Among the recipients of the Padma Shri -- India's fourth-highest civilian honor -- this year is Dr Joseph Hulse, a bio-chemist whose area of expertise is the life sciences, particularly relating to......
Whether it is carrots or chicken nuggets, to pre-schoolers it all tastes better when wrapped in McDonald's wrapper, according to a new study by Stanford University and Lucile Packard Children's......
I have wondered for a long time if the American Century has come to a close, and if so, when. On the face of it, given the military and economic power that the US wields today, it is hard to......
There were compelling reasons to send Juan Valdez off to the old folks home for advertising's ex-celebs. The fictional coffee-growing icon had been featured in ads for decades, helping establish......
Not long ago, Motorola saw itself the same way its customers did: as a tech-driven seller of products, not a brand. The success of the RAZR changed all that. By ringing the consumer's bell, the......
When Slobodan Milosevic died in his jail cell in March, he left behind an $800 million mystery. Between 1992 and 2000 the Serbian strongman spirited at least that amount, much of it in cash, out of......
This is something owners of roadside dhabas would hate to read. McDonald's Indian partner, Hardcastle Restaurants is planning to set up outlets along the highways in Gujarat. To capture the booming......
The mall culture is slowly but steadily catching up in India and most of the action is in the suburbs.After Delhi and Hyderabad it is now the turn of Mumbai. Mulund, the eastern suburb, and Navi......