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Business News Update
April 2014
-Hyundai India unifies used car business under 'H-Promise'
-Philips has exited the TV business globally and licensed the brand to Videocon for the Indian market.
-Lenovo signs Ranbir Kapoor as brand ambassador for smartphones in India
-Sachin has been named as brand ambassador for the Kochi team, owned by PVP Ventures, a Mumbai-listed company primarily involved in construction and real estate.
-Delhi's ISL team, will be owned by cable TV distribution company DEN Networks Ltd.
-Kolkata has several owners, including Ganguly and Atlético Madrid.
-Corporations associated with the I-League: UB with Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, Aircel with FC Lajong (of Shillong) and JSW with Bangalore FC.
-PRO KABADDI League, to be inaugurated in July-August this year. Eight city-based teams: Jaipur, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune and Patna. Promoted by Anand Mahindra and Charu Sharma. Team owners include Ronnie Screwvala, Mukand Group, Kishore Biyani, Abhishek Bachchan and Udav Kotak.
-Yepme.com, India's first online fashion brand has roped in ace filmmaker and actor, Farhan Akhtar as its brand ambassador
-DrinksRus Beverages Pvt Ltd, set by Austrslian firm DrinksRus Pty Ltd, has launched Macedonian wine brand Dalvina in India.
-Voltas Topples LG, Samsung In Consumer Electronics; Grabs No 1 Spot In ACs.
-Finnish premium water brand, VEEN Waters, will launch two new brands in India as part of a global product portfolio expansion. The two new brands -- Veen Classic and Veen Still - will be packaged as spring water sourced from Bhutan. Veen is the 'official water' of F1 lounge in London since the last four years besides having partnerships with Arsenal Football Club and other lifestyle sports.
-Cadbury India changes name to Mondelēz India Foods.
-Nagarjuna to host KBC's Telugu version on Maa TV.
-Hyundai India unifies used car business under 'H-Promise'
-Philips has exited the TV business globally and licensed the brand to Videocon for the Indian market.
-Lenovo signs Ranbir Kapoor as brand ambassador for smartphones in India
-Sachin has been named as brand ambassador for the Kochi team, owned by PVP Ventures, a Mumbai-listed company primarily involved in construction and real estate.
-Delhi's ISL team, will be owned by cable TV distribution company DEN Networks Ltd.
-Kolkata has several owners, including Ganguly and Atlético Madrid.
-Corporations associated with the I-League: UB with Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, Aircel with FC Lajong (of Shillong) and JSW with Bangalore FC.
-PRO KABADDI League, to be inaugurated in July-August this year. Eight city-based teams: Jaipur, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune and Patna. Promoted by Anand Mahindra and Charu Sharma. Team owners include Ronnie Screwvala, Mukand Group, Kishore Biyani, Abhishek Bachchan and Udav Kotak.
-Yepme.com, India's first online fashion brand has roped in ace filmmaker and actor, Farhan Akhtar as its brand ambassador
-DrinksRus Beverages Pvt Ltd, set by Austrslian firm DrinksRus Pty Ltd, has launched Macedonian wine brand Dalvina in India.
-Voltas Topples LG, Samsung In Consumer Electronics; Grabs No 1 Spot In ACs.
-Finnish premium water brand, VEEN Waters, will launch two new brands in India as part of a global product portfolio expansion. The two new brands -- Veen Classic and Veen Still - will be packaged as spring water sourced from Bhutan. Veen is the 'official water' of F1 lounge in London since the last four years besides having partnerships with Arsenal Football Club and other lifestyle sports.
-Cadbury India changes name to Mondelēz India Foods.
-Nagarjuna to host KBC's Telugu version on Maa TV.
Toyo Tires is a New Premium Sponsor of AC Milan
Japanese tyre manufacturer Toyo Tires and Rubber has agreed to become a premium sponsor of Italian Serie A football club AC Milan.
The deal will begin immediately and run through the 2015-16 season.
Toyo Tires becomes the first Japanese company to join Milan’s commercial portfolio at the premium level. Fellow Japanese firm, IT equipment and services company Fujitsu, agreed a three-year deal to become an official partner in February. The two deals come after Japanese international forward Keisuke Honda joined Milan from Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow in the January transfer window.
Gandhi, Kejriwal, Modi in war of words.
Here is the word cloud of these three leaders, about what they are saying in their speeches and public meeting.
Sean Parker Launches Civic Startup To Disrupt American Political Engagement
Remember Justin Timberlake's character from The Social Network? He
was Sean Parker, who in real life co-founded Napster, the computer
program that illuminated to teenagers around the world that pirating the
latest Metallica and Limp Bizkit tracks was possible outside of a tape
deck. After his success with that venture and also as an investor of
Facebook, Parker is pouring millions into a civic startup hoping to make
America a more Democratic place.
Called Brigade Media LLC, the platform will look to tackle voter efficacy and turnout during elections at all levels in America, according to Politico. Though it's not said how exactly Brigade plans to do that, an SEC document filed Monday shows that Parker – who will act as chief executive and chairman of the company – and a few big-name associates, like Facebook's first Washington Evangelist Adam Conner and former LinkedIn SVP David Henke, believe enough in it to put $9.3 million dollars into the young startup.
via: http://inthecapital.streetwise.co/2014/04/14/napster-co-founder-launches-civic-startup-to-disrupt-american-political-engagement/
Called Brigade Media LLC, the platform will look to tackle voter efficacy and turnout during elections at all levels in America, according to Politico. Though it's not said how exactly Brigade plans to do that, an SEC document filed Monday shows that Parker – who will act as chief executive and chairman of the company – and a few big-name associates, like Facebook's first Washington Evangelist Adam Conner and former LinkedIn SVP David Henke, believe enough in it to put $9.3 million dollars into the young startup.
via: http://inthecapital.streetwise.co/2014/04/14/napster-co-founder-launches-civic-startup-to-disrupt-american-political-engagement/
Brilliant ideas that were originally rejected
When Evan Spiegel, co-founder of Snapchat, floated the idea in April
2011 in front of the product design class for his final project,
classmates balked at the idea of the impermanent photos.
Fred Wilson wrote a post about how he missed investing in Airbnb, one of the “best startups to come [his] way in the past few years.”
And did you know how Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak ended up starting Apple?
“So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we’ll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we’ll come work for you.’ And they said, ‘No.’ So, then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, ‘Hey we don’t need you. You haven’t got through college yet.”
Steve Jobs talks on attempts to get Atari and HP interested in his and Steve Wozniak’s personal computer.
via: http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2014/04/14/entrepreneurs-shouldnt-shoot-bad-ideas/
Fred Wilson wrote a post about how he missed investing in Airbnb, one of the “best startups to come [his] way in the past few years.”
And did you know how Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak ended up starting Apple?
“So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we’ll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we’ll come work for you.’ And they said, ‘No.’ So, then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, ‘Hey we don’t need you. You haven’t got through college yet.”
Steve Jobs talks on attempts to get Atari and HP interested in his and Steve Wozniak’s personal computer.
via: http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2014/04/14/entrepreneurs-shouldnt-shoot-bad-ideas/
Desi Brand: Britannia
Started way back in 1892 with an investment of Rs. 295, biscuits were manufactured in a small house in central Kolkata. Later, the business was acquired by the Gupta brothers and operated under the name of V.S. Brothers. In 1918, C H Holmes, an English businessman in Kolkata was taken as a partner and ‘The Britannia Biscuit Company Limited (BBCo)’ was launched. The Mumbai factory was setup in 1924 and Peak Freans, UK acquired a controlling interest in BBCo. Biscuits were in big demand during World War II, which gave a fillip to the company’s sales. BBCo celebrated its golden jubilee in 1968 and the company name was changed to the current Britannia Industries Limited in 1979. In 1982 Nabisco Brands Inc., USA became a major foreign shareholder. Ten years later in 1992, Britannia Industries Limited celebrated its platinum jubilee. The following year, the Wadia Group acquired a stake in ABIL, UK and became an equal partner with Groúpe Danone in Britannia Industries Limited.
Microsoft published the source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows
Microsoft has decided to make the source code of the legendary MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to all users. The company has committed the code to the Computer History Museum and institution has given permission for anyone to access the material. Microsoft decided to acquire the company developed by Seattle Computer Products as a basis for what became MS-DOS system. The company spent much of its resources to the development of the system, as recognized by Bill Gates after his own success. "For over a year, 35 of the 100 employees at Microsoft devoted all his time (and a lot of overtime) with IBM in developing the project," said Bill Gates in an interview with PC Magazines.
Following the success of MS-DOS, Microsoft Word development, your word processor. The first version of Word was launched in 1983. However, the real boom came in Word 1989, when Word for Windows was released. The word processor became a huge success, becoming one of the star products of the company.
The key parts of the new Ferrari F14 T
The Ferrari F14T, which Fernando Alonso will drive this season, is characterised by a peculiar nose with a pronounced step and an open-pillar 'walrus' design. Leaving aside the aesthetics - a part which is secondary to the car's performance -, the new Ferrari includes oversized air intakes, which should provide good cooling for the new 1.6 V6 Turbo engine. This incorporates ERS, consisting of a set of electrical generators which provide up to 160 bhp during a third of a lap.
Google buys British startup DeepMind
Google has purchased the British startup DeepMind, an artificial
intelligence company founded by a 37-year old former chess prodigy and
computer game designer. The company was founded by researcher Demis Hassabis together with Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman.
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