MARKETING / IDSA predicts four fold growth by 2012
Direct selling industry to touch Rs 15,000 cr With a population of one billion, it would not be difficult to say that the direct selling industry of the country would be anywhere between Rs 10,000 cr to Rs 15,000 cr by 2012, Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) Chairman P Sanker said.
INDIAN IT/BPO
Market set to grow by 30% Offshoring has not only enabled top players like TCS, Infosys, Wipro but also Tier 2 Indian players to grow at a much faster pace than their global peers like IBM, Accenture and Fujitsu, the study conducted by ASSOCHAM reveals.
Panelists which include Kim Byong-Joon, Presidential Commission on Policy Planning of South Korea, Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Yeo, Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Indonesia's Trade Minister Mari Pangestu, President of Renault Carlos Ghosn and Secretary-General or ASEAN, Ong Keng-Yong, are seen seated on stage, on Sunday in Singapore during the World Economic Forum on East Asia 2007. AP
The nations conscience is divided between whether to retain incumbent President Abdul Kalam or anoint a woman president in the form of Pratibha Patil. Will the UPA candidate Ms Patil make a better constitutional head than Mr Kalam? Certainly not, feel a majority of Deccan Herald readers. Since Ms Patil will become a pawn in the hands of her political boss, they want someone with a firm hand to be in the post.
