The iconic brand is considering petrol powertrains for its entire Indian portfolio, which includes the Jeep Compass, Meridian, Grand Cherokee and Wrangler.
I don't think Rahul Mukerjea once referred to Sheena as killed or murdered and always referred to it as her disappearance. It felt like he still used the word 'disappear' because killed had a finality to it that he didn't want to face.
All along, Rahul, right till today 10 years later, hung onto his gut feeling that something surely had happened to Sheena.
A yellow-sari daintily clad Indrani was beaming broadly and it seemed like for the first time, for her, Rahul had done something right. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora Murder Trial.
India is a market for low-priced cars with low running costs. The global majors don't have models that fit the bill; only Maruti and Hyundai have successful entry-level models, observes T N Ninan.
Dressed in pink, her hands flying about in eloquent gestures, excitement on her face, Indrani made quite a picture. There was pin-drop silence as she made strong points about why nothing in the hearings had uncovered anything against her. She spoke about there being "Not a shred of evidence... No scientific evidence because it didn't happen!"
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Indrani's words were quick, her hand gestures quicker. She kept pointing to certain paragraphs in their consent terms.
GM will join a very short list of S&P 500 companies, including Hershey Co and American Water Works Co, with women serving as CEO and CFO.
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Barra says GM is working on putting out the right products here because it will be difficult to make a mark globally without India.
US-based General Motors plans to launch 40 new products in international markets including India, where it is focusing on a turnaround.
It has lined up formidable product line.
The Moselle Development Agency is the key body in France in search for international investors.
GM stands fifth in terms of sales in India but its football-loving chief is convinced Chevrolet is now at a tipping point.
The head of GM's European operations Nick Reilly assured on Thursday state premier of Thuringia in eastern Germany Christine Lieberknecht that Opel's Eisenach plant in the state will remain open.
US automaker General Motors' chief executive has apologised for the company's handling of the failed sale of its subsidiary Opel to Canadian manufacturer Magna and Russian investment bank Sperbank.
Workers fear that GM might close down one or two production plants in Germany in the process of restructuring Opel. It may also lay off thousands of workers and force the remaining workers to make sacrifices to protect their jobs.
The decision to retain Opel in addition to restructuring its European operations was taken by the company's board of directors in the backdrop of "improving business environment," GM said.
Earlier, Russia's number 2 state-owned VTB bank had opened a branch in India.
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Shriya Saran on her roles in the Tamil movie Kandasamy.
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The car maker, which filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 on Monday, owes $172.81 billion in total debts to its 50 largest creditors, including ArcelorMittal. In its filing with the bankruptcy court in the southern district of New York, GM said it has a 'trade debt' of $9.55 million to be paid to NRI-billionaire Lakshmi Mittal-led ArcelorMittal. According to the filing, the auto maker has assets worth $82.29 billion.
The three bidders in the running are Italian carmaker Fiat, Canadian car parts group Magna and Belgium-based financial investor RHJ International, the report said. The report noted that German chancellor Angela Merkel would meet top officials from the US, General Motors and the bidders for GM's European units Opel and Vauxhall on Wednesday.
'Four years after paying $2 billion to extricate itself from a partnership with Fiat, General Motors is seeking a stake in the Italian automaker in exchange for its Latin American and European operations,' The New York Times reported. It said GM is eager to cede control of its money-losing Opel unit in Germany. 'But Fiat has also expressed interest in GM's other European operations as well as its historically profitable Latin American business,' the report noted.
Less than a week after sealing a deal with Chrysler to form a partnership, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne visited Berlin to try to convince Germany's political leaders of his plan to create a European car giant with the acquisition of General Motors Corp's Opel unit.
The Italian car giant surprised the recession-hit global auto industry with an announcement that it is bidding to take over the GM's struggling Opel brand to consolidate its global base. Though Fiat entered India almost six decades ago, it is facing rough competition from car manufacturers from Japan and South Korea. It tied up with Tata Motors for building a manufacturing plant near Pune to increase its supply capacity in 2007.
The shift in consumer buying power towards emerging markets is not only giving Chinese brands a much better chance of breaking out of their domestic market but is also subtly altering how western companies develop and market global brands.
Apollo Tyre's vice-chairman and joint managing director Neeraj R S Kanwar speaks about the company's global foray and its plans to compete with global majors who're slowly increasing their share of the local market as well
TIOL has come to know that in a path-breaking judicial decision, the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) handling international taxation cases in Delhi has held that the Gracemac Corporation, a 100% subsidiary of Microsoft which had in 1999 granted proprietary and ownership right in license and in intellectual property of Microsoft software and hardware products, is liable to pay income tax on its gross royalty income earned out of licensing of software to Indian customers.
They are known to have introduced northern India to luxury cars. But now the British Motor Car Company (BMC) is playing an active role in the country's fitness movement.
Market sources say the new model will be called Atos, the name under which Santro was sold in some parts of Europe. Codenamed Pa, it has been tested by the company on the Chennai-Bangalore route. The company said the new car may be priced between Santro, which costs Rs 2.70-4.74 lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi) and Getz (Rs 4.90-5.25 lakh).
Chevrolet's India strategy for 2007 doesn't end with the Spark.
To be badged the Opel Agila for Europe, the Splash might also be produced in India by Maruti Suzuki for their export commitment to Nissan Europe, totalling 50,000 units.
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