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From BRIC to Eagles – Emerging Countries of the Future

January 9th, 2011

BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India , China) have been the key countries that economists believed are the emerging countires that would lead the gowth of the world gross domestic product forward.

Now economists are arguing intriducing a new term ,Eagles , Emerging and Growth Leading Economies that would include countries like South Koria, indonesia, Turket, Egypt, Taiwan along with the BRIC countires.

The economists beleive that going forward, the Eagle countries would contribute to half of world growth in the next decade. They believe that these countries would contribute to over $10 trillion in the next 10 years whereas the joint growth provided by Japan , britain, Germany, France and Italty would be close to be estimated at $6 trillion.

Source: New York Times

Organizing small events in company adds refreshments to work culture

November 2nd, 2010

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As we all know India is developing country and there are few sectors which are onboom like IT sector,health industry,BPO etc.Despite global recession last year IT industry in India was not that badly hit as of US, or other western countries. Now as said global recession is over and IT is again recovering faster. Companies » Read more: Organizing small events in company adds refreshments to work culture

The rise of Earth Hour!

March 25th, 2010
a revolution

a revolution

Pledge your support here and turn off your lights for one hour, Earth Hour, 8.30pm, Saturday 27th March 2010.
Burj Khalifa, the tallest man-made structure, will also join tens of thousands of iconic buildings and landmarks from across the world.
To mark the occasion, the golden glow that cascades down the 828-metre tower will be turned off.
It’s Showtime! » Read more: The rise of Earth Hour!

Cost of no CSR!

March 23rd, 2010

how many think that csr is a waste? Coca-cola, the world’s largest beverages maker, should pay Rs 216 crore compensation for pollution and depleting groundwater, a Kerala government panel has said.
The nine-member » Read more: Cost of no CSR!

US: The peace maker!

March 17th, 2010
world peace

world peace

In a not so surprising report, by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), US was named as the biggest exporter of weapons in the entire world. Guess who was the biggest importer? No prizes…it is China followed by India. US exports 30% of the entire world export.
The volume of imports by India and Pakistan is increasing steadily and is expected to rise for another five to ten years until they agree an a permanent solutions.
The SIPRI said combat aircraft accounted for 27 per cent of the volume of international arms transfers during 2005-2009. Orders and deliveries of these potentially destabilizing weapon systems have led to arms race concerns in the following regions of tension: the Middle East, North Africa, South America, South Asia and South East Asia. » Read more: US: The peace maker!

Hurt Locker beats Avatar

March 9th, 2010
three oscars

three oscars

Hurt Locker which earned less than 2% of Avatar’s box collection, won six Oscars compared to three by Avatar. Avatar was a movie based on the theme of human greed which could someday make the environment unlivable. On the contrary, Hurt Locker was a movie based on Iraq, bombs and army. Avatar was one of the biggest 3D movies ever made and it has revolutionized the way movies are made. Every screen of this movie is made using sophisticated technologies many of which was specially designed for this movie. » Read more: Hurt Locker beats Avatar

China:War against Overcapacity

March 8th, 2010

The largest developing country, China has pledged to improve the industrial efficiencies so as to grow sustainably for few more decades. Chinese officials, after doing a root cause analysis found that most of its fragmented industries were running under capacity because of high bargaining power with few large organizations. In a move to exploit rare and inimitable resources, China will try to consolidate the industrial sectors. It has be observed over the last century that big economies start with small companies but to sustain the growth, big is better. » Read more: China:War against Overcapacity

Luxury @ China

March 7th, 2010

luxury goodsLuxury products can be defined as mature products which have historical attachment, global recognition and high perceived value or in short ‘a story to brag about’. These products are mildly correlated to the consumption and economic conditions of the consuming country. China, the biggest developing country of the world has surpassed US to become the second largest consumer of luxury products. It now consumes 27.5% of the worlds luxury goods. This reflects the economic » Read more: Luxury @ China

Responsible US!

March 2nd, 2010

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In a dramatic move, US officials are planning to reduce the nuclear warheads drastically. As a member of nuclear non-proliferation treaty, this move will help US promote its image as one who walks the talk. What calculations have gone behind this?
From the estimated warhead distribution around the world we see that Asia has much larger number of warheads compared to other regions. However if US is seriously going ahead with this strategy, one day we would see all developing economies invest on poverty reduction rather than military development.

Rogues

What is oneworld?

February 25th, 2010

Oneworld
OneWorld is one of the world’s three largest global alliances of airlines. It was formed in 1999 by American Airlines, British Airways, Canadian Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Qantas Airways. It was formed with a vision to generate more value to customers than any airline could do alone. Together they have more than 2200 aircraft and service more than 720 destinations in 142 countries.
How do they create value for the customers?
The group members have set operations and maintenance standards which help each member to provide the best services in its region. Oneworld was also the first alliance to introduce interline e-ticketing which gave travelers reach out the remotest of places without any hassle. Apart from this the every customer of this alliance have access to the airport lounges of any member airline. This optimizes the capacity utilization of private lounges and increase the ROI for airlines. This was one of the main reason for which the member airlines experienced minimum loss compared to others during the recent financial crisis.
Recently, Vijay Mallya lead Kingfisher Airlines has signed a memorandum to join this alliance. Post which it will become the first Indian company to join this alliance. Earlier Kingfisher bought Deccan Airlines to end the price war in India but still the airlines industry in India is facing substantial losses. However, this move of Kingfisher might help this airline create more value for its customers and the shareholders.

Rogues