The Hindu Business Line : Friday, January 06, 2006

Naukri.com-CNBC TV18 to launch reality show offering jobs
INSTEAD of cash or goodies, this live TV show promises to give out jobs. Job portal Naukri.com and TV18 will present the first Job Show to be aired on TV starting February. Aviva Life Insurance, Flextronics Software System, Impetus ... More

Intel, AMD join entertainment race
CHIPMAKERS Intel and AMD have announced their entry into your living room with Viiv and Live home entertainment PCs. Microsoft set off on an early start in 2005 with its Windows Media Center PC. Intel recently announced the `Viiv' (pronounced ... More

BPCL to give dhabas run for the money — To expand one-stop shop for truckers
THE NEXT time a truck driver commences his long and tedious journey from one end of the country to another, using the 65,569-km-long national highway network, he will not have to put up with the dhabas (roadside eateries) and their ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS

PR society institutes awards for professionals in Kerala
THE Thiruvananthapuram chapter of Public Relations Society of India (PRSI) has announced that it is instituting two annual awards for excellence in public relations and corporate social responsibility. The `public relations practitioner of the ... More

FASHION

Miss India 2005
Femina Miss India 2005 Niharika Singh (left) with `Ponds Googly Woogly Princess' Nani Lemima in Bangalore on Thursday.

ADVERTISING

Mudra bags MMTC's creative, media account
MUDRA has won the creative and media duties for MTC. The account is pegged at Rs 5 crore and will be handled by Mudra Delhi, says a press release. The brief given to the agency was to create a fresh, vibrant and a new identity for MMTC. The ... More

TBWA\Mumbai bags Allianz account in India
ALLIANZ, the European insurer and financial services group, has entrusted TBWA\Mumbai with the task of building the Allianz brand in India. It will kick off its Indian association with the title sponsorship of the India-Pakistan cricket series ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

REPORTER'S DIARY
Offer re-called
Mobile operators are falling over one another with such offers as lifetime pre-paid cards, low long-distance calling, cheap SMS and what not. But sometimes this can lead to rehashing old offers. That is what Reliance Infocomm seems to have done ... More

Group Voyagers' branch in India
GROUP Voyagers Inc (GVI), a global provider of escorted travel vacations, plans to target young, affluent Indians and seasoned travellers with its niche products. The company, which is headquartered in Switzerland, has opened its office in ... More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES

Shrinking margins worry auto dealers
THE Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) has said shrinking margins were emerging a matter of concern for auto dealers. "There is pressure from the customers for discounts on one side and from manufacturers to reduce dealer ... More

MARKET SHARES

Samsung to focus on flat TV, premium products
CONSUMER electronics giant Samsung expects sales in India to follow global trends and has decided to focus more on flat and high-end television categories and high-end white goods. The Samsung India Deputy Managing Director, Mr R. Zutshi, told ... More

Cellular base swells by 3.2 m in Dec
CELLULAR base grew by an unprecedented 3.2 million in December 2005, taking the total to 58.5 million subscribers, compared to 37.3 million users in December 2004. This is the highest monthly addition that GSM-based operators have reported ever ... More

RETAILING

Barista Coffee plans Rs 25-cr expansion
BARISTA Coffee Company Ltd (BCCL) has chalked out a major expansion plan involving an investment of over Rs 25 crore during the current year to set up around 40 new Barista Espresso Bars and Espresso Corners and five new concept stores called ... More

TRENDS

CD sales scale new high this music season
THE music season in Chennai is a busy time for record companies and music stores in and around the city, with Carnatic CDs recording maximum sales during this period. HMV, for example, sells about 75,000 CDs a year, of which 45,000 are sold ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Next Gen Publishing launches `Computeractive' in India
NEXT Gen Publishing Ltd, a venture of Forbes Group and HDFC Ltd, launched Computeractive in India on Thursday. Mr Hoshang Billimoria, CEO, Next Gen Publishing, said that this magazine is licensed exclusively for the Indian subcontinent ... More

National Skills Registry project to be launched on Jan 18
IN a move that could reduce the incidents of information security breaches, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) is all set to launch the proposed National Skills Registry project containing database of BPO and IT ... More

Brand Quest

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