News (Jul-Dec 2002)

NEWS ITEMS ON INDUSTRY STRUCTURE, TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS, STRATEGIC DECISIONS, GLOBAL BUSINESS TRENDS, CORPORATE PLANNING, CORPORATE STRATEGY, ETC.

2002 News (July - December)

ET: 1 July 2002

p.1: Cos raise foreign funds to shop at divestment fair

p.1: Global cement majors keen on Indian M&As

p.6: 'Telecom is for the young at heart' (Bharti group)

p.9: Infosys keen on development unit in China; Software cos win projects at below-average price

ET: 2 July 2002

p.13: HDFC Bank to expand operations down south

ET: 3 July 2002

p.7: Nirma to enter hair oil, shampoo segments

p.8: Orchid Chem sets up JV with US biotech firm; Sanofi looks at takeovers to enter India with a bang

ET: 4 July 2002

ET: 5 July 2002

p.4: Apollo plans chain of franchise clinics

ET: 8 July 2002

p.8:

Citings

: The end of globalisation

p.8: 'We will not get out of hardware' (EMC Corp)

p.11: Thomas Bata swears by outsourcing, retail

p.15: ISPs' focus on corporate pie pays off, segment grows 23%

ET: 9 July 2002

p.7: 'Our industry has no confidence in our R&D' (Indian HRD Minister)

p.11: Number of dotcom deaths on decline

ET: 10 July 2002

p.4:

Citings

: The end of globalisation

p.5: Core banking solutions

p.6: Mindset ties up with Hero Group IT unit (Should be:

Mindslot

)

ET: 11 July 2002

p.4:

Citings

: Developing creativity in organizations

p.4: 'We were slow to pick up speed' (Bar Code India)

p.5: New blueprint for software (managing uncertainties)

p.5: [Advt.] CRM in focus

p.5: Time for India to break body-shopping image (i-Flex)

p.8: Infi-nite possibilities: Contract research, volume growth are on the cards (Infosys)

ET: 12 July 2002

p.1: Wyeth merges with Geoffrey Manners

p.7: Dabur separates pharma, FMCG

p.9: Web IDs get a common standard

ET: 15 July 2002

p.1: Maruti, FCI top unlisted charts

p.6: 'M-commerce is quite secure' (BPL Mobile Communications)

p.9: Tata Tele plans Rs.2400 cr issue; Reckitt wants to hold over 90% in Indian arm

p.11: IDC sounds warning bell for IT sector; Deloitte plans to recast staff salary structure

Investor's Guide

: p.1: Spinning a success (Mahavir Spinning, Vardhman Spinning)

ET: 16 July 2002

p.1: Pfizer to buy Pharmacia; Reliance Info wakes up...

p.4:

Citings

: Intelligent leadership

p.5: What does the future hold for Reliance (three reports)

ET: 17 July 2002

p.1: Sify to acquire Wipro corporate connectivity biz

p.4: Tatas, India and the emerging world

ET: 18 July 2002

p.4: 'The paperless office is a myth' (HP India)

p.5: Exploding the myths of Indian IT; Smart ways to take on the Chinese challenge (India's software industry)

p.6: GRE structure to be changed

ET: 19 July 2002

p.1: Wipro to buy GE Medical IT co for $5.7 m

p.6: TCS tops Nasscom software exporters' list

ET: 22 July 2002

p.1: Hindalco gets Indo Gulf copper biz (merger)

p.3: Desi banks go hi-tech with NCR

p.6: Clouds over IIMs

p.9: Pfizer open to growth through M&As

ET: 23 July 2002

p.7: 'I am keen on a strategic partner' (Ramesh Chauhan)

ET: 24 July 2002

p.1: Bio-info cos face sudden death

p.4: Diversification will be key to survival...

p.10: Banks seek NGO help to channelise microcredit

ET: 25 July 2002

p.1: Telecom cos can choose carriers

p.4: Globalisation vs. nationalism

p.5: Planning strategic alliances for faster growth (IT services)

p.11: (Steel industry)

ET: 26 July 2002

p.1: BPO biggies can's find right CEOs for desi arms

ET: 29 July 2002

p.5: ITC may ferry LIC to rural India

p.8:

Citings

: The edge of now

p.13: Ariba bets on India's software talent; Bottlenecks retarding hardware sector growth

ET: 30 July 2002

p.3: LIC unveils its first pure term product...

ET: 31 July 2002

p.1: IDBI buys BNP's merchant network

p.6:

Citings

: Jamming: The art & discipline of business creativity

ET: 1 Aug 2002

p.1: IBM set to buy PwC Consulting...

p.5: Animation sector comes alive with 40% export rise

p.6: 'We offer a portfolio of refined oils' (Marico)

p.7: There's more to the world than US (IT exports)

p.8: Global consultancy biz to feel takeover tremors

p.8: US desperately seeks math teachers

ET: 2 Aug 2002

p.6:

Citings

: The edge of now

p.11: HP, Singapore to forge alliance

ET: 5 Aug 2002

p.1: Here's a 'creative' way to window-dress accounts

p.9: Watch for the mouse-traps... (performance-orientation)

p.11: ACC will axe 1,000 jobs to slash costs; Nicholas plans to close former ICI pharma unit

p.14: IBM-PwC to tap bank in India

ET: 6 Aug 2002

p.5: 'No conflict between patents and public health' (Novartis India)

p.7: Telco to offload stake in non-core investments

p.9: Fuzzy logic to help India retain IT edge...

ET: 7 Aug 2002

p.6:

Citings

: The future of success

p.6: Which way now for Mukesh Ambani?

p.8: Times of India opens NIE chapter in city (NIE: Newspaper in Education)

Brand Equity

: p.4: Leave it to the imagination (

RoI

: 'return on imagination')

ET: 8 Aug 2002

p.4: 'ATM market is still growing' (Diebold)

p.7: Silverline fails to pay staff salaries; MUL rises in Esteem with diesel version...; Honda steps on the gas in India...

ET: 12 Aug 2002

p.1: Big 4 rewrite portfolios...

p.6: Consulting arms may have to turn to BPO, I-T

p.1: [Advt.] Andhra Bank: Chairman's Statement

p.8:

Citings

: Jamming: The art & discipline of business creativity

p.11: It's time for desi BPO cos to cash in, says Nasscom

ET: 13 Aug 2002

p.1: Wipro Tech hunts for Indian IT services cos

p.4: Opening up the skies

p.5: How will drought affect economic recovery (

analysing the environment

)

p.8: Shoppers' Stop to don global look

ET: 14 Aug 2002

p.1: Tisco looks beyond steel...

p.1: Exxon Mobil is richer than Pak

p.7: Infosys rated best IT co by KPMG

Brand Equity

: (India's most trusted brands)

ET: 15 Aug 2002

p.1: India's IT firms yet to crack consultancy code

p.4: 'We are donning a new makeover' (Lakmé)

p.6: Cambridge to offer management courses (in India)

p.7: Telco to roll out new cars to keep Volvo off road

ET: 19 Aug 2002

p.5: SSI may quit education business, sell brand name (see correction on 21 Aug, p.6); Money comes calling on call centres

p.6: AV Birla to make more use of IT arm

p.7: IT biggies ready to rule BPO segment

p.8: Where exactly do boards get off? (corporate governance)

ET: 20 Aug 2002

p.1: Travelex buys LKP Forex...

p.5: A tata to corporate governance

ET: 21 Aug 2002

p.6: Is industry-less growth here to stay?

p.6:

Citings

: The 48 laws of power

p.7: Touch base with touch screen (banking technology)

p.11: Polaris to hike salaries, revamp HR norms

ET: 22 Aug 2002

p.1: Govt. waives export obligation on auto cos

p.1: Over 55,000 tech grads jobless

p.7: Indian Hotels to cut down group cos to 30

p.9: IBM, HP to share data on storage systems

ET: 23 Aug 2002

p.4: Thinking vs. doing managers

p.7: Hindustan Motors unifies marketing ops

ET: 26 Aug 2002

Investor's Guide

: p.4: IT grows up, finally

ET: 27 Aug 2002

p.7: Maruti plans design facelift for Zen...; Jisco to hike capacity by 40,000 t

p.8: Call centres face price pressure

ET: 28 Aug 2002

p.1: Jubilant homes in on Max's bulk drugs biz

p.4:

Citings

: The growing business handbook

p.4: Reshaping business corporations

p.5: [Cleaning up global banking] Looking for a second chance

p.6: Suzuki to source special grade steel from SAIL; Maruti to set up used-car retail mart...

ET: 29 Aug 2002

p.5: PTC (Parametric Technology) will zero in on verticals

p.5: IBM's best kept secret: it's huge in software too

p.6: Wipro turns back on The Wall (China)

p.6: Small paint cos to get R&D unit

p.7: Indiatimes, Mattel in pact for online toy store

p.12: Nortel to cut 7,000 more jobs

p.12: Supplier turns screws on Daewoo

ET: 30 Aug 2002

p.6: Scale economies and airlines

p.6:

Citings

: The 48 laws of power

p.8: Intel to recruit more, invest $200 m in India

p.9: Maruti draws up 3-year roadmap for growth

p.13: Vijaya (Bank) to kid-nap youngsters (educational loans)

ET: 2 Sep 2002

p.6:

Citings

: The post-corporate world

p.13: Telecom's changed US work culture

Investor's Guide

: p.4: The telltale letter (reading chairman's letter to shareholders)

ET: 3 Sep 2002

p.7: NPIL seals ICI pharma unit merger

p.11: StanChart completes Grindlays integration

p.11: Strategic M&As must for survival of banks: RBI

ET: 4 Sep 2002

p.5: Mutual Funds: Do you hear a death knell?

p.7: Alstom reworks marketing strategy

p.9: [Advt.] Federal Bank Chairman's speech

p.10: IBM may cut 4000 jobs post PwC deal

ET: 5 Sep 2002

p.1: Intel cuts chip prices by 52%

p.3: NIIT buys US co in third acquisition of the year

p.6:

Citings

: Teachers as peace builders

p.10: IFCI may sell good assets to HDFC to meet liabilities

[Special Supplement] Supply chain management

ET: 6 Sep 2002

p.4:

Citings

: The truth about managing people

p.6: Govt. plans new database of all business entities

p.6: AI, IA to focus all energies on core business

p.8: Lever plans to bite into snacks

p.9: [Advt.] Dabur: Chairman's speech

ET: 9 Sep 2002

p.8:

Citings

: Whoever makes the most mistakes wins

Investor's Guide

: p.4: Banks and insurance: A bad policy (ill-conceived mergers)

ET: 10 Sep 2002

p.1: Indian IT cos are hiring once more

p.6: BSNL wants to rule cable, broadband world

p.7: i-flex seeks partner to cure Flexcube ills

p.10: Tight governance could retard corporate growth

ET: 11 Sep 2002

p.1: PNB to buy Nedungadi...

p.3: Industry faces hard days ahead, warns Tarun Das

p.8: Spectre of glut may spoil optic fibre party in India

ET: 12 Sep 2002

p.4:

Citings

: The truth about managing people

p.4: A PC for every purse... (Zenith Computers)

p.5: Faster, better, and easier (Texas Instruments)

p.6: Tech must lead to social change, says Sam Pitroda

ET: 13 Sep 2002

p.9: Microsoft may buy UK game maker Rare...

p.9: Intel's India centre get high marks in patents

ET: 16 Sep 2002

p.1: Drug MNCs find India a happy testing ground

p.5: [The ET-CMIE PSU survey] Many heroes in the making (central PSUs)

ET: 17 Sep 2002

p.6: The unemployment puzzle

p.8: Continental AG to buy Metro's mobike tyre unit; India Cements likely to exit non-core areas

p.8: Duncans to shut down Kanpur fertiliser plant

ET: 18 Sep 2002

p.4:

Citings

: The 48 laws of power

p.8: Ethanol and bio-diesel

p.11: Net service providers reduced to mere cogs...

ET: 20 Sep 2002

p.4:

Citings

: Real power

p.6: Harsh times in hospitality sector

p.6: Sonodyne's sound of music cuts across globe.

p.7: HLL ties p with large buyers to boost sales

p.9: Microsoft, AT&T in tie-up (.NET)

ET: 23 Sep 2002

p.1: Tatas to sell 10% TCS holding in local market

p.6: Waiting for Kalki--Part 2 (on business models)

p.9: Forbes Gokak to shrink in size

ET: 24 Sep 2002

p.4:

Citings

: Whoever makes the most mistakes wins

p.5: How can boards be made more effective

p.7: Domino's set to offer franchises to staff

ET: 25 Sep 2002

p.1: CNN, ABC plan to create mega news powerhouse

p.4: It is better to ally than to acquire

p.5: Leaving a lot to chance (risk management in banks)

ET: 26 Sep 2002

p.5: Small dev-centres will shut down

p.8: ING starts to synergise banking, related biz

ET: 27 Sep 2002

p.3: [Advt.] BPCL Chairman's statement

ET: 30 Sep 2002

p.3: PSU banks don new garb to woo customers

p.4: NIIT expands online campus with eGurucool

p.6: Telco to opt for non-sale revenue models

p.8:

Citings

: The cycle of leadership

p.8: 'MFs must focus on retail segment'

p.11: Bajaj Auto to revamp supply chain

p.15: Chinese brands ready for image makeover

ET: 1 Oct 2002

p.1:

Talking shop: Deals heat up IT service space

: Prudential comes calling; Wipro buys 3 Ericsson units

p.4: Deal to affect TCS

p.5: City-based start-up to take care of your car

p.8: Accounting tricks around the globe

p.10: i-Flex plans Rs.120-cr expansion in Mumbai

p.10: ITC

Aims

to strike a match to its cigarettes

ET: 2 Oct 2002

p.1:

Drastic cut in billing rates...

: Consultancy firms are also beginning to feel the pinch

p.5: Bringing them all to book (off-balance-sheet entities)

p.7: Companies banking on relationship marketing

p.8: Creation of management council a mistake (Zee Telefilms)

p.11: National Insurance keen on alliances with banks

Brand Equity

: p.3: Call in a day's work

ET: 3 Oct 2002

p.7: Innovation revitalises humble dot-matrix printer

ET: 4 Oct 2002

p.1: Snowcem may sell off exterior paints business to Berger

p.1: Indian students set to rule world classrooms

p.7: Samsung slashes laser printer prices by 50%

ET: 7 Oct 2002

p.7: Afraid of the GRE (essay-writing section)

p.9: Tata Steel fails to impress Maruti; Poor Chinese flanges...

p.9: HLL, Godrej may shift units out of Mumbai; Nirma sets eye on food, shampoo...; ITC makes

p.9: ITC makes its debut in corporate gifts market

p.12: CEO safety assumes new importance

ET: 8 Oct 2002

p.4: Time to know your mind, Mr. Tata

p.10: Global warming may burn a hole in fin cos' pockets

ET: 9 Oct 2002

p.7: Nirma to take on HLL with Camay

p.10: Credit Suisse to cut 1,750 jobs

Brand Equity

: p.3: Drivers wanted (Maruti 800) (risks of cost leadership)

ET: 10 Oct 2002

ET: 11 Oct 2002

p.1: Reliance pumps to have shops, showers, banks

p.7: Multi-million dollar projects not on co radar (Infosys) (Business models)

p.9: Nobel winner... (irrational decisions: Daniel Kahneman, Vernon Smith)

ET: 14 Oct 2002

p.6: 'We've become a stronger airline' (Cathay Pacific)

p.6: Experimenting in economics (Nobel 2002)

p.8: Bajaj autorickshaws to ply on California roads

ET: 15 Oct 2002

p.4: Irrational, experimental, & Nobel (Nobel economics 2002)

p.5: 'We're not trying to fleece patients' (Max India)

p.7: Amul wants to keep company of who's who of India Inc.

p.7: Swedish Match plans to set up plant in India

p.8: Hero Group's ITES arm new growth area

p.10: Boeing hits air pocket, may cut jet production

p.10: Pilgrim's Pride recalls 27.4 m pounds of meat

p.10: Asia only bright spot in ailing global auto sector

ET: 16 Oct 2002

Brand Equity

: p.2: Practical magic (market research today)

ET: 17 Oct 2002

p.1: HDFC Bank eyes home finance

p.4: 'Highways should be of concrete' (CRRI)

p.5: Nearshore outsourcing...; Mass customisation

p.7: Videocon keen to buy seek sugar co-ops (unrelated diversification)

ET: 18 Oct 2002

p.1: Job market picking up

p.1: Dip in market share forces LIC to wake up

p.6:

Citings

: Quotes from Edison

p.9: PwC Global to focus on HR consultancy

ET: 21 Oct 2002

p.6: The analogy problem

p.7: Make the connection (ITES)

p.13: Cathay sulks...; Branson keen to leave mark in more areas

ET: 22 Oct 2002

p.1: PC sales may cross 19 lakh units

p.5: Middle class refuses to worry about its middle (butter consumption)

p.8: IT outsourcing from India to US may double

p.9: M&B making shoes for licencees of Lee Cooper; Pantaloon to take India's Fashion Zone to W. Asia

p.10: Pvt. equity funds, banks, FIs fund call centre deals

p.10: Indian IT services units are on revival path...

p.11: IBM plans self service machines

ET: 23 Oct 2002

p.5: IT biggies get busy with launches

p.6: The crisis in higher education

p.6: Idea of economic development (social learning)

p.12: Ford may cut costs by $1 bn

p.12: United air to take 1250 more off its payroll

ET: 24 Oct 2002

p.1: AV Birla seeks strategic partner for chemicals biz

p.5: News channels eat into entertainment space

p.6:

Citings

: Preamble to the charter of the UN

p.6: Rethinking PSU sell-offs (odd arguments)

p.7: Call destination India (call centre)

ET: 25 Oct 2002

p.5: Research-based policies help weaker groups

p.12: ABB seeks escape route in cost-cuts, divestment

p.13: Retail thrust boosts UTI Bank bottomline

ET: 28 Oct 2002

p.1: Bajaj cuts management strength by 550

p.1: Accounting changes give balance sheet a new face

p.8:

Citings

: Business@the speed of thought

p.8: Rating corporate governance

ET: 29 Oct 2002

p.9: Reliance to open 777 web stores

p.9: Consulting is the new trend in offshore biz (Software services)

ET: 30 Oct 2002

p.10: Cos must look beyond mergers... (Tom Peters)

ET: 31 Oct 2002

p.14: Mahesh Yogi to launch global currency Raam

ET: 1 Nov 2002

p.7: Linux builds capacity to run Win programs

p.10: A doomsday scenario (Stiglitz)

p.11:

Citings

: (Maastricht Treaty)

p.12: Reliance Info plans big bang kick-off on Dec 28

p.13: Multi-brand stores...

ET: 4 Nov 2002

p.1: Pink slips force IIM grads to return home

p.5: Cos seek virtual meets to save on time, money

p.5: Toshiba in better position to ride out of tech slump

p.6: Nowhere close to real globalisation

p.6: 'C-DOT has been a poor marketer'

p.7: In-sure shot (employment in insurance)

p.9: Consortium bidding by IT cos on the rise

ET: 5 Nov 2002

p.1: IDBI to become a bank, search on for best route

p.1: 'Incredible India'... (India as a brand)

p.5: 'Drug MNCs are scared of competition' (IDMA)

p.6: ISB to open two new business institutes

ET: 6 Nov 2002

p.1: Pvt non-life cos strike gold...

p.3: Losses force Gridco to enter other states

p.5: Insurance sector reforms: Uncover the wealth

p.5: Disintermediation in banks: The ways to go

p.6: Titan splits into 2...

p.7: Zuari detaches furniture division before sell-off

Brand Equity

: p.3: 4 lessons for CEOs

ET: 7 Nov 2002

p.3: Icra to grade hospitals...

p.4: India's the sixth best destination for international retail chains

p.7: Focus on realtime to beat slowdown (PeopleSoft, Indian ERP market)

p.9: Fixed price contracts on rise in IT industry

p.11: GE to give board more freedom

ET: 8 Nov 2002

p.4: Finding the right medicine (globalisation)

p.6: Bhubaneswar: Planners' nightmare

p.11: It will soon be curtains for SBI Home Finance

p.11: ICAI committee brings 64 guilty CAs to book

ET: 11 Nov 2002

p.6: Globalisation revisited

p.9: Whirlpool toys with multi-brand strategy

Investor's Guide

: Comparing symptoms (deflation in America and Europe)

ET: 12 Nov 2002

p.1: Alliance Capital may follow Zurich, exit Indian market

p.5: 'India has the potential to be another US' (Scarff, outgoing CEO of GSK)

p.6: Free software guru against licensed programmes

ET: 13 Nov 2002

p.1: Microsoft to invest Rs.2000 cr in India...

p.3: Orissa Cement plans fly ash unit

p.4: Interest rates: Competitive at last?

p.8: Novell may acquire Indian firm

p.13: Insurance Institute of India to bring home global courses

ET: 14 Nov 2002

p.1: SAIL to cut 40,000 jobs in four years (also p.7)

p.1: SBI chief focuses on tech thrust

p.7: Let's play New-Age management strategy

p.11: McKinsey target within reach (job creation)

ET: 15 Nov 2002

p.6: Rebooting globalisation

p.9: Digi shock: 'The next decade will change the world'

p.11: NIIT acquires German IT services firm ADS

ET: 18 Nov 2002

p.8: The service economy, ha, ha, ha

p.8: Quality--Why we miss the bus?

p.11: Domestic IT growth set to outperform exports

p.15: After recession, corporate now battle deflation

ET: 19 Nov 2002

p.5: 'Co-operative banks need regulatory reform'

p.9: Recruitment freeze hits banks

p.9: Stanchart aims to grow through retail division

p.10: United Air releases business blueprint

ET: 20 Nov 2002

p.9: Nike holds back plans to set up India subsidiary

ET: 21 Nov 2002

p.1: Zuari, Chambal, PPL plan mega alliance

p.4:

Citings

: Real magic (on nothingness)

p.5: ERP's back in a new avatar

p.6: Infotech still favourite among Indian students

p.7: Mid-sized IT cos depend heavily on top 10 clients

p.7: Bajaj Electricals exits die casting, eyes real estate

p.8: UTI Bank recruits 600 more

ET: 22 Nov 2002

p.6: Removal of tax sops to enhance cos governance

p.7: Global clothiers tie up with desi players

p.7: EDS comes calling to

Aamchi

Mumbai

ET: 25 Nov 2002

p.1: ICSE readies for brave new world (strategic thinking)

p.5: 11% industry growth needed to achieve 8% GDP growth

p.5: Business news is buzzword in BBC, CNN

p.6: 'It'll take only 2/10 of a second now' (Mastercard International Global Technology Operations)

p.8: LIC asks agents to hardsell all policies

p.8: Govt focuses on technical education to boost R&D

p.9: Bharat Forge plans to buy European unit [see also

Investor's Guide

, 2 Dec 2002, p.3]

p.9: Crossword to add 20 new outlets by 2004

p.11: ALL's Rs 52-cr IT plan to go online in January

Investor's Guide

: p.4: The P/E myth

ET: 26 Nov 2002

p.5: 'India's long-term outlook is very positive' (New York Life)

ET: 27 Nov 2002

p.1: MNCs stay away from L&T cement business

p.4: KPMG to Frame report on show business

p.6: Freedom and growth: No Siamese twins

p.7: A shop, a deli, a bank (branch banking)

p.9: Terror attacks can sever internet links

p.10: i-Flex Consulting looks to grow via acquisitions; p.10: NTPC to map its corporate plans; p.10: Westbright shifts focus...

Brand Equity

: p.2: Insight (what market research clients look for)

ET: 28 Nov 2002

p.4: 'Bandwidth's getting commoditised' (Nortel)

p.5: India's future: software and silicon

p.6: Convergence opens doors to tech retailing

p.8: ICICI Bank, HDFC to enter used car sector; India to be Daimler's outsourcing hub

ET: 29 Nov 2002

p.9: Manpower utilisation poses problem for BPO firms

ET: 2 Dec 2002

p.6: 'CRM is a corporate strategy' (Interact Commerce Crop)

p.6: The new-look public sector banks

p.11: PwC banks on e-biz to usher in new order

ET: 3 Dec 2002

ET: 4 Dec 2002

p.8: RIL to hike Jamnagar capacity (growth)

p.10: Where are interest rates headed?

p.14: Cognizant to enter BPO sector

Brand Equity

: p.3: Get up, get going (on market research)

ET: 5 Dec 2002

p.1: PC sales are likely to grow 15% this fiscal

p.1: Nestle in talks to sell Excelsia to Parson

p.5: E-biz on demand in an e-world (enterprise-wide integration)

p.6: IT doesn't always lead to growth

p.10: Hard times force US tech giants to revise corporate gameplan (AOL, HP)

ET: 6 Dec 2002

p.8: GE Plastics buys Jain Irrigation sheet assets

p.11: Honda vehicles least polluting

ET: 9 Dec 2002

p.4: India will emerge as 4th largest economy in 2020

p.4: BCL (British Council Library) plans futuristic online library

p.11: Memory doesn't always mirror true experiences

ET: 10 Dec 2002

p.1: STAR stumps rivals, cuts subscription rates by 25%

p.7: 'ERP has always helped employees' (Baan)

p.9: Wal-Mart offers $199 PC with no Windows, Intel

p.11: Bharti Tele-Ventures to merge three group cos

p.12: United Airlines files for Chapter 11

ET: 11 Dec 2002

p.9: TCG planning to log on to BPO sector

p.9: Telecom cos are making life easier for everyone (Reliance; Ericsson)

p.10: UAL crash not to hit Lufthansa

ET: 12 Dec 2002

p.1: ITC Info set to announce BPO JV with ClientLogic (see also 13 Dec 2002, p.1)

p.1: Drug cos cash in on aching bones

p.11: Call centre training schools booming

ET: 13 Dec 2002

p.3: Strong plastics lobby stifles Green concerns

p.4: European myths and realities (Economic models of USA and Europe)

p.9: IBM unveils telephony services

p.10: Sprint to lay off 2100; AOL Net unit cuts 300...

ET: 16 Dec 2002

p.5: CIL's (Coal India) structure may be dismantled

p.6: The changing role of CFOs

p.8: Supercomputer set to change computing ways

p.9: Tata to spend Rs.300 cr to woo generation next

ET: 17 Dec 2002

p.6: Celebrating the irrational

ET: 18 Dec 2002

ET: 19 Dec 2002

p.4: Shaping the future of India ('service centre of the world')

p.5: Four generations of offshore outsourcing

p.11: ICICI Bank to take over Federal Bank

ET: 20 Dec 2002

ET: 23 Dec 2002

p.1: Young pros give MNCs a miss...

p.6: Here's to co-opetition

p.6: 'Bond with family business is strong' (Ramco)

p.8: N. Jersey Bill blocks outsourcing to India

p.9: AVB Group puts on hold strategic plans

p.13: Ciba plans acquisitions to boost growth figures

ET: 24 Dec 2002

p.1: Of wealth, raw zeal and Punjab de puttars

p.1: Hutch-Essar to merge across all 10 circles

p.8: Technical education to take hi-tech course soon

p.8: US telemarketing riders to hit Indian call centres

ET: 25 Dec 2002

Brand Equity

: p.1: Ghari by a landslide (Ghari detergent)

ET: 26 Dec 2002

p.8: Jain returns a wiser man after Jakarta jaunt

ET: 27 Dec 2002

p.4: Indian cos hike annual outlays for IT projects

p.6: How independent are directors

p.8: Mega mobile service eyes ordinary users

p.11: Sarabhais plan to rejig operations to wipe losses

p.11: Air Sahara writes new rules of marketing

ET: 30 Dec 2002

ET: 31 Dec 2002

p.1: MNCs match billing rates of desi IT cos

p.7: 'IT growth will pick up from 2003' (Mentor Graphics)

p.8: Indian IT cos enter mainland China

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