The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, December 05, 2006

E-DIMENSION
What makes the retail juggernaut roll
"My father never set out to run the world's largest company," reminisces S. Robson `Rob' Walton, Chairman of Wal-Mart, about Sam Walton, who opened the first Wal-Mart store in 1962. But create a retail revolution he did. The 10 Rules of Sam Walton te lls you how. More tips come your way in Globalisation of Business: Practice and Theory, and the Financial Times Handbook of Management. More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED
Fighting pharma profits to fight AIDS
There is a possibility of controlling HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and thus extending the life of patients. Thus assured the President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, when addressing the members of both Houses of Parliament on the occasion of World ... More

RANDOM WALK
The next health trip
As healthcare costs in the West rise and the number of uninsured burgeons, medical tourism could well be the next big trip for Kerala as a destination. More

EAR TO THE GROUND
Hero Honda: New moves unwelcome?
The stock of Hero Honda slipped 0.8 per cent in a flat market despite its recent launch of new versions of the CD Dawn and CD Deluxe motorcycle models. According to broking sources, though the new launches could drive up its sales growth, they ... More

Sugar stocks shine
Sugar stocks such as Balrampur Chini and Bajaj Hindustan witnessed frenzied buying on Monday, with most of them hitting the upper circuit on hopes that the Centre may soon lift the ban on sugar exports. This is in the wake of drop in wholesale ... More

SENSOR
Sensex meanders sideways, closes with marginal gains
Equity markets started the week in tentative fashion. Though there was no great sell-off, the Sensex struggled to rise above the 13,900 level. It moved sideways in a 50-point band before ending with a marginal gain of 29.55 points. The Nifty, ... More

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