Most consumer durables are unlikely to get cheaper despite finance minister P. Chidambaram making a 2 per cent cut in central value-added tax (cenvat) to boost demand. Major consumer durable companies told The Telegraph that they were not planning to cut prices of products such as refrigerators, colour televisions, air-conditioners and washing machines. They said [...]

—Contributed by Charu Gupta Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility is quite a buzzword in today’s market. Companies are rising to the social needs and growing consumer awareness and hence, can’t risk their reputation in the markets.   The consumer is changing and now he is no more looking for just a good price or quality [...]

—Contributed by Deepak Miglani Right to privacy is recognized as a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution by the Supreme Court. Things concerning a person's home, family, religion, health, sexuality, personal life and private affairs are covered by the concept of privacy. Under this right every individual has a right to be let [...]

— Contributed by Deepak Miglani Legal Buddy Separation of powers, a term coined by French political Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu, is a model for the governance of democratic states. There are three distinct activities in every government through which the will of the people are expressed. These are the legislative, executive and judicial functions [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — HD DVD, the beloved format of Toshiba and three Hollywood studios, died Friday after a brief illness. The cause of death was determined to be the decision by Wal-Mart to stock only high-definition DVDs and players using the Blu-ray format. The format war confounded and frustrated consumers in Tokyo, above, and elsewhere.  [...]

—Contributed by Vasant Prabhu The Rupee inflation has seen unidirectional movement since April 07 versus its famous greenback, the dollar, which thus far still remains the world’s undisputed Forex currency benchmark. The 12% rise in rupee has brought its own peculiar problems to the SME Industry but least expected from one quarter, the derivative Hedging [...]

The days when mobile phones were just for making and taking calls are far behind us as more and more of us are using these sleek little bundles of silicon and plastic as a key access point for information. That's why we are always working to bring our fast and comprehensive mobile search experience to [...]

The speed to technology deployment is picking up day by day. Not long ago, we were hypothesizing about the possibility of Mobile TV implementation in India. And today, the news came that MTNL has launched Mobile TV in Delhi already. The launch will see the subscribers viewing seven channels on their GPRS enabled handsets. The [...]

—Contributed by Sushant Munjal If one reads the newspapers daily with the news about the Indian economy rising its not everyday that makes one wonder as he/she looks at the other side of the coin and wonder, how is it possible? Big names acquiring others, new ideas are put forward by many but only a [...]

The Indian School of Business is organizing a special executive programme for SME's that will equip them to stay competitive in the present global business environment. This programme will be held at three different locations, Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai during February 2008 (17-19, 21-23, 25-27 respectively) The programme is being offered by the Centre for [...]