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What made Sir Alex Ferguson such a ruthless winner?
Much will be written about Sir Alex Ferguson after his retirement today. His 27 years at Manchester United made them the biggest club in England and arguably the world. In my opinion, what made him the...
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Nothing will halt Volkswagen chief Martin Winterkorn’s audacious onslaught of...
Image: Christian Burkert / laif / reduxVOLKSWAGEN No breaks at the world's most ambitious carmaker It was a blowout. Germany was up 4-0 early in the second half over Sweden at October’s World Cup...
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Adlabs Imagica: Will it be a Roller Coaster for Manmohan Shetty? by Samar...
Image: Vikas Khot“I did it straight from the gut,” says Manmohan Shetty like any true-blooded entrepreneur. We’re standing atop Armada—a reconstructed ship that doubles as a bar on this breezy...
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Malaysia's election A tawdry Victory
May 6th 2013, 9:05 by R.C. | KUALA LUMPUR Update, May 7:Since this blogpost was published, the Election Commission (EC) has officially announced a record voter turnout of 85% instead of the estimated...
View ArticleSriLankan says freight carriage hits new high
SriLankan says freight carriage hits new highMay 8, 2013 (LBO) - State-run SriLankan Airlines said it carried 101,000 tonnes of freight in the year to March 2013, up 15 percent from a year earlier, the...
View ArticleIndian poaching in Sri Lanka waters reduced: fisheries minister
May 09, 2013 (LBO) - Poaching by Indian fishing vessels in Sri Lanka's northern waters is now much reduced, and warned fishermen in the island not to go into other country's territories, fisheries...
View ArticleSri Lanka near term infrastructure needs of US$53bn: expert
May 08, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is tipped to need about 53 billion dollars over the next few years to develop vital infrastructure to propel economic growth, an infrastructure specialist said. "We see...
View ArticleSri Lanka floods hit 90,000 people, no cyclone threat
May 08, 2013 (LBO) - Heavy rains have left 90,000 people hit by floods in Sri Lanka's Western province around the capital Colombo, but there was no cyclone threat, authorities said. Torrential rains...
View ArticleSri Lanka to boost deep sea fishing, double exports to US$500mn
May 08, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is planning to boost deep sea fishing and double tuna exports by 2015 with the help of new vessels from Japan and China, fisheries minister Rajitha Senaratne said. "We...
View ArticleUCO Bank 'names and shames' S Kumar's CMD Kasliwal
India Inc’s leading lights are used to seeing their photographs in newspapers. But it’s probably the first time a bank in India has published the photograph of a prominent industrialist in a public...
View ArticleUCO Bank 'names and shames' S Kumar's CMD Kasliwal Raghavendra Kamath &...
India Inc’s leading lights are used to seeing their photographs in newspapers. But it’s probably the first time a bank in India has published the photograph of a prominent industrialist in a public...
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Sony reports first annual profit in five years
Falling sales and narrowing margins have hurt Sony's television business over the past few yearsSony has reported an annual profit for the first time in five years, boosted by asset sales and a...
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Colombo plans settling 5,000 Sinhala families in Mannaar: TNA MP
[TamilNet, Thursday, 09 May 2013, 22:11 GMT]The occupying Sri Lanka has planned to appropriate lands in Mannaar district of the occupied country of Eezham Tamils to settle five thousand Sinhala...
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Let Prince do dirty work at CHOGM: Boyle
[TamilNet, Thursday, 09 May 2013, 00:29 GMT]While Colombo media advanced the theory that Queen Elizabeth's age was factor in her skipping the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting [CHOGM] in...
View ArticleOccupying SL military allowed to appropriate lands in Trincomalee
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 08 May 2013, 21:28 GMT]The occupying Sri Lanka Army has been given permission to appropriate about four hundred acres of land in Trincomalee district. A decision to this effect...
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Indian managers are fantastic but they have never managed overseas: Gautam...
Gautam Thapar, Founder and Chairman of Avantha GroupGautam Thapar, Founder and Chairman of the $4 billion Avantha Group, which includes Ballarpur Industries and Crompton Greaves, talks about his...
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Crompton's grief G. Seetharaman BT
The only time Laurent Demortier smiles, while talking to Business Today, is when he is asked if he has found any restaurant in Mumbai serving good French cuisine. "Not French, but you get very good...
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Nokia announces Asha 501, with new operating system BT
Nokia Asha 501 Photo courtesy: www.nokia.comNidhi SingalThe global launch of Nokia's latest 'Asha' device, the Nokia Asha 501, was held in New Delhi on Thursday, with the company's global CEO, Stephen...
View ArticleDenmark calls for independent international investigation on Sri Lanka
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 07 May 2013, 15:31 GMT]In an official Parliamentary release on Friday, four major Danish political parties, including two parties of the ruling coalition, called “for the...
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Given the lack of well-regulated options, Sudipta Sen's Saradha Group, which...
The asphalt road to Pradip Chakraborty's home in Dakshin Barasat, a largely rural settlement in West Bengal's 24 Parganas South district, 40 km from Kolkata, is narrow and shimmers in the April heat....
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