The Hindu Business Line : Friday, June 23, 2006

Dubai co markets Malaysian property
Pegasus Realty, a Dubai-based company, has started marketing a Kuala Lumpur residential property in India. The company started the marketing in Chennai because of the city's business and cultural links with the Malaysian capital. Mr Imtiaz ... More

RURAL MARKETING
`Rural insurance needs differential pricing'
Post offices best suited to improve penetration, says former IRDA chief More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Retailers body plans skill courses, franchises at 10 cities
To provide skills to handle entry-level and middle-management jobs More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS
Abhishek Bachchan is Omega's new brand ambassador
Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan is the new brand ambassador for Swiss watchmaker Omega. He joins the ranks of Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman, super model Cindy Crawford and racing icon Michael Schumacher in endorsing the watch brand. The ... More

Hutch launches `Fun Cards'
Hutch has launched scratch cards that offer caller tunes and ring tones. Mr Kumar Ramanathan, Chief Executive Officer of Hutchison Essar (Chennai and Tamil Nafu), explained to the press that the concept is similar to that of a prepaid card. ... More

RETAILING
Lifestyle to launch courses in fashion retail management
Open only to candidates from economically weak families More

McDonald's selects Manthan solution
Global fast food retail chain McDonald's has selected Manthan Systems as its enterprise performance management solution provider. Announcing this here, Mr Atul Jalan, Managing Director and CEO of Manthan Systems, said that about ... More

PEOPLE
Intel India gets new marketing head
Intel India announced a new head of marketing and sales - Mr Sivakumar Ramamurthy. Mr Ramamurthy is currently the Director, Business Development, Mobility Group, in the US. He has been with Intel for 18 years. He is expected ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
No plans to manufacture in India now: BenQ
BenQ Mobile today unveiled the first batch of dual-branded `BenQ-Siemens' mobile phones in India, even as the company said it had no immediate plans to set up a manufacturing facility in India. "We have considered the option of having a ... More

Neva Garments launches NevaMod range
Neva Garments Ltd has announced the launch of NevaMod range of innerwear and bath-linen in a co-branding partnership with Birla Cellulose, the fibre division of Grasim Industries of the Aditya Birla Group. At a function here on Wednesday, the ... More

Merino Group to enter RTE retail segment
To cash in on demand for potato-based processed food products More

Brand Quest

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