos to provid catastrophe reserve; Aptech to spin off software units into separate cos
p.5: People skills; Designing relief maps (hi-tech prevention from natural calamities); Moving on from bricks to clicks (L&T); ASPiring to change the concept of computing
p.8: Sterlite has no time to celebrate Balco win; Acquisition to make Sterlite significant player in metals; No dearth of 5-stars but where's the business?
p.9: RIL, BP, NIOC team up for LNG project in Iran; Mumbai cellular networks choked despite new kiosks
p.17: Two-in-one: HP's handheld users need not buy a mobile (deal with mobile phone makers); Net addiction... (Cyberholics get kicks checking mail at traffic lights)
p.18: Napster offers $1bn as settlement; Topicana to squeeze out more growth

ET: 23 Feb 2001
p.1: Small fincos find consumer finance biz too hot to handle; Pay channels find it's they who are paying
p.3: BoB plans spread to Malaysia, Botswana, weighs MF ventures
p.4: Cross-fertilisation of talents foreseen (BALCO+Sterlite)
p.5: Indian spare parts drive Pak automobiles
p.8: Stanchart to put 1200 jobs on the block in India
pp.10-11: 10 YEARS OF REFORM
p.13: 100 Sony Worlds to sell digital dreams
p.14: Ellison bored with sector, sees few changes ahead
Corporate Dossier: The last action hero (on action research); Out of the trap (on corporate youthfulness); Change but carefully (BPR implementation)

ET: 26 Feb 2001
p.3: Budget to throw noose around shady promoters
Investor's Guide: Why web publishers went bust

ET: 27 Feb 2001
p.1: Telco offers creaking Indicas for free; Easier foreign investment norms likely for all sectors
p.3: Allahabad Bank to prune 4-tier structure, scrap zonal offices; (GTB+UTIB)
p.4: You'll have a ticket to ride, cyber-style (Rail Budget: '01-'02)
p.11: Mobile demand hits the roof after tariff cuts
p.12: Canara Bank plans lateral movements
p.14: Indians shy away from virtual stores

ET: 28 Feb 2001
p.1: Removal of tax sops hardly hits software companies
p.3: LIC adopts three-pronged strategy to ward off pvt competition
p.5: Israel determined to keep Indian IT professionals at arms length
p.9: Getting out of business
p.11: Videocon scales Great Wall...; ITC Hotels targets budget travellers
p.14: Samsung, Intel plan to make Rambus DRAMs together
Brand Equity: Value-Added Protocol; Ultimate P: Paradox; Shop treatment (retail-store design)

ET: 1 Mar 2001: BUDGET: 2001-2002
p.11: Software cos look more and more beyond their shores

ET: 2 Mar 2001
p.1: ITC announces counter bid to pick up 20 p.c. in VST
p.6: They sell government jobs, don't they?
p.12: Tata Internet to set up Net cafés in BPCL petrol pumps
Corporate Dossier: Next stop, CEO (Chief Financial Officers); The eyes have it (Lawrence & Mayo); An eye on the ball (on performance measures in the knowledge economy); I know what you are doing this fiscal (mind-reading!)

ET: 5 Mar 2001
p.1: Demand slowdown eats into topline growth of MNCs; Reliance plans new outfit to consolidate biotech empire
p.7: Oberoi group sets sail for exotic Morocco shores; M&M eager to capture global market; Sterlite sets up core team to run Balco
p.10: PC sellers not ready to bet on Pentium 4 system; BPCL goes online with a bang...
pp. 11-13: Rejuvenated Orissa
Investor's Guide: p.8: A case of the shakes from a bullet train

ET: 6 Mar 2001
p.1: ConAgra set to invade kitchens...
p.8: AgroTech network to boost niche sector

ET: 7 Mar 2001
p.3: UTI Bank disturbed over market exposure of GTB
p.8: 'Patents will enhance competitive edge'
p.9: German Banks: The eagle turns back
p.10: M&M plans to acquire Czech tractor unit; Proctor picks up Indian managers for overseas jobs; IM to be Wipro.com's 'fulfilment house'
Brand Equity: Then a radio mechanic... (Retailing);

ET: 8 Mar 2001
p.1: NIIT feels US slowdown chill
p.6: Wanted: A roadmap for highway development
p.13: UTI sees UTI Bank-GTB merger going through

ET: 9 Mar 2001
p.1: Yahoo! warns on earnings...
p.4: Nasscom under pressure from hardware cos to set up forum
p.9: TBWA Worldwide CEO charts India growth map; NIIT sees erosion in US biz
p.10: Steel ahead (Rourkela Steel Plant)
p.13: SBI ready for department mergers; Banks can force top brass changes in defaulting cos
Corporate Dossier: From the fire... (healthcare business); Deans means business (consulting); The road to everywhere (Indian IT industry)

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p.1: Manager's mind...
p.4: Quality of the product decides revenue
p.24: Hyundai seeks cash help from US co; Nissan, Renault to jointly buy car components

ET: 14 Mar 2001
p.9: Oyzterbay brings jewellery 'out of the box'

ET: 15 Mar 2001
p.5: Virtually private (VPNs); Swirling into e-age... (Samsung)
p.8: Microsoft to bare Windows code to select customers; Hutch, Ericsson to offer Bluetooth handset

ET: 16 Mar 2001
p.1: TCS in JV for Net banking solutions co
p.5: French cos hunt for some fresh, young desi blood
p.10: Royal Sundaram, Stanchart sign deal
p.11: Lucent plans sale of optical fibre unit
p.12: ISP sector...; Acer, Microsoft join hands...
p.13: Banking on change
Corporate Dossier: You are known by the company you keep (on MBA placements); Buy by date (on acquisitions)

ET: 19 Mar 2001
p.8: 'Institutes must maintain quality education' (FIITJEE India Ltd.)
p.10: Ispat, FIs plan to cut capacity, change fuel mix at Dolvi plant, Things get bitter for Onjus...
Investor's Guide: The deflated dotcom balloon

ET: 20 Mar 2001
p.9: JK Tyres eager to offload stake to global co; Venturing into integration zone to build capacities (Sandvik; TCS+HDFC); Bharat Starch to dissolve into two units
p.12: ICAI frames accounting rule for e-earning

ET: 21 Mar 2001
p.1: Reliance to divest 13% in RPL...; MNC open offers flood market; Tatas gear up to float Gopalpur SEZ
p.5: VSNL may cut Net tariff to walk tall in small metros
p.6: ISB to help Next Gen managers connect with their 'softer' side
p.9: (On .NET)
p.10: Opportunity for Indian banks in insurance
p.11: Banking for the well-off: Mad for the affluent
p.12: Alcatel to spin off its Nexans business; Stanchart to reap benefits of acquisitions this year
p.15: Nokia 'designs' successful formula against all odds
p.22: Delhi among world's worst cities

ET: 22 Mar 2001
p.7: The fifth wave in banking; The smart way to do business; The TI mantra: taking broadband home

ET: 23 Mar 2001
p.3: Kumar Birla panel to plug holes in insider trading code
p.6: 'India must focus on hardware sector'
p.12: (Boeing; Hyundai)
Corporate Dossier: p.2: Feather in the cap (Cap Gemini Ernst & Young); Spin around time (retailing); Old is not always gold (banking)

ET: 26 Mar 2001
p.1: Reliance takes on DoT with Rs. 30,000 cr cable network; Pink elephants: IT majors' US clients on payoff spree; Top cos stick to simple business basics
p.5: Europe, the next great frontier for Indian software outfits
p.6: Citings (from Beyond Certainty by Charles Handy)
p.8: Kotak Mahindra to quit consumer finance business; Desi grey cells in great demand: P&G shifts Indian honchos...
Inverstor's Guide: p.8: For the brave an informed (sector funds)

ET: 27 Mar 2001
p.6: Citings: (On the erosion of community interactions)
p.12: Teething trouble: Bluetooth fails to connect on lack of fixed code

ET: 28 Mar 2001
p.4: 'We will focus on the hypodermic division' (Company: Becton Dickinson)
p.6: Kotak Mahindra plans foray into banking sector
p.7: Indal to shift idle plant at Karnataka to Orissa
p.10: IBM salutes woman power...; Microsoft signs up IT big guns for Tablet PC

ET: 29 Mar 2001
p.12: IT matrix: Asian tigers score over India in knowledge race; KPMG report throws light on smooth sail to e-governance
p.20: Troubled SAB TV looks for suitor

ET: 30 Mar 2001
p.10: Toys for business (Toy industry)
p.12: Sony to focus on mobile computing products
p.14: Proposed Allianz-Dredner union to have major impact
Corporate Dossier: p.1: Dealing with downturn (dotcom cos); C sharp or B flat (Novell's One Net); p.2: Wimps and winners (employee motivation/performance); Wills and ways (Tektronix); p.3: Novell acquisition (of CTP)

ET: 2 Apr 2001
p.3: SBI officers call off strike, bank to revamp IR machinery
p.5: Finally, productivity stats reveal efficacy of tech tools
p.8: AI plans expansion with leased A310s; Spreading the aroma: Pizza Hut to add 100 outlets by 2004
p.11: Qantas sees fortunes nosediving in 2002; Pepping it up: McDonald's to simplify menu to boost sales
p.14: Tata Steel execs all pepped up to receive report card
Investor's Guide: p.1: Diversified they stand... (MFs)

ET: 3 Apr 2001
p.9: Godrej brings in 4 new men to 'add value'
p.11: Medimix owners widen product portfolio
p.13: Banking on defensive consolidation...: Japan enters era of Big Four megabanks

ET: 4 Apr 2001
p.4: 'UK has been a neglected economy for long' (Welsh Development Agency)
p.7: Mehtas yet to find strategic partners for cement outfits

ET: 5 Apr 2001
p.1: GTB, UTI Bank part ways even before tying the knot; Hutch picks O&M for entire account; US slump puts Indian cos on the mat
p.5: Asia leads the world in wireless Net technology; Moore for less
p.7: Pantaloon does a K-Mart, to open first hypermarket; Peter England to travel to international markets
p.9: RBI to bail out co-operative banks; Public sector banks hunt for fresh blood in specialised areas
p.10: US IT body admits fall in demand for tech workers

ET: 6 Apr 2001
Corporate Dossier: p.1: Living on the edge (job stress); p.2: Getting channel-wise; p.3: Overdose of perception (pharma cos flood the market)

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ET: 30 Apr 2001
p.1: IT majors boost clientele as MNCs seek cheaper options; Branded cybercafés may rule market
p.5: What is Bluetooth? (ET in the Classroom)
p.8: Auto battery cos sputter at sight of cheap imports
p.10: Thinking the unthinkable about IFCI
p.12: Domestic shipping sector...; Online travel industry...
p.13: CII ropes in BCG for a revamp strategy
p.17: Infy, RIL Asia's best managed cos

ET: 1 May 2001
p.1: Irani's roadmap to guide Tisco into brave new world
p.4: ACC back in black...; Saregama strengthens board...
p.11: Britannia may use Kwality facility; Leukaemia research starts under Intel peer-to-peer programme
p.14: Indian IT professional pour in as UK eases work permit rules

ET: 2 May 2001 http://www.economictimes.com/020501/
p.1: Reliance Info dreams convergence, vertically; Jyothi Labs cleans out Tata Chem's detergent biz; Retail pharma sector needs a pep pill
p.3: Max to quit some businesses, to focus more on life insurance
p.5: Beijing steps up drive to beat India in global IT race; IBM ropes in Cisco to develop high-end network processor
Brand Equity: And all the usual suspects (on qualitative market research)

ET: 3 May 2001 http://www.economictimes.com/030501/
p.1: Reserve Bank throws Rs 400-cr special liquidity lifeline to GTB; Maruti pegs salaries to performance
p.3: GTB to limit real estate, diamond exposure to 5%
p.5: Adopt Taiwan model for software (on industry structure)
p.6: Sanjiv Goenka to create a new-look CII; Sahara plans overseas deals to source entertainment software
p.9: Big Mac recasts management structure to boost expansion
p.11: Fascinating fasteners (on the Indian fasteners industry)

ET: 4 May 2001 http://www.economictimes.com/040501/
p.1: Regional bridge... (Creator of Amul campaign feels the need for tie-ups with infotech cos)
p.4: SCOPE favours inclusion of 'goodwill' in PSU valuation; STPI exports cross Rs.20,000-cr mark
p.5: McDonald's looks to gather steam with McCafé bar
p.10: Tanning Tales (Calcutta leather complex)
p.12: Max sheds non-core weight...; Alstom to merge all 16 subsidiaries in India; United India plans foray into personal insurance business
Corporate Dossier: What does it take to stay in the game (on retrenchment); Reddy, steady, go (Dr. Reddy)

ET: 7 May 2001
p.5: Just bucks and space ain't enough for call centres
p.6: 'Global software giants can emerge from India'
p.7: They don't live by data... (finance professionals)
p.8: Cement majors get a reason to stay in business; New products the mantra for growth in pharma companies; KLM Cargo shelves capacity expansion plans in India
Investor's Guide: p.5: Readying for the onslaught (Indian pharma industry)

ET: 8 May 2001
p.1: AV Birla group ropes in Hay to rationalise designations
p.4: Cast away (foundry industry of Howrah)
p.6: The regulator should set an example in governance
p.9: Bisleri still on top...
p.12: For Gates and Jobs, it's no longer a war out there

ET: 9 May 2001
p.3: Omfed's butter milk posing serious threat to soft drink cos; Indian pharma cos making inroads into Brazil market
p.7: Getting more from the greenbacks
p.8: Commerce One may relocate content factory to India; Nasscom to boost call centre sector
p.12: HP, Intel in server appliances pact; Toshiba to use Transmeta's Crusoe chip for notebooks
p.13: Motorola back on recovery track; Dell to lay off 4,000...; 3Com to axe 3,000 jobs

ET: 10 May 2001
p.4: A blueprint for global competitiveness
p.7: Maruti, Hyundai, Ford may source steel from Tisco

ET: 11 May 2001
p.1: Wadia group 'lands' up with Rs. 100 cr
p.3: IT panel proposes joint marketing plan to tackle US slowdown effect
p.4: Globalisation and inequality: Lessons from Latin America
p.6: Infy sets limit on exposure
p.8: Chicago to be Boeing's new home
Corporate Dossier: p.1: Remaking of Reliance; p.2: Open to all (distributed computing)

ET: 14 May 2001
p.1: STAR looks south, takes over Vijay TV
p.8: Big banks seek ways to tackle cut-throat credit cards market
p.10: India's first pvt FM radio...; Distribution problems keep Pringles away from outlets; Infosys to invest $80m, employ 2,000 more techies
p.11: AllBank plans 100 more retail outlets; Search agencies have a field day
p.14: 'Investors have not yet understood MF functioning'
p.15: Diversification: The best strategy
Investor's Guide: p.5: One step closer... (film industry)

ET: 15 May 2001
p.1: Carrier offers to buy out all shares of Indian arm
p.7: 'We learnt the value of branding from MNCs' (Blue Star)
p.9: Birla VXL to shape up...; Samsung plans to invest...
p.13: IOB chief charts formula for fitness; Corporation Bank cluster banking plan takes shape
p.20: STAR merges departments...

ET: 16 May 2001
p.1: Banks want to leverage mutual retail strengths: It takes two...; TCS income rises to Rs.3,000cr
p.3: Bourses ready for options trading
p.4: What ails privatisation...; 'Sampling errors can skew poll forecasts'
p.5: If tomorrow comes (FDI in banking)
p.6: Commerzbank downsizes Indian unit; TCS sets sights on European markets; Madura Coats to buy back...
p.7: Rallis to downsize managerial cadre
p.9: Sony, AOL sign PlayStation2 deal
Brand Equity: p.3: Supply chain reaction

ET: 17 May 2001
p.1: Companies acoss industries... cutting costs: Forget the frills...
p.4: SCI may go public before strategic sale of shares
p.6: Who controls the bourses?
p.7: Ever wondered what went wrong with B2B? Know your customer... (eCRM)
p.9: Godrej finds Ezee route to reposition brand; DuPont formulates NextGen chemical solutions
p.10: The lin(c)k to success

ET: 18 May 2001
p.8: 'Late entry helps India in convergence'
p.13: Video game cos reveal plans for NextGen consoles
Corporate Dossier: p.1: Are you telling then enough (profit warning, inside information); p.2: (i2 Technologies; India's alcohol industry)

ET: 21 May 2001
p.6: Blinkers Off (Cartoon by Salam) (performance measurement, organisational effectiveness)
p.7: Kindness... (on leadership)
p.8: Keeping social commitments...
Investor's Guide: Sectors of preference...; p.5: Been here... (on dealing with the current slowdown)

ET: 22 May 2001
p.1: The Axe effect... (strategic thinking in HLL)
p.6: D-School gives MBAs a run...
p.7: (Feature on Sahara India Pariwar)
p.10: No backward integration into LNG for NTPC
p.11: (Honda Activa); Performance-linked pay packets...
p.14: Software cos look to Europe...
p.15: (Container Corporation of India

ET: 23 May 2001
p.1: Amul marches into HLL territory
p.8: DD to kick off digital broadcasting...; Country's first integrated food park...
Brand Equity: p.3: The towns fight back (out-of-town shopping malls)

ET: 24 May 2001
p.4: Indian IT & Japan's i-mode (i-mode service of DoCoMo)
p.5: Routing online (Cisco)
p.10: HP has a 'crush' on computers!; NTT's 'L-mode' service...
p.11: Pen picture-II (writing instruments)

ET: 25 May 2001
p.3: Major corporates agree to abide by governance code
p.7: Gates conjures up visions of a brave new world for infotech (IT)
p.10: 'ERP will continue to be a focus area' (Arun Jain, CEO, Polaris)
p.12: ABB buying out 49% Pinto stake in Lenzohm JV; Branded garments market...; Polaris on major revamp drive...
p.14: Royal Sundaram targets...
Corporate Dossier: p.1: A learning organisation...; p.4: The Millennium Brand: Amway

ET: 28 May 2001
p.1: FIs propose merger of 4 steel groups to take on Tisco, SAIL
p.3: What are the various types of options trading?
p.5: Foreign cos still recruiting for R&D centres in India (IT)
p.7: Leadership's imbibed...
p.8: Transitions in Pepsi are very well managed
Investor's Guide: p.5: Europe's revolting shareholders; Time to rebuild (B-2-B exchanges)

ET: 29 May 2001
p.9: Dotcom downturn brings brisk business to Japan
p.12: Siebel Systems eyes meaty slice of sizzling Indian CRM pie
p.15: Isuzu to slash 9,700 jobs in 3 years

ET: 30 May 2001
p.1: Call centres tap English speaking desis
p.3: JM Mutual corpus shrinks to Rs.15cr
p.7: Corporate Governance: Beyond the fine print
p.10: Ashok Leyland to make axles with US cos
p.11: Singapore Air to buy out Ansett
p.12: Casio plans software hub in India...
Brand Equity: No more Teers; Wait until dark (St. Lukes, 'the UK's lawless ad agency')

ET: 31 May 2001
p.4: The hunt is on for Mehta's successor; Value should be India's ITES (IT-enabled services) focus (India's software industry) (also see p.7)
p.6: Science in public policy; Will the EMU (European Monetary Union) fly across the Channel?
p.7: If you can't bill it... (Convergence Summit, Amsterdam); Value added service
p.9: L&T identifies defence...; India could emerge as core resource hub for Agilent; Mega merger may hedge against steel price swings

ET: 1 Jun 2001
p.1: Maruti heads for slim gym; It's a cruel April for software pros
p.3: BNP plans to invest $50 m
p.6: Citings: Real power (leadership); 'The future is in the generic business' (MD, Kee Pharma)
p.9: JK Group (global tie ups); Berger to cut production costs...; Mahindra Eco Mobilie's Bijlee...
p.12: Blue chips may be cold to call centre hype
Corporate Dossier: p.1: There is method... (learning organisation); p.2: The killers... (retailing); The millennium brand: GNFC; p.4: The innovative organisation

ET: 4 Jun 2001
p.1: Rising competition sparks volatility in air fare market; Stanchart, Grindlays to merge India operations
p.8: Private & public sectors: Is there a difference?
p.9: The essence of good leadership
p.10: IT cos cash in on brisk biz in Asia-Pacific
p.11: UK-based IT co puts its first Indian bet on Kolkata; Tisco rejects strategic accord...; ICICI merges divisions into single entity
Investor's Guide: p.5: FAQs: Futures and options

ET: 5 Jun 2001
p.1:Fly-by-night operators put IT education to shame
p.9: 'Software will grow at 40 to 45 per cent this year'
p.12: Rapid move (Mass Rapid Transit System between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack)
p.14: Casting off the court case blues: Microsoft out to catch the couch potato

ET: 6 Jun 2001
p.5: Mahajan stresses on judicious use of IT tools for e-governance
p.6: To a Third Way consensus
p.8: IA plans capacity expansion...
p.10: AMD launches two new chips
Brand Equity: p.1: Brand is the deal (Mergers and Aquisitions)

ET: 7 Jun 2001
p.1: LIC to buy 27% in CorpBank (First-ever strategic alliance between public sector finance cos)
p.3: Stanchart early bird retirement scheme...; BankAM to exit M&A, equity business in 12 countries
p.5: Myths and ground realities of future
p.8: HSBC plans MFs, asset management cos by October
p.9: Lucent's turnaround to include buyouts, job cuts (see also 8 June)
p.18: Sony, others look to India for outsourcing animation work

ET: 8 Jun 2001
p.1: Jury tells Philip Morris to cough up $3bn in damages (see also p.5: Big trouble for big tobacco); Lucent to snip ties with 10,000 staff
p.8: Amul-type co-ops can morph into corporate bodies
p.9: Kingfisher hits Sinsbury, Harrods, Tesco
p.12: Software exports to EU may cross $1bn mark; Software wars take India by storm
Corporate Dossier: p.2: Howard's End (on business risk); Chain reaction (on supply chain); p.4: Connecting the dots

ET: 11 Jun 2001
p.1: India Inc sets sail for foreign shores to avoid high local costs; Consumers look for quality, inch towards super league
p.3: UTI restructures top posts, board of trustees; IDBI seeks closer working relations with bank sibling
p.5: Oil India changes track to power, laying pipelines; Bombay Club makes a comeback
p.7: Nasscom sees new role...
p.14: BA, KLM resume merger talks...
Investor's Guide: p.5: Mobile commerce is coming

ET: 12 Jun 2001
p.1: IIMC plans beachheads on foreign soil (Executive education programmes planned in London, Dubai, Malaysia)

ET: 13Jun 2001
p.1: Crompton Greaves to cut 900 jobs
p.12: Data centres may cut rates for basic Web hosting
p.13: United India plans to float personal insurance arm
Brand Equity: p.3: Paradise lost (Big Three auto cos in truck business); p.4: Watch this... (Titan)

ET: 14 Jun 2001
p.6: SAIL may fail to earn target income this fisc

ET: 15 Jun 2001
p.1: High brand-buiding costs...
p.6: Will set-top box help end the cable war?
p.9: Pepe Clothing to pep up your closet, plans seconds outlets
p.11: Polaroid to cut 25% of workforce; GE chief offers to divest more units
p.12: Software exports to stay on track, thanks to outsourcing; Pagemaker 7 is Adobe's 1st made in India product
Corporate Dossier: p.1: Pipe dream... (optical fibre network); Where white is might (Jyothi Labs); p.2: What every CEO should know; p.3: Dial 'E' for... (on e-strategy)

ET: 18 Jun 2001
p.6: 'IP telephony/softswitch is the real thing (IP: Internet Protocol)
p.8: Ranbaxy gets nod for stake sale in JV to partner Eli Lilly
Investor's Guide: p. 8: A matter of trust (role of the trustees of a mutual fund)

ET: 19 Jun 2001
p.7: 'Our main drawbacks are all in the mind' (Subir Raha, CMD, ONGC)
p.11: Daewoo union sheds hard line, to consider sale to General Motors; Future looks bright for Hyundai Engg
p.13: Stress on protection is Max Life's gameplan; Royal Sundaram targets 2mn customers in 10 years
International Times: (Feature on the international watch industry)

ET: 20 Jun 2001
p.1: RIL fills up missing link in PVC backward integration
p.9: Advertising is a connections business, says Schmetterer

ET: 21 Jun 2001
p.1: Hot male (Sabeer Bhatia) fails to fulfil Arzoo
p.3: SBI enters value addition age...; Bharati-Singtel venture...
p.4: Marketing strategies of yesteryears
p.5: The park still blooms (the IT Technopark at Thiruvananthapuram)
p.7: Century Enka to go slow on expansion; NIIT logs into expansion mode; ACC plans to add 3mt capacity...
p.8: Now it's BNP Paribas' turn to scout for an Indian bank; Icra develops corporate governance rating norms
p.9: IT rebound unlikely...; Wal-Mart faces gender bias case
p.10: Recession virus enters portals of IT training institutes; Wanted: 4,50,000 techies for work in US

ET: 22 Jun 2001
p.1: LIC to revalue real estate assets to boost bottomline
p.6: Higher education: benign neglect or malign intent; 'The Indian market is very fragmented' (MD, HBO South Asia)
p.9: Paper cos try hard for an eco-friendly image; Goodyear to play around with tube-less tyres on Indian roads; Telco goes to school to get back grip on markets
p.12: The chips are down for semiconductor cos
Corporate Dossier: p.1: The axe effect (pink slips); How smart is your company? (knowledge management); p.3: Klaus and effect (SAP)

ET: 25 Jun 2001
p.1: Shareholders the biggest losers in most M&A deals
p.10: SWC plans more breweries...

ET: 26 Jun 2001
p.1: Westward ho! ColorPlus to buy out its UK namesake; Indian Rayon acquires Groupe Bull's 50% in PSI Data; Reliance spurs building boom on textile mill lands (see also p.8)
p.3: Big is beautiful in desi tractor segment
p.6: Citings: (Understanding Organizations)
p.8: Indian Rayon may change name to reflect...
p.9: Alcatel India in revamp mode, to focus on... (see also 28 June 2001, p.11)
p.12: Philips may have to exit cellular phone business; Compaq to focus on...

ET: 27 Jun 2001
p.1: 25 mn Indians to use Internet by 2005...; Indian Airlines cuts fares to cope with low demand
p.5: Rising costs, flat prices hit manufacturing sector
p.6: 'We are one of the lowest cost producers' (TELCO)
p.8: Sri Vishnu, Visaka merger on the cards
p.9: Diamond Shipping in revamp mode
p.12: Compaq to dump Alpha for Itanium; Sony may return to its silicon roots...
p.13: ICICI in revamp mode...
Brand Equity: p.3: Nokia does not walk on water; p.4: The Millennium Brand: Super-Max

ET: 28 Jun 2001
p.6: The business of branding
p.7: Death of floppy disk; Idea is to have a strong sixth sense (IonIdea)
p.8: Timex to increase stake in Indian subsidiaries...
p.9: Travel sector slows down...
p.11: Alcatel to shut most factories by 2002; Ford to exit dealership business
p.12: Oracle chases SMEs in pact with NetLedger

ET: 29 Jun 2001
p.1: Batata, BPL Comm get engaged, to form India's largest cell co
p.6: Nokia to cut 1,000 jobs in network unit
p.14: IBM, Compaq compete for largest 'byte' of Indian server market
p.15: IT: The fastest growing sector; Software exports exceed target
p.16: Govt ushers in global banking...
Corporate Dossier: p.1: Hot teams, cool ideas (innovative organisations); No sugar daddies... (on mentoring); p.2: That's capital (human capital); How fast is too fast? (speed of action in the competitive landscape)

ET: 30 Jun 2001



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