NEWS ITEMS ON INDUSTRY STRUCTURE, TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS, STRATEGIC DECISIONS, GLOBAL BUSINESS TRENDS, CORPORATE PLANNING, CORPORATE STRATEGY, ETC.
1999 News: July - December
ET: 1 July 1999:
p.7: Internet services
ET: 2 July 1999:
p.14: Selling Japan’s banks Corporate Dossier: p.3: Stayin’ Alive (KPMG, knowledge management) Tender Times. p.21: Philanthropy (RSP’s community development work.)
ET: 3 July 1999:
p.1: RPL to set up Rs.14,000-cr retail distribution network
p.4: AI mulls acquisition of another Boeing (p.18: SSCR or SCLR)
ET: 4 July 1999:
p.4: Planning for future generations
p.5: Train of thought (Delhi’s transport problem)
p.14: M&M to focus on core business, hive off others
ET: 5 July 1999:
International Times: (Some new communication products and technologies)
ET: 6 July 1999:
p.10: GIC to seek US help to increase scope of actuarial studies
ET: 7 July 1999:
p.8: Citings (quote from Senge’s new book: Rethinking control and complexity)
p.11: Aptec (strategic plan)
p.18: Pvt. Operators get 10-year licenses for FM broadcast
p.20: How free is ‘free’ Internet access in Europe?
p.22: Maggi (trends in the infant food market)
ET: 8 July 1999:
p.1: Telco may strike alliances with foreign cos for higher-end cars
p.4: Workplace learning
ET: 9 July 1999:
p.7: Can Honda go it alone?
p.9: The infrastructure idea-logs
p.13: Philips unveils 5-point plan to add zing to products
ET: 10 July 1999:
p.18: Hyundai arm files $750-m suit against Boeing
p.18: Disney merges TV operations with ABC
ET: 11 July 1999:
p.8: Watch yourself, Microsoft
p.8: Gently does it, kiddies (video games becoming more like films)
p.12: M & S to shut 6 continental stores
ET: 13 July 1999:
p.9: Wipro launches quality drive for work force
p.16: No polypropylene exports from RIL since April 1999
p.24: DILBERT Cartoon (on the misuse of systems)
ET: 14 July 1999:
p.9: Non-banking financial companies (refocusing)
p.9: Alternate risk transfer mechanism
p.9: American banks
ET: 15 July 1999:
p.4: NDDB plans to enter tea market under Amul brand [It may not be utterly butterly smooth … ET: 16 July 1999: p.24]
p.7: Watch out (new products)
p.7: Doctors on the Net (Telemedicine)
p.9: L&T names Mercer for job evaluation study
ET: 16 July 1999:
p.16: Lube cos slip as base oil prices rise Corporate Dossier: p.4: The name is Big Mac…
ET: 18 July 1999:
p.1: After small car, the mid-size car …
ET: 19 July 1999:
p.6: CSE ad (on green rating) Investor’s Guide: p.8: Corporate-growth puzzle
ET: 20 July 1999:
p.1: KK Bangur plans ‘bypass surgery’ to resuscitate GKW [see also p.16]
p.1: Zee being recast into 13 profit centres
ET: 21 July 1999:
p.9: Urban co-op banks
p.9: The challenge of retail banking
p.10: Siemens news [ET: 24 July 1999: p.11; p.18; ET: 2 Sep 1999: p.11]
ET: 22 July 1999:
p.12: Alcatel, TMM to merge phone, Net units
ET: 23 July 1999:
p.1: ICI revamping Indian business portfolio
p.1: ITC plans Rs 500 cr shopping mall
p.10: Net to take over banking … Corporate Dossier: Many articles on strategy
ET: 24 July 1999:
p.9: Satyam Computers may soon become a zero-debt co
p.18: Telco open to strategic pacts with foreign car cos
ET: 25 July 1999:
p.1: HDFC Bank set to double retail …
p.4: Corporate-growth puzzle
ET: 26 July 1999:
p.5: GTB ad (Preparing for the new millennium)
p.14: Wal-Mart to tread softly in UK … Investor’s Guide: p.5: The millennium marketspace (a forecast?); p.8: Some articles on portflolio decisions, e-business, etc.
ET: 28 July 1999:
p.1: Reckitt, Benckiser will merge to form biggest cleaning co [also p.10]
ET: 29 July 1999:
p.18: Cadillac may dump crest and wreath logo
ET: 30 July 1999:
p.20: Wipro out with shopping bag, seeking software service companies Corporate Dossier: p.1: (Examples of Benchmarking, BPR, TPM, …)
ET: 31 July 1999:
p.3: (trend in cement sector)
p.8: ITC (strategy)
ET: 2 Aug 1999:
p.1: Golden triangle (software, pharmaceutical, FMCG)
p.1: VSNL in talks with cable cos
p.11: HP (OpenView solutions)
ET: 4 Aug 1999:
p.1: Spic to spin off pharma, biotech units (also p.8)
p.1: Five Taito cos sign pact with Tata Sons to use brand name
p.7: Performance of public sector banks
p.7: Performance of new pvt. Banks
p.11: ITC Chairman Deveshwar’s speech (ET: 11 Aug 1999: p.1: vision workshop)
p.12: GIC sets up sub-committee to discuss restructuring
p.12: Operational aspects of banks improve Brand Equity: Articles on Amul, Zodiac, L’ORÉAL, Nestlé, JWT, etc.
ET: 5 Aug 1999:
p.1: Intel unveils strategy …
p.1: Daewoo to inject $100 m into Indian arm
p.3: India to have 8 million Net users by 2003 …
p.3: Indian software firms will try to buy e-commerce start-ups
p.7: Telco, M&M now develop products faster, better
p.7: Trends for the computer industry
p.9: UK co to acquire majority in Greaves
p.11: India info-line http://www.indiainfoline.com
p.18: Software exporters must perk up: Murthy (ET: 6 Aug 1999: p.5)
ET: 6 Aug 1999:
p.1: IA chief makes a SAIL call himself
p.1: Poor traffic growth, high rentals force IA to drop lease plan
p.1: Morgan Stanley analyses fashion in 2999
p.8: Banking: It’s a new ball game
p.9: (On Honda, Sanyo Electric, Royal Enfield, …)
p.10: State of Banking Corporate Dossier: Many articles on strategy
ET: 9 Aug 1999:
p.1: Small SEs meet Sebi today to chalk out survival strategy
p.1: Regional to swadeshi: The Stanchat way (also p.3)
p.8: Revitalising key to corporate restructuring
p.10: PSUs outperform pvt cos … Investor’s Guide: p.1: 6000: Sensex target; p.5: Oil industry
ET: 10 Aug 1999:
p.1 (and p.8): RPG group unveils exhaustive corporate governance code
p.3: DD-I, DD-II to start 24-hour service
p.23: Faster than Pentium III (Intel vs. AMD)
ET: 11 Aug 1999:
p.9: LIC: Life ahead
p.10: Do Indian corporates place enough emphasis on tech?
p. 11: Maruti (new models)
ET: 12 Aug 1999:
p.1: Alcan, Algroup, Pechiney to form biggest aluminium group (also p.10) (ET: 13 Aug 1999: p.28)
p.4: Quarterly report card
p.7: There’s no escape from e-commerce
ET: 13 Aug 1999:
p.1: Taj group to sell branded food, …
p.1: PSU banks developing software for quick cheque clearance
p.3: Bharat Yantra to form strategic units …
p.9: (car market in India)
p.10: Microsoft India poised for pact with city’s LCC Corporate Dossier: Trends: Job market India, Japan; new column: knowledge manager, … Brand Equity: 4Ps, 4Cs, and 4Rs of marketing; p.4: United Biscuits
ET: 14 Sep 1999:
p.3: Industry leaders meet in Paris for global e-initiative
ET: 17 Aug 1999:
p.1. Fiat plans to turn Maharashtra into global sourcing base
p.9: Tata Ind steps up exposure in IT, telecom cos
p.10: SBI plans computerised branch network …
p.12: Govt. to rework coal demand projection after power survey
p.18: Sterlite Industries advt. For Corporate Manager: Business Planning and Analysis
p.20: Daewoo to sell off all but six units
p.24: 97 cos join the new ET Club 1,000 Corporate Dossier: p.2: Script for success; p.3: Blue sky vision (NIIT)
ET: 18 Aug 1999:
p.20: Alcoa launches hostile bid for Raynolds
p.20: Disney likely to boost return on capital, trim assets
p.21: Banking technologies Brand Equity:
ET: 19 Aug 1999:
p.1: Largest aluminium merger to change the face of Indal
p.8: Merger shot in the arm fot Utkal Aluminium
p.9: Continental AG, Metro in tie-up for cycle tyres
p.12: Rabo Bank to set up shop in Lucknow
ET: 20 Aug 1999:
p.1: Reynold Metals says yes …
p.23: AES buys UK power plant for $3 bn
p.23: IBJ mulls alliance with Fuji Bank, DKB (to form world’s largest bank?) (Also ET: 23 Aug 1999: p.12: Japan banks brace for new mega-mergers; ET: 1 Sep 1999: p.9)
p.23: BA to cut 300 management jobs Corporate Dossier: The Sumantra Ghoshal series; Owens Corning; Du Pont; etc.
ET: 23 Aug 1999:
p.1: ‘Focused’ family-run cos create shareholder wealth
p.8: Citings: Gary Hamel in Rethinking Competition
p.10: Losers diversified into too many areas Investor’s Guide: p.5: Forging industry analysis
ET: 26 Aug 1999:
p.7: Creating the grand-daddy of all Internet IDs
p.8: Alfa Laval to relocate a divn from Sweden to India
ET: 27 Aug 1999:
p.1: IA, Jet hit Sahara hurdle on runway
p.16: L&T to set up independent units … Corporate Dossier: Morphing the value chain; UB; MICO ad Tender Times: Flying High (HAL)
ET: 30 Aug 1999:
P.7: e.biz (also ET: 1 Sep 1999, p.5)
p.8: Knowledge management is more than a buzzword
p.11: Compaq adopts a dual focus strategy Investor’s Guide: p.1: Give way … (Indian pharmaceutical companies); p.5: 21 ideas for the 21st century
ET: 31 Aug 1999:
p.22: Going gets tough for steel cos globally
p.22: SAIL execs irked over McKinsey expenditure
ET: 1 Sep 1999: Brand Equity
ET: 2 Sep 1999:
p.1: Khattar ready to drive Maruti into corporate autobahn
p.5: Car-care http://www.driveindia.com/index1.htm (an interesting e-commerce site)
p.10: IBM, Cisco in $2bn networking pact
ET: 3 Sep 1999:
p.1: Arvind to spin off garments, telecom …
p.7: On a razor’s edge (SAIL miscalculated domestic demand …) Corporate Dossier: E-time at SBI; In Rome …; e-books; etc.
ET: 6 Sep 1999:
p.10: (Aluminium industry)
p.16: Lego brings Winnies the Pooh to India (Toy market) Investor’s Guide: p.5: (On the cement industry)
ET: 7 Sep 1999:
p.1: Unilever to lighten its basket of brands
p.7: Interview with Arvind Pande (SAIL Chairman)
p.10: NatWest, L&G may sign GBP 10.7-bn deal
p.20: Landmark plans retail chain in India International Times: Metals, minerals, metallurgy (Steel, Aluminium)
ET: 8 Sep 1999: Brand Equity: Slip, sliding away (Proctor & Gamble under pressure); More out of marketing; Out of the shadows (China’s entry into the global market); …
ET: 10 Sep 1999:
p.11: Videocon to make Italy hub of Europe operations Tender Times. p.23: Dresdner, BNP proceed with merger plans Corporate Dossier: (Zenith Computers, Kotak Mahindra Finance, The Oberoi, speed to market, change management, …)
ET: 13 Sep 1999:
p.1: Microsoft India to set up site to boost e-commerce Inversot’s Guide: p.8: The net imperative
ET: 14 Sep 1999:
p.1: TotalFina bags Elf, creates 4th largest oil co
p.7: Indian corporates need a certification of governance
ET: 15 Sep 1999:
p.8: You must know your strategic objectives first …
ET: 17 Sep 1999:
p.8: AT&T, BT form mobile communication alliance
p.8: NatWest joins Yahoo! On Internet banking
p.8: Hackers attack Nasdaq http://www.hackernews.com
p.8: Deal to help AOL user consult doctors over Internet
p.21: P&G to pay its ad agencies percentage of global brand sales (also ET 21 Sep 1999, p.1) Corporate Dossier: NIIT, Boeing, Tube Investments,
ET: 20 Sep 1999:
p.1: Sudden death: Investors maul family-run midcaps
p.1: Corporate biggies earn less than minimum rate of return
p.3: http://www.lexsite.com
p.7: Cul-de-sac: West Bengal’s road network could be immobilised in years to come
p.8: Wanted exit policy for CEOs
p.8: Birth and death of brands
p.11: Videocon selects Bahrain as site for $30 mn Gulf plant Investor’s Guide: p.8: Perceiving the future; p.8: Intellectual performance
ET: 21 Sep 1999:
p.6: Financial restructuring
p.16: Pop comes the bot, the e-com saviour
p.20: UK retailers face hard times (Verdict forecast)
ET: 22 Sep 1999:
p.1: ICICI ARD issue attracts $1-bn subscriptions
p.7: Microsoft, Ford launch e-biz JV to revolutionalise car shopping
p.12: SBI, Stan-chart in race to bag Peerless A/c
p.20: ONGC (CMD’s statement) Brand Equity: Intel ad. http://www.intel.com/ebusiness/
ET: 23 Sep 1999:
p.1: Zee considers strategic JV
p.3: Duncans sets up audit body, redefines board functions
p.6: Citings (from ‘Corporate Life Cycles’)
p.7: Internet service providers move up the value chain
p.8: BILT plans corporate governance framework
ET: 24 Sep 1999:
p.3: Global Trust Bank launches Internet banking service
p.7: Switching to the new millennium (Special supplement on switch-gear)
p.8: Citings (from ‘The Caterpillar does not know’)
p.10: Tata IBM become IBM India Corporate Dossier: Strategic Offerings (new books on strategy)
ET: 26 Sep 1999:
p.5: The new idea bulbs in dot.com-land (new Internet ideas)
ET: 27 Sep 1999:
p.6: TCS may adopt ‘apps-on-taps’ concept for software range
ET: 28 Sep 1999:
p.3 Cochin Airport first to receive FDI inflow
p.3: Tata Steel to issue Rs 150 cr NCD for working capital needs
p.4: IIMC wins eastern round of AIMA-Infosys SMG contest (XIMB bags the second place)
p.4: Auto sector seeks excise duty cut to discourage new entrants
p.5: Courier companies can take a deep breath now (see TNT India news on p.9)
p.8: Twice bitten geek, once big time lucky
p.9.: Champagne Indage thirsty for global presence
p.10: STCI and DFHI to expand business scope
ET: 5 Oct 1999:
p.1: Shape up or ship out, Verma tells Uco, UBI, Indian Bank
p.4: Divergent stands to make Seattle declaration difficult
p.8 & 10: (More news on Verma Panel Report on weak banks)
ET: 6 Oct 1999:
p.1: Diesel prices raised by 40%
p.1: MCI to acquire Sprint (to form WorldCom, the biggest rival to AT&T)
p.1 & 7: The ET businessman’s confidence index (results of an opinion poll)
p.3: Tata Fin., Amex tie knot for forex services (5 Oct 1999, p.22, advt.)
p.5: Verma Panel Report: The Day After
p.9: SBI Associates; British banks; RBI as fund manager
p.12: Intel hires two new technology officers (one of them will be the chief technology officer)
p.12: De Beers fears ban on diamond brand name plan
p.13: Bharat Petroleum Advt. (CMD’s statement) Brand Equity: p.3: Tech & Touch (Paul Temporal on marketing in the new millennium); p.4: Kinetic
ET: 8 Oct 1999:
p.11: Surya Roshni to hive off two divisions, focus on core business
p.14: Bank of Scotland unveils NatWest savings
p.23: AT&T’s cable. Internet chief Hindery to resign
p.27: Calvin Klein weighs options, may consider strategic alliance Corporate Dossier: (articles on people management, knowledge management)
ET: 11 Oct 1999:
p.10: Rising wage bill eroding margins of top Indian companies
p.11: NIIT develops internal systems software for ERP
p.11: Banks revive manual system as Millennium buffer
p.15: Sainsbury retail chain seeks merger partner
ET: 12 Oct 1999:
p.1: Story of a small big company: Tracking Infy’s road to success
p.8: Amended SBI Act may give power to local head offices
p.9: MIRC appoints Andersen to rationalise Onida cost structure
p.12: TCS unveils MasterCraft for large software projects
p.14: ANZ hires McKinsey to make 3-year business plan for India
p.24: DCM Shriram hires Arthur D. Little
ET: 13 Oct 1999:
p.1: Daewoo to source Matiz for European market from India
p.6: Changing face of OEM-supplier relationship
p.7: Face to face with M S Verma
p.7: Insurance cover: Obsession with death
p.9: CA in talks with Wipro, HCL, Infosys for tie-ups
p.9: Computech to sport new look, core competence to be key area
p.20: SRF looks for more foreign acquisitions after DuPont Fibres Brand Equity: (On disintermediation, outsourcing)
ET: 14 Oct 1999:
p.17: Microsoft seeks key role in communication convergence
p.17: Order fulfilment to be key issue in ‘customer’ century
ET: 15 Oct 1999:
p.1: SBI, associates may merge, create Indian mega bank
p.3: Sebi to work out corporate governance code soon
p.5: (whole page) Insider the mind of the new government
p.9: A date with Yashwant Sinha
p.10: Marketing gurus fail to fathom consumer psyche
p.13: HP unveils new wireless strategy
p.14: Syndicate Bank may deploy excess staff in private banks
p.21: GM refuses to back away from dealer buyout plan
p.28: Sahara asks Boeing for lease of planes Corporate Dossier: (ICICI, NIIT, TNT, MTNL)
ET: 19 Oct 1999:
p.9: Nestle chalks out early exit from Campco’s chocolate plant
ET: 20 Oct 1999:
p.1: Satyam Info lists on Nasdaq (after Infosys in ICICI) Brand Equity: p.1: For that Millennium…
ET: 22 Oct 1999:
p.12: e-NIIT to be new driver of revenues Corporate Dossier: (3rd generation strategic thinking; BNP India; SAP; IBM India; balanced scorecard)
ET: 26 Oct 1999
p.1: Lancer rated best, Indica at bottom of JD Power survey http://www.jdpower.com/jdphome.html
p.1: Pepsi begins contract basmati farming
p.5: Corporate India optimistic about business prospects: CII study
p.7: Repro is the latest buzzword … ('fulfilment service')
pp. 10-11: CII 'INFRANET 1999' advertisement http://www.infranet-india.com
p.13: Maruti must shed monopoly mindset: Suzuki
p.14: ABN Amro completes takeover of BankAm's retail business
p.14: SBH likely to get autonomy from fin. min.
p.28: Flex likely to revive in a year: Chairman http://www.infoindia.com/bo/iw/ie00401.html
ET: 27 Oct 1999
p.1: Suzuki prefers GM as partner in Maruti
Business Line 9 Nov 1999 http://www.hindubusinessline.com/
p.6: Looking at more than just toys (Mattel Toys India)
p.7: (Information Technology)
p.11: 'Narrow banking concept a must'
p.12: Vision 2020: Circular route to rural development ('stepping outside the space')
p.12: How Singapore weathered the Asian crisis
p.18: 'Management research vital for tea sector'
Business Line 10 Nov 1999
p.4: Cable cos: Set for big 'commercial' break?
p.5: Phased deregulation of fertiliser sector planned
p.6: Contemporary goes in for expansion
p.6: Prying web firms … (NAI: Network Advertising Initiative: http://www.networkadvertising.org)
p.7: Microsoft bilking consumers (Also p.14)
p.23: Online steel trading http://www.iSteelAsia.com
p.24: Novartis set to buy Monsanto?
p.24: Post-merger identity problem at DaimlerChrysler
Business Line 11 Nov 1999
p.11: Andhra Bank plans 'operation clean-up'
p.13: They smashed barriers… (women managers) Catalyst: p.3: 'A manager must be judged by a brand's equity…'; p.3: Lessons from Morita's Walkman
Business Line 14 Nov 1999
p.1: 'It's ruling against an IT standard': SAP Europe chief to Microsoft defence
p.2: Karnataka Bank plans insurance-linked scheme ('relationship banking strategy')
p.3: US stocks soar on new banking law
p.8: Hindustan Motors: Long, tough road ahead
p.13: Industry Analysis: Steel--flat products
Business Line 15 Nov 1999
p.1: LG plans more facilities in India
p.1: Rajmohan Pillai revamps family business: Chooses Rotterdm as base
p.7: Aptech plans big for China market
p.10: Should banks shun high-cost term deposits?
p.11: Is co-op governance ready for new millennium?
p.15: Book Review: Resisting McDonaldization
p.16: (World Watch) ABB Alstom to cut 2000 German jobs
ET: 16 Nov 1999
p.1 (and p.16): SBI to enter insurance sector
p.10: UTI Bank in tie-up with Comsat Max
p.19: Mannesmann rejects Vodaphone's take-over bid (also 17 Nov, p.19)
p.19: David and Goliath at war in Silicon Valley
pp.23-25: Banking beyond 2000
p.27: Apollo Hospotals, Satyam tie up to provide health info
p.28: Retail still virgin territory in India: AT Kearney chief Simon Bell
ET: 17 Nov 1999
p.1: Govt. plans IPOs for 5 public sector banks…
p.1: RIL-WorldTel JV to set up Community Net Centres in TN
p.5: IBM plans web design centres, sets partnerships
p.7: Opening up Insurance
p.10: Securitisation catching on in India
p.17: TATA advertisement
ET: 18 Nov 1999
p.1: CA (Computer Associates) strategy is to develop, acquire, integrate
p.3: Birla panel meets chambers on governance
p.7: Banking through your TV
p.7: Knowledgeable management of your business http://www.knowledgecap.com
p.10: IBM's enterprise portal to be launched on Nov 30
ET: 19 Nov 1999
p.1: A peek into the mind of Scott McNealy of Sun Micro
p.5: Swedish youth create European web shopping co-op http://www.letsbuyit.com
p.9: Telco targets 10 p.c. growths in UVs (utility vehicles)
p.16: Air India pullout from Germany…
p.17: Sun Micro chief predicts Microsoft break-up
p.21: British Aerospace to unveil new identity, logo Corporate Dossier: Hero Honda, Women for the boardroom, customer relationship management, ICI India
ET: 20 Nov 1999
p.1: Pressure groups force FIPB to rethink Pfizer subsidiary
p.1: Vodafone makes $128.5-bn bid for Mannesmann (Also 22 Nov 1999, p.17)
p.1: IA on a high, to beat projected profit figure after a decade
p.1: SAIL rejects McKinsey advice, decides not to sell Salem Steel
p.1: New competition law likely to be based on UK model
p.5: Compaq, Cable & Wireless in e-business link
p.7: In the name of governance
p.9: Business titans to share Indian software dream
p.10: Centre plans new Act to regulate NBFCs
ET: 22 Nov 1999
p.3: SBI looking into general insurance ...
p.3: Indian steel sector not conducive to acquisitions: Mittal
pp.6ff: The quarterly report card (Industry-wise)
p.8: (reports on Orissa supercyclone)
p.11: 'Governance will be the big issue in the next millennium'
p.12: India key location in Asia, says Bayer plastics chief
Special Supplement: Indo-Dutch Trade Inverstor's Guide: p.1: Time to wake up your idle gold ...; p.3: (A report on Software Solutions Integrated, SSI); p.5: (Reports on some small software companies)
ET: 23 Nov 1999
p.3: MTNL plans to enter new business areas ...
p.7: Does competition require law?
p.9: CMC to tie up with Oracle, SAP ...
ET: 24 Nov 1999
p.1: Governance for development: KM Birla
p.7: Berkeley Software Design (BSD) olderst free operating system
p.8: A manufacturing site in India is a possibility (Samsung)
p.9: Bank assurance (insurance products)
p.10 and p 11: (SIDBI, PwC, GE, Ford; Thapars, Indian Airlines, Nikko)
p.11: ARC Harvest to hive HLL, Pillsbury a run for money
p.13: Compaq-Tata Technologies bags $2m e-business deal with Maruti
p.16: Class-action suit filed against Microsoft
p.18: Vanetian mirrors ... http://www.rmansata.com/
ET: 25 Nov 1999
p.1: RIL plans undersea pipeline from Iran to import gas
p.1: American home hikes stake in Cynamid Agro to 68%
p.10: (Infosys, Intel, NIIT, Usha Martin Telekom)
p.18: Hotel chains to invest $700 m in India (study)
ET: 26 Nov 1999
p.1: TimesBank to be merged with HDFC Bank (Also ET: 3 Dec 1999, p.14)
p.1: Virgin may kick off fare war in Indp-UK sector
p.5: Setting up websited does not mean e-biz success: expert
p.6: In search of a banking strategy
p.7: Hello ... (NTPC's acquisition of NHPC: culture clash)
p.16: (National Geographic, Cognizant Tech, Boston Consulting, BNP) Corporate Dossier: (Microsoft, Arvind Mills, TAFE, Gesco Corporate Centre)
ET: 29 Nov 1999
p.7: (West Bengal's Surgical Industry)
p.11: PwC acquires Studio Interactive for e-business
p.11: (McDowell, NIIT)
p.15: (Natwest: Also see ET 30 Nov 1999, p.19, Virgin, Exxon-Mobil merger)
ET: 30 Nov 1999
p.1: Satyam Infoway to takeover IndiaWorld in Rs.499 cr deal
p.1: GAIL, IOC, BPCL in marketing tie-up with Petronet LNG
p.5: Global Tele sets up payment gateway; NavinMail to help cut down those zooming ISD bills
p.9: Canada Life eyes equity stake in Centurion Bank; Leyland plans new engine unit to boost revenues
p.10: Dhanalakshmi Bank to introduce Web banking
p.25: (Switchgear industry)
p.26: Samsung plans mutimedia products to usher in convergence, Escorts Yahama to launch 4-stroke ... Pune Inc. supplement
ET: 1 Dec 1999
p.1: Govt. favours reduction of stake in SBI; McKinsey to unveil core policy initiatives for infotech sector
p.7: Learning Universe ... http://www.egurucool.com/
p.9: Basle Norms (bank risk management)
p.11: Cement unit sale to help Tisco ...
p.19: Protesters attack McDonald's, Nike shops (WTO: Seattle Round) (Also ET: 4 Dec 1999, p.4)
p.26: Domain name stealing creates problems ...; Tyco Indian arm to gain leverage from Siemens EC acquisition
ET: 2 Dec 1999
p.3: DRL (Dr. Reddy's Lab.) plans open offer to acquire 20% in American Remedies
p.4: IOC signs marketing pact with Lubrizol Corporation
p.6: 'Insurance is a long-term business'
p.9: Amazon.com signs deal with luxury retailers
p.12: GTB seeks global alliance ...; Nation-wide strike paralyses work in LIC, GIC offices
ET: 3 Dec 1999
p.11: Novartis, AstraZeneca agri units to merge
p.12: PSUs revisited
p.14: Banks to circulate loan defaulters' list
p.20: Zee plans to form consortium for subscription-driven regime Corporate Dossier: (Sony, Cummins India, FirstGroup--London-based transport company); (last page): The Millennium Brand: The Orchid, Mumbai (An Ecotel Hotel)
ET: 4 Dec 1999
p.1: Unilever inching towards Rossell Ind takeover
p.5: Nortel routers set to conquer Indian markets
p.18: Blackstone Market launches new product testing tool
ET: 6 Dec 1999
p.1: Virgin Atlantic proposes code-sharing with Air India (see ET: 21 Dec 1999, p.5, for an explanation of code-sharing)
p.3: ANZ to consult all employees in effort to plot business strategy
p.7: 1st Net domain name dispute filed at WIPO (Visit The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers at http://www.icann.org/)
ET: 7 Dec 1999
p.1: GE kicks off India's largest research centre
p.17: (Roche, BSkyB)
ET: 8 Dec 1999
p.1: Sterlite to buy 55% of India Foils ...
p.5: Govt. must take 1st step towards governance (corporate governance)
p.10: (Eveready, Sterlite) Brand Equity: (last page): The Millennium Brand: The Bisleri Story
ET: 9 Dec 1999
p.13: Insurance privatisation to help Siemens
p.15: Microsoft to focus on digital media; Yahoo joins AOL to make it to S&P 500
ET: 10 Dec 1999
p.1: BCG prescribes bread and water regime to tone up L&T
p.6: (Infosys, Virgin) Corporate Dossier: The Sumantra Ghoshal Series; Royal Dutch/Shell; Matsushita; Jet Airways; National Panasonic; (last page): The Millennium Brand: Compaq
ET: 13 Dec 1999
p.7: Sawaal.com aims to answer your question http://www.sawaal.com/ Investor's Guide: p.5: How (not) to create an infotech firm
ET: 14 Dec 1999
p.15: (Cheminor, Dr. Reddy's, Modi Holdings, Baccarose Perfumes)
ET: 15 Dec 1999
p.1: Hutchison to pick up 49% in Sterling Cellular...; Gujarat Ambuja buys 31% in DLF Cement
ET: 16 Dec 1999
p.1: Deal Mania: ICICI Bank sounds out Centurion Bank for merger (Also ET: 17 Dec 1999, p.18; ET: 17 Dec 1999, p.18)
p.4: ICICI Bank, Satyam Info to set up web-based JV company
p.15: Rockwell Automation in strategic deal with TCS; Cigarette sales dwindle on higher excise duties; Cement players vie for acquisitions
p.16: GlobalTele, HDFC Bank, Citi enter gateway tie-up
p.22: Loss-making MRPL struggles with problem of plenty
ET: 17 Dec 1999
p.1: ANZ to restructure in India...
p.5: MTNL to enter long distance service with Rs.1000 cr outlay
p.6: Reliance-WorldTel plan optic fibre backbone for Net JV
p.7: Technology for shift from desktop to set-top
p.17: (Baron Electronics, Max India, also see ET: 21 Dec 1999, p.12 for more on Max India) Corporate Dossier: (Value of technology companies; Coke)
ET: 20 Dec 1999
p.3: Talwar (CEO of Stan Chat) wants to be in the league of Citibank, Levers
p.6: Millennium to usher in new business survival mantra
p.7: Developers race to make the idio box smarter
p.7: Looking for a Cybername? Go for .it http://www.vi.net/
ET: 21 Dec 1999
p.4: ICAI, ICSI, ICWAI may merge into one institute
p.18: Monsanto, P&U agree to $50-bn marriage
p.20: ICICI, Satyam Info plan cyber-cafes with ATM
p.21: MICO sounds out Korean, Japanese cos on car audio
ET: 22 Dec 1999
p.1: Madura Garments enters Indian Rayon wardrobe
p.8: Does globalisation threaten Indian culture?
p.22: Lee hopes to bring Posco culture to Ispat Brand Equity: (UB Group)
ET: 23 Dec 1999
p.1: Gujarat Ambuja buys out 7.2 p.c. Tata stake in ACC for Rs. 455 cr (New combine among top 10 in the world) (More reports on p.4)
p.12: Sikkim Bank to merge with Union Bank
p.12: Nedungadi Bank to appoint expert to chart 5-yr road map
p.13: (Reports on the Indian steel industry)
p.14: Amber to take franchisee route
p.22: Restaurateur* Sanjay Narang looks beyond Mumbai (*a person who owns and runs a restaurant)
ET: 24 Dec 1999
p.1: Unilever to acquire Rossell in Rs.175-cr deal; Bank of Punjab catches IDBI's fancy; New century belongs to idea merchants
p.3: HDFC Bank ties up with BPL for e-com foray
p.4: Lafarge eyes small cement cos to fulfil Indian dream; SAIL plans equity cut after power plant hive-offs
p.5: GIC betters pay package...; GIC sees SBI as biggest threat...
p.6: The years to come... (Indian PSUs...) Corporate Dossier: (Coke, Bharti Telecom, Bank of Madura, Holtec, Apple, Thermax Culligan, Body Shop, Groupe Bull, Open University)
ET: 27 Dec 1999
p.1: Corporate India zeroes in on hot deals... (mergers and acquisitions)
p.1: WorldTel-Reliance to sign JVs with 8 states for Net kiosks (Apr 2000 deadline)
p.8: Corporate governance: SEBI going overboard
p.11: Pantaloon to split operations on KPMG directions Investor's Guide: p.1: Consolidation... (in cement industry); p.5: Four small... (pharma companies)
ET: 28 Dec 1999
p.1: Majority of Essar FRN holders opt for exit option
p.3: India may emerge as Intel's biggest IT hub; Nocil board approves demerger plan; ACC to augment capacities of all plants
p.5: 'Deal mange more'
p.6: Downsizing and after (Indian PSUs)
p.11: Wintech plans to make city (Calcutta) hub for SE Asian operations
p.12: RBI considers cross-merger of SBI associates
ET: 30 Dec 1999
p.5: Ayurvedic beauty products set to storm the world (Kerala Ayurvedic Products Ltd.)
p.13: (JK Corp, AB Electrolux, Alembic, Sreeleathers)
ET: 31 Dec 1999
p.4: M&A activity on the rise in H1 of 1999-2000
p.16: Tisco to separate flat, long business Corporate Dossier: Do away with 'Mudas' (On Gemba Keizen)
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