Once upon a time, one associated manipulation of interest rates and similar machinations with the private moneylender. Today, such unfair trade practices have become the forte of banks, particularly private banks. Take, for example, this complaint that came up before the Banking Ombudsman.
Analyse the features of the Figo, Swift, Ritz and Vista, as they battle it out for the buyer’s attention.
Time-sharing of resorts is quite popular in several countries. Europe, for example, has an estimated 1,500 such holiday resorts. But Europe also has a regulation to protect consumers from unfair and unethical practices adopted by time share companies.
Two years ago, Samuel Culbert, a UCLA professor and management consultant, published an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal titled, "Get Rid of the Performance Review!" The piece got a huge response from readers, and he went on to write a book with the same title, which will come out next month.
Kids are not what they used to be. No kidding. Just ask Rasna, the brand that made home-made squash a national trend by combining a variety of value-priced soft drink concentrates with the cuteness of a girl reports Vivek Sinha.
In order to fight piracy, Nokia plans to launch its music service 'Comes With Music' in India in a couple of months to give unlimited music access to its consumers, a top company official said.
It may hark back to the License Raj days and limited production when consumers had to wait for a decade after booking a Bajaj Chetak, but even today some cars and two-wheelers command a waiting period.
The microwave oven market, which at present is very small at 1.4 million units, is expected to grow by 30 per cent in India this year, reports Rachit Vats.
It is almost like a game in which the winner depends on who the umpire is. The budget day last week saw CNBC TV18 emerging as a leader according to TAM data, while overnight TV monitoring service aMap’s figures showed Bloomberg UTV at the top, reports Anita Sharan.
In order to cash in on growing brand consciousness, luxury watchmaker Cartier plans to expand its distribution network in India, a top company official said in Mumbai.
Yahoo Inc plans to integrate Twitter into its collection of websites, as the company seeks to enhance the appeal of its online properties with popular social networking features.
By asking what’s happening or what’s on our minds, Facebook and Twitter have prodded people to broadcast just about anything, from what they ate for lunch to what movie they’re going to see. Now a new site wants to unearth more — by asking people to automatically reveal the things they buy.
I am done with writing that the cellphone is now a computer.
The book publishing, distributing and selling industry is on the cusp of a technological revolution. A revolution where e-books — books that can be read on electronic readers —will transform the reading experience.
The government’s decision to deregulate non-urea fertiliser and increase urea prices has come as a clear winner for the industry.