How Foxconn, Dixon are using the PLI route to boost manufacturing in India

They are both electronic manufacturing services (EMS) companies, also known as contract manufacturers. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters One is Taiwan’s Foxconn group, the undisputed global......

Acer expects 40% rise in '07 turnover

Personal computer maker Acer, which introduced two laptops on Intel's new Centrino Duo platform on Thursday, said it is expecting a 40 per cent rise in revenue this year to Rs 1,100 crore (Rs 11......

Acer to invest $3mn for retail expansion

Acer India Ltd on Wednesday said it would invest $3 million in 2005 to beef up its retail operations in India."This year we have an expansion plan to touch 200 retail outlets, out of which 60 will......

Marketing guru Philip Kotler returns to India

Even at 81, the grandfather of marketing management has what it takes to show the way to the young tribe of modern day marketers. That’s what Philip Kotler did on Thursday while addressing......

What the Slumdog kids have been up to

Six months after Slumdog Millionaire swept the 81st Annual Academy Awards, the cast is still reeling under its huge success. Dev Patel has gone on to bag an M Night Shymalan project while......

Nadodigal's special heroine

Abhinaya is a beautiful teenager. When one looks at her, one wouldn't know that she is a special child, a differently-abled one. Though unable to hear and speak, Abhinaya emotes well. She is one......

PBL: Delhi Acers beat Chennai Smashers to register first win

Defending champions Delhi Acers defeated Chennai Smashers 5-2 to register their first win of the Premier Badminton Premier Season 2 at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium, in Bengaluru on Sunday. Acers,......

PBL: Delhi Acers 'trump' Hyderabad Hunters

IMAGE: Hyderabad Hunters's Jwala Gutta and Lee Chong Wei cheer during the PBL women’s singles match against Delhi Acers. Photograph: PTI Two-time Olympic silver medalist Lee Chong Wei......

PBL: Delhi on top; Chennai Smashers enter semis

IMAGE: Chennai Smashers’ P V Sindhu plays against Bengaluru Top Guns’ Suo Di. Photograph: PTI Chennai Smashers qualified for the semifinals after beating Bangalore Top Guns 3-2 in the......

Sindhu, Marin star attractions at PBL auction

10 Olympic medallists and eight from the recently-concluded World Championships confirm for the Rs 6 crore league in December. World champion Viktor Axelsen, Tai Tzu, Carolina Marin,  PV......

Want to work hard to stay No 1: Marin

She might have won almost all big events in a short span of her international career but Olympic champion and World No. 1 Carolina Marin of Spain says she is still hungry for titles. "It is most......