Anand Raghuraman, partner, The Boston Consulting Group, said it is extremely tough to make money on small food and grocery stores.
The report on Mutual Funds Investments released by Research and analytics firm, Boston Analytics, suggests investors are holding back from putting their money in mutual funds because of their perceived high risk and a lack of information on how mutual funds work.
With a pay packet of $84.5 million, software major Oracle's Larry Ellison has emerged as the highest paid CEO in the US last year
They suggest that this method could be applied to help identify warning signs in search data before a range of real world events
The Los Angles Lakers rallied from a big early deficit to win their second successive NBA championship with a cliff-hanging 83-79 Game Seven victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday.
Global wealth staged a remarkable comeback in 2009, increasing by 11.5 percent to $111.5 trillion, just short of the year-end peak set in 2007.
Does the 21st century indeed belong to the Asian nations?
According to the research, consumers are willing to spend small monthly sums to receive news on their personal computers and mobile devices.
Notwithstanding their increasing economic power, women are made to feel underserved and ignored by companies they are associated with, said a global study by the Boston Consulting Group.
Reliance Industries has been named as the world's fifth biggest 'sustainable value creator' globally in terms of investor returns over a decade.
The BCG analysis shows Lupin gave an annualised average TSR of 29.9 per cent, ahead of the 18.4 per cent of Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical, the world's largest generics maker. Teva is next on the list. Another Indian generic maker, Glenmark, occupies third position, with an 18 per cent TSR to its investors.
Major institutes see rise in summer placements; consulting, BFSI, e-commerce firms are top recruiters, says Vinay Umarji.
Companies are cutting back on recruitment and training in their bid to cut costs and cope with the current economic slowdown.
The latest updates from Tamil film industry.
The six-member government-appointed board of scandal-hit Satyam Computer Services today appointed investment banks Goldman Sachs and Avendus to explore various strategic options for the company, which include identifying strategic investors and obtaining expressions of interest from them in a fair and transparent manner.
Reader Radhakrishna Gowrishankara spotted Mahesh Bhupathi and Sitaram Sudarwa at the US Open and sent us these photographs.
The new application uses the HealthMap technology, an online resource that collects, filters, maps and disseminates information about emerging infectious diseases, and provides a new, contextualised view of a user's specific location.
Ram Shriram, founding investor and board member of Google, thinks the Indian government should focus on better Internet access to create a conducive business environment.
Tennis star Venus Williams plays soccer during a "Play with the Pros" event at EA Sports studios during the unveiling of their fall video games in Burnaby, British Columbia on Monday.
In a major breakthrough that might increase the survival rate of cancer patients, an American research team has identified a protein that inhibits spread of affected cells to other parts of the body from a carcinogenic tumour
Delhi on Wednesday got its third case of swine flu with a person who has returned from Boston recently testing positive for the virus. The result for the latest case was positive, National Institute of Communicable Diseases Director Shivlal said.
Global wealth fell from $104.7 trillion in 2007 to $92.4 trillion in 2008.
From speed dating to listening to thought provoking talks by professor Tarun Khanna of the Harvard Business School, over 800 members of the Network of Indian Professionals recently spent three days in Boston.
Rome's bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games was unanimously endorsed by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) in what bid president Luca di Montezemolo described as an important signal of support.
The award was presented by Dr Martin Mackay, pesident Global R&D, Pfizer and Karun Rishi, president, USA-India Chamber of Commerce, at a function in Boston recently, according to a release by the chamber.
A Russian medallist at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is suspected of having tested positive for a banned substance, a source at the Games said on Sunday, in a potential major blow to Russia's efforts to emerge from a drug-cheating scandal.
The choice of Beijing as host of the 2022 Winter Olympics over Kazakhstan's Almaty was a solid vote for the tried and tested, and the financial and organisational security of China.
Simanta Sharma, MD and CEO of bolohealth.com, shares his success mantras.
The more time teenagers spent on phones and TV, the lower their test scores in math and English tend to be.
The Telugu flick starring Chiranjeevi's son Ram Charan Teja will release in 14 countries.
Manoj K Jain is an infectious disease physician, a writer, and a national leader in health-care quality improvement. Memphis-based Jain, 45, also writes for publications including The Washington Post.
Among the other recipients of South Asian origin this year were Dr Shaheen Lakhan of Arleta, California; Shetty Shohan of North Palm Beach, Florida; Amoha Bajaj of Montgomery, New Jersey; Shabnum Gulati of Edison, New Jersey; and Sheel Tyle of Pittsford, New York.
The value of global mergers and acquisition deals is likely to drop by nearly 50 per cent this year, even as the financial crisis throws good opportunities for takeovers, a study says.
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'We cannot give in to those who would divide us. We cannot react in ways that erode the fabric of our society,' he said.
The Boston Analytics Consumer Sentiment Index for August fell below the benchmark value of 100 since its inception, signalling a low-key festive season ahead.
Consumer spending, which had been growing at 10 per cent year-on-year, will now decrease. Over 34 per cent of the respondents said they would cut spends, while 16 per cent said would spend more in the coming year. However, compared to other countries where the survey was conducted like Brazil, China, Mexico, Russia, Japan, Canada, United States and Europe , Indian consumers are more confident and optimistic.
Amit Mathur, a resident of Shrewsbury in Massachusetts, was sentenced on May 12 by the Federal District Court in Worcester following his conviction on 18 counts of mail fraud and two counts of wire fraud, the Boston Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.
Miami Heat forward LeBron James won his second successive NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) award after leading his team to victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Thursday's championship decider.
Single Indians are more optimistic about India's future economic condition than married Indians, points out the Boston Analytics Consumer Sentiment Index data for the month of November, 2008.
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