Isn't it all about B(o)eing the go Jetter?

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India’s largest private airline, Jet Airways, recently placed an order for 10 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners. The deal is being valued at more than $1.5 billion (at list prices) and the delivery of the planes will begin n 2011. These fuel-efficient 787 Dreamliners along with other 777s (ordered in September 2005) are supposed to aid Jet's international operations. The airline will take delivery of 10 777-300ERs in April. As of now, Jet flies to London, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo & Kathmandu and cherishes dreams to fly to North America, Europe, Africa, China & Asia.

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4Ps Release :- Taste The Thunder

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BRAND : Thums Up
AGENCY : Leo Burnett
BASELINE : Taste The Thunder

DESCRIPTION: An old man holding a bottle of Thums Up explains why he has been drinking it regularly over the last thirty years despite people asking him to reduce the intake of this carbonated drink. They even advised him not to bike down all the way to Goa. Further, he modestly admits that he feels very nice when he consumes Thums Up and compares this happiness with his six-kilometre run everyday. He admits that he cannot claim to live longer drinking Thums Up but showing the Thums Up sign, he proudly states that those who are happy will surely live longer. Next, he is shown enjoying bungee jumping.

4Ps TAKE : This Thums Up ad does not get beefcakes like Akshay Kumar or Salman Khan to strut their stuff. Here, an old man steals the show by ‘tasting the thunder’ – and how! The positioning of the product is to target the old generation as well, apart from the youngsters (through another recent ad, featuring Kunal Kapoor). The old man’s attitude and his loyalty towards the brand brings out the brand personality clearly: macho. This ad also asserts the Thums Up existence for thirty years in the Indian market playing on the loyalty factor toward Indian consumers, which is also the single-minded focus of this ad. This time it seems to be the real thing!

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Taking AIM at LSE...

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Unitech takes real estate boom to the next level
The largest listed real-estate company of India, Unitech, has sky high dreams taking shape. This time it is going to London Stock Exchange (LSE)! Unitech has plans to raise upto $700 million through a newly-floated company called Unitech Corporate Park (UCP). The UCP will be set up in the Isle of Man and will be listed on LSE’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). The company will be taking the London route considering the fact that rules for raising capital, via sales of shares, are lesser rigorous in LSE. This move would give the overseas investors greater access to Indian real-estate sector that has registered a growth of 8% for the fourth consecutive year. The company has joined the bandwagon with players like Hiranandani Constructions, K. Raheja Corp. etc., who have also routed to London’s AIM. Though the company has chosen to remain tight-lipped so far, but the grapevine says that Deutsche Bank & Morgan Stanley have been hired to assist the move. Unitech is also coming up with Uniworld City along with the Indonesian partner Universal Success.

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It'll be a wonderful Christmas even if you're home alone

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Are the cotton snowflakes on your glass window blocking out even the little sunshine the season brings? Are you aching to muffle the chaos in your life, turn off the car engine, and snuggle up in a warm bed with some hot chocolate for company and loll in the magic that Christmas brings?! Rekindle your Christmas spirit with some must-see movies that have captured the spirit of the season and journey with them into a faraway land where carols resound and the aura of magic, belief and wonder abound! Don’t be surprised with the spirited settings and get ready to reclaim the perhaps-by-now-distant memories of Santa Claus, Rudolph, mistletoe kisses and all the rest!

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Fiji should restore democracy and upgrade the tourism industry
Fiji is back to normal. The army has reinstalled itself and the elected government has been shunted out. So what we are talking about is the 4th coup in the idyllic island nation since 1987? The current coup, led by the Fijian military chief, Commodore Frank Bainimarama was hardly secret or spontaneous. It culminated after a series of protracted negotiations with the ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, with advice that was constantly flowing in from New Zealand and Australia.

But all that is history now. Bainimarama has taken over the reigns of the government; appointed himself as the President and Jona Baravilala Senilagakali as the new Prime Minister. A state of emergency has been declared in Suva and Qarase has been asked to maintain silence. The new Prime Minister has also urged Australia and New Zealand "to keep out of Fijian affairs." Bainimarama, a victim of the 2000 coup, is back with a bang. What inspired the Commodore to rise up in revolt against the very Prime Minister he had helped acquire power? Majority of the media sees the whole affair as a clash of egos; revenge politics or an act driven by personal ambition. However, none can deny the impact of ethnic divide between the Indians and the natives as one of the causes for the coup.

As expected, the Western nations imposed a new set of sanctions on the island nation. How the self-appointed President copes with the international pressure will test his credentials. Some nations seem destined to suffer from a lack of genuine democracy. Looks like Fiji belongs to this club...

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IIPM :- A CHARGING HERD OF ELEPHANTS LEAVES NONE IN ITS WAKE...

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That is, until the herd jumps off a cliff ! Like in their mad dash to takeover Corus Steel at all costs, and like their illogical share purchase (of Spice Jet) in the hugely loss making low-cost air carrier segment – both notable cliff jumps of December 2006 – experts are asking whether the Tata Group is too drunk and dizzy with their past successes, to not realize that various research reports have categorically shown how the ‘Rs.1 lakh car’ is a recipe for the grandmother of all disasters?

Forget experts, the Tatas perhaps just have to look across the road to their largest competitor for statistic support. Out of the past 9 months, the lowest priced, once hot selling Maruti 800 has shown dramatic negative growth for 6 months. In fact, in October 2006, the model went on a disaster mode with a negative 30% growth, the largest ever fall in the period! Haven’t these sales figures of even Maruti 800 given them some hint? Not according to Tata Motors, which claims, “In the next 3-5 years, our entire product portfolio will completely change in terms of advancements, we have our complete focus on retaining market shares.”

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Christmas in Germany? It’s got to be BIG, for one! In the heart of the Swabian Mountains lies the affluent Stuttgart and its visible prosperity. And in extravagant air, the winter months unveil the largest Christmas markets in Europe from November 30 to December 24 with over 200 decorated stalls offering a wide range of goodies. Find all from Christmas décor to exquisite jewellery along with finger licking food. Besides, carol concerts, fairytale sessions, merry-go-rounds and puppet shows bustling amidst the sweet smell of cinnamon and vanilla makes the trip worth saving for! The chic street cafes serve the city’s beautiful view as a free side dish with your order! Home to automobile aces Mercedes Benz and Porsche, Santa may think it early to graduate to anything better than a sleigh but what if he is ‘driven’ to dole out some novel gift s..?

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IIPM : Maruti’s latest ‘Big Esteem’ quotient...

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Remember that beautiful ad which leaves nothing but a smile on your face, where an inquisitive, little girl shouts in her squeaky voice, “My Daddy’s bigggggg car” on seeing a brandnew Esteem? And you thought it can’t get bigger and better for the ‘big’ car manufacturer Maruti? Well, they are back and this time completely redefining the meaning of ‘Esteem’ & with quite aplomb.

And once again, you will appreciate the concept. A little girl examining her daddy’s car – an Esteem of course – with a trademark curiosity asks the meaning of Esteem. “Esteem means what?”, she quizzes. To this the father replies “Esteem means honour, pride.” Not satisfied with the answer, the girl probes further. The father makes her comprehend, “Pride means feeling good inside.” Follows an almost instant naïve reply from her, “Like ice-cream?” Amused, the father answers, “Esteem ka matlab andar se you feel big.” As the word ‘big’ registers in her mind, she explores it throughout the journey – “Esteem tree, esteem road, esteem mountain!” Meanwhile, the Voice Over calls out: ‘The easy to own big car. Big on power, big on mileage.” And the commercial ends with the girl explaining to her pal, “I am more esteem than you.”

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Parties supporting Abu Salem’s candidature are contemptible

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I am a true Indian and given a chance can change the path of any tempest, will save the country and make it prosper,” sounds like the words of a politician. Well, guessed it wrong! It’s a slogan coined by the dreaded don – Abu Salem – who seems geared up to contest the coming assembly elections in UP. Currently lodged in a Mumbai jail for his alleged involvements in the 1993 Mumbai blast, over 20,000 posters of white-kurta clad Salem are pasted all over his hometown, Azamgarh. Posing as a follower of Gandhian principles, Salem has been able to win a few followers who unintelligibly garble up that he is fighting elections from his own place and till now the case against him has not been proved.

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The move by IIMs to tie-up with NIIT, to offer executive management programmes, is clearly puerile

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Perhaps the most clichéd saying in the education sector is, ‘It’s better to have no knowledge than half the knowledge’. In their obstinate attempt to prove the above statement right... or wrong (take your pick, both choices seem as banal), the IIMs at Ahmedabad, Calcutta & Indore have shoved it upon themselves to offer management programmes priced between Rs.54,000 and Rs.1,94,000 from October 2006, to working executives using computer-based distance learning modules through NIIT Imperia, a joint alliance with NIIT Ltd. And in their frenetic impatience to reach the market, six Centres of Advanced Learning have already been opened at Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata somehow. Not surprisingly, this “proactive” IIM move to spread education has been much criticized by various educationists & analysts on clearly visible anomalies.

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Credit counselling must be adopted

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The competition in the counseling business is set to get hotter, as banks too are planning to a make a foray into it. Well, the business is not of career or management counselling (as one may think of), rather it is quite unusual, unheard yet – credit counselling – that will help people in making fiscal assessment of their own and guide them accordingly to raise money from the bank. Taking a pro-active approach, Bank of India, the country’s sixth largest bank in terms of assets, has decided to set up counseling centres to assist the bank in reducing the instances of NPAs. The counsellors will caution customers from getting over leveraged. Although Y. V. Reddy, Governor RBI, has also appreciated the concept, “Credit counselling offers solution to current financial problems and creates awareness about the costs of misusing of credit,” there are lot of issues that still need to be tackled.

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Forget the US threat to bomb Pakistan, thought in both nations is often back to the Stone Age anyway

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Of all international engagements, the one between US President George W. Bush and his Pakistan counterpart Pervez Musharraf is the most entertaining. There is barely a dull day and they can run through a range of emotions from a bear-hug to betrayal in the matter of hours. Over the past few days, they’ve done just that. Consider this exchange after their September summit in the US. First, Bush: “When the President (Mush) looks at me in the eye and says the tribal deal is intended to reject the Talibanisation of the people and that there won’t be a Taliban and there won’t be alQaeda, I believe him.” Then, Mush: “I trust President Bush and I have total confidence in him that he desires well for Pakistan and for our region. And I trust him also that he’s trying to do his best to bring peace to the world. And I trust him also that he’s trying to resolve the core issue of the Palestinian dispute.” Finally, Bush: “This is a person with whom I’ve now had a close working relationship for five-and-a-half years. And when he says, if we find – when we find – Osama bin Laden, he will be brought to justice, I believe him.”

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Cultivating profits

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RCF continues to get ‘Excellent’ ratings from the government since the past five years...
Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd (RCF), a leading PSU with an ISO14001 certification, is not only amongst the top producers of fertilizers in India (with brands like Ujjwala Urea, Microla and Biola), but is also known for pioneering the manufacturing of basic industrial chemicals. RCF churns out 2.4 million tonnes of fertilizers annually (at a capacity utilisation of 88%) at its Trombay and Thal facilities in Maharashtra.

The company reported a net profit of Rs.1.48 billion in FY06, a rise of 4.96% over the previous fiscal. The company’s net sales also climbed to Rs.30.47 billion during the same period. U. S. Jha, Chairman & MD of RCF acknowledges, “We believe that there are adequate triggers for growth. Though there may be some volatility in near term... in the long run, the company will be able to improve its margins signify cantly.” The company has draft ed a Rs.34.6 billion expansion plan spread over the next three years. In August this year, RCF also unveiled its plans to set up an integrated fertiliser plant in Australia for Rs.24.6 billion. The next time you hear about them, remember, they’re our sectoral #1!

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Salubriously ‘Effervescent’

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Investment in R&D, as well as the development of new drug molecules, has not been a paramount directive for the industry. Generics have formed the backbone, and the country has excelled at that, leaving patented original developments outside its purview. Providing cheaper and good quality derivatives to the masses in India and other third world countries, today there are about 20,000 registered manufacturers across the country manufacturing medicines worth $300 billion. Liberalisation of the economy has further helped the industry, as now duties on expensive imported equipment vital for manufacturing have come down considerably. The country is home to corporations like Ranbaxy, Cipla, Wockhardt and Dr. Reddy’s Labs, which have established themselves as trusted multinationals with operations spreading magnanimously to the European & American continents.

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HP Chairwoman’s Dunn by pretexting!
She is often referred to as being charismatic and an expert at whatever she does. She pursued a course in journalism at the University of California working along side as a part-time reporter. Her skill for handling people got her recognised and eventually paved way for her successive promotions at Wells Fargo Investment Advisers. Plagued by breast cancer, she stepped down as the CEO of Barclays Global Investors. Yes, we are talking about none other than Patricia Dunn, who came to be associated with HP in 1998 as a board member and soon rose to the post of the Executive Chairman. But January 2007 will see Dunn stepping out, only to be succeeded by the current CEO Mark Hurd. This down turn in her career comes in the wake of a scandal where the board members were spied on to find out who was responsible for disclosing information from board meetings to the press. And all this is known to have taken place with Dunn’s approval. It was revealed that, a firm hired by HP resorted to pretexting (lying about one’s identity) to get their hands on the personal phone records of nine journalists, directors and employees of HP. Pretexting is actually unlawful in California. There are also chances that Dunn may be tried by the law.

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