Ancient god ties the automaker, incandescent bulb together Perhaps you’ve seen that Mazda CX-5 commercial that compares the capable crossover to Thomas Edison. As far as advertisements go, it’s not the most groundbreaking concept. The point is that, like good ol’ Edison, the CX-5 is a trailblazer — at least where safety and efficiency are… Continue reading Mazda, Thomas Edison and one far-out Zoroastrian connection
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Tata tops list of Indian firms which are most transparent in BRICS: Corruption watchdog
The anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International has admonished Chinese companies for their opaque business practices while praising Indian firms’ relatively high standards, in a survey of emerging market multinationals released on Thursday. China got the lowest rating of the BRICS economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), whose companies made up three quarters of the… Continue reading Tata tops list of Indian firms which are most transparent in BRICS: Corruption watchdog
JRD Tata: The father of commercial aviation in India
Hardelot is a beach town in the north of France. It is in the Pas de Calais, a region along the English Channel where the distance to Britain is short and, unlikely as it may seem, this is why it has a link to the development of commercial aviation in India. Author: Vikram Doctor |… Continue reading JRD Tata: The father of commercial aviation in India
Sorabji N. Pochkhanawala And His Wild Ambition: Barons of Banking
In 1910, a young Parsi assistant accountant with the Bank of India in Bombay had the far-fetched idea that he could set up a bank of his own. When news of this alarmingly ambitious enterprise reached his Manager, H.P. Stringfellow, he sent for the young man seeking confirmation of such vaulting intent. Article source: BusinessWorld… Continue reading Sorabji N. Pochkhanawala And His Wild Ambition: Barons of Banking
Adi Burjor Godrej Awarded Padma Bhushan 2013
Adi Burjor Godrej is the Chairman, The Godrej Group, Godrej Industries, India He got a Master’s in Management, from MIT, US. Formerly, served as Chairman and President of industry associations and government-appointed development councils. President Designate, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Expertise: management development, international trade, consumer products, agricultural input industries. Interests: water skiing, windsurfing,… Continue reading Adi Burjor Godrej Awarded Padma Bhushan 2013
Ratan Tata's farewell letter to all Tata employees
Ratan Tata, who stepped down as the chairman of the Tata group today as he turned 75, has written a warm viagra com farewell letter to his employees saying, “we have every reason to feel proud and feel confident in facing the challenges ahead”. Mr. Tata handed over the reins of the $100 billion conglomerate… Continue reading Ratan Tata's farewell letter to all Tata employees
‘The biggest test for Cyrus is to stay true to the Tata code of ethics’
Having steered over hundred companies of the Tata group for more than two decades,Ratan Tata, who retires on December 28 as the group’s chairman, says he has always tried to do the “right thing” but rues that Indians have a tendency to harp too much on the dark side of things and pull down those… Continue reading ‘The biggest test for Cyrus is to stay true to the Tata code of ethics’
When Air India Was Efficient, Profitable and Growing Fast
In a manner of speaking, Air India, India’s foundering national airline, turns eighty on Monday – an octogenarian that started life with a spry hop from Karachi to Bombay. It should be a proud moment, except that it serves only to remind us of the irony that one of India’s most dilapidated public-sector companies was… Continue reading When Air India Was Efficient, Profitable and Growing Fast
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry: A quiet billionaire
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry, 82, is the world’s most reclusive billionaire. For a man with an estimated wealth of almost $10 billion (Rs 55,000 crore), he is surprisingly invisible, rarely seen or heard in the public space. One of India’s most successful and powerful businessmen, he controls a construction empire that operates across India, West Asia… Continue reading Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry: A quiet billionaire
