UB Group

United Breweries Group or UB Group, based in Bangalore, is a conglomerate of different companies with a major focus on the brewery (beer) and alcoholic beverages industry. The company markets beer under the Kingfisher brand and has also launched Kingfisher Airlines, an airline service in India, with international flights operating recently. United Breweries is India's largest producer of beer with a market share of around 48% by volume.^[1]
It is owned by Vijay Mallya who had been a member of the Indian Parliament. United Breweries now has greater than a 40% share of the Indian brewing market with 79 distilleries and bottling units across the world. Recently UB financed a takeover of the spirits business of the rival Shaw-Wallace company giving it a majority share of India's spirits business. The group owns the Mendocino Brewing Company in the United States.
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The UB Group was founded by a Scotsman, Thomas Leishman, in 1857. The Group took its initial lessons in manufacturing beer from South India based British breweries. At the age of 22, Vittal Mallya was elected as the company's first Indian director in 1947. After a year, he replaced R G N Price as the chairman of the company.
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Beer

• Kingfisher Blue - Premium Beer
• Kingfisher Red
• Kingfisher Strong - Strong Beer
• Kingfisher Premium - Mild Beer
• Kingfisher Ultra
• Kingfisher Draught

United Spirits

Whisky

• Royal Challenge
• Dalmore
• Jura
• Whyte & Mackay
• Black Dog Deluxe Scotch Whisky (12 years old)
• Black Dog Centenary Scotch Whisky (8 years old)
• Antiquity Rare
• Antiquity Blue
• Signature
• signature premium
• McDowell's No.1
• McDowell's No.1 Platinum
• Bagpiper Whisky
• Bagpiper Gold
• Director’s Special
• Old Tavern
• Haywards
• McDowell’s Green Label
• Gold Riband
• Kingfisher BEER
• Kannai Nelson
• Kalyani Beer
• Gupta's desi blast

 Brandy

• Honey Bee
• John Exshaw
• Mr Shah Brandy

 Liquor

• Glavya

 Rum

• Celebration Rum
• Old Cask Rum
• Old Adventurer Rum

 Gin

• Blue Riband

 Vodka

• Romanov
• White Mischief
• Pinky
• Vladivar vodka

     

LOOP[BPL] Telecom

Essar Group CEO Prashant Ruia.
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Loop Mobile (Formerly BPL Mobile), usually referred to as LOOP is a mobile phone service provider in India. It offers both prepaid and postpaid GSM cellular phone coverage in Assam, Kolkata, North East, Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan after receiving a license to operate across 21 telecom circles by DoT.
BPL Mobile Communications is the country’s oldest mobile telecom service provider^[5] been established in 1994 and currently operates in Mumbai, with over 3 million subscribers. However, BPL Mobile was renamed to Loop Mobile in March 2009, following the expiry of its brand-use agreement with the TPG Nambiar-owned BPL Group.^[6] Having consistently met and exceeded TRAI benchmarks, is now ISO 9001:2008 certified.
Loop Mobile is the first operator in the country to offer services like MMS, GPRS and Caller Ring Tunes.^[8] Other VAS include Reply-All, Roaming on Prepaid, Intelligent network, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Multimedia Messaging Service(MMS), Missed Call Alert, Caller Ring Tune, Mobile Tracker, Doctor-on-Call, "1 paise per sec‟ prepaid plan, Karaoke Messaging among others.^[9] Apart from Mumbai, it is among the new mobile services companies to be awarded licenses to operate across 21 circles by DoT.^[10] Loop Mobile uses the latest NGIP (Next Generation Internet Protocol) and EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) technology.
         

UniNor

Uninor is a mobile telephony and network operator in India.^[1] The company holds a pan-India UAS licence^[2] to offer telecommunications services in each of India’s 22 circles. It has also received spectrum to roll out these services in 21 of the 22 telecom circles (excluding Delhi). Uninor is subsidiary of Norwegian telecom giant Telenor Group (67.25%) and Unitech Group (32.75%). Uninor has started mobile services in India at the end of 2009, focusing on the GSM technology. As of now(2010-11)the company is mired in the multi-billion SPECTRUMGATE scandal.
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It is a joint venture between the Norway based telecom firm Telenor and Unitech wireless of India. The brand name of this GSM service will be called 'UNINOR'. Uninor in India has got license to start the GSM services in 22 circles. Telenor has already bought around 67% shares of Unitech wireless, and recently it got permission from the cabinet Committee on Economic affairs to rise its stake in Unitech wireless to upto 74%. This is the maximum stake a foreign company can hold in the Indian based company. Unitech is basically a construction company, but they started a division called Unitech Wireless recently.
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8th company to enter the Indian GSM market.

Swan Teleccom

Mumbai-based Dynamix Balwas group of companies. The group, which owns the property that the Le Royal Meridien hotel operates out of in a Mumbai suburb close to the international airport in that city, has a majority stake in Swan Telecom Pvt. Ltd through two levels of holding companies.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
India's Swan Telecom, in which Emirates Telecommunications has bought a 45% stake for around $900 million, plans to launch its first telecoms operation during the April-June quarter of 2009, a Reuters report said.
The Reuters report further quoted Shahid Balwa, Swan Telecom managing director saying that 'as of today, we have got spectrum in 10 circles.'
'We will be launching our first operation in the first quarter of next financial year,' Shahid Balwa told Reuters.
The spectrum in 10 circles includes the lucrative Delhi service area, he said. Swan has telecoms licences for 13 of India's 22 service areas later.
Balwa said the Indian shareholders would remain the controlling stakeholders in Swan after the Etisalat deal, which was announced earlier.


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It is an independent telecommunications company based in the South East and serving the whole of the UK. __________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, June 11, 2009


ABU DHABI, DUBAI: Etisalat DB announced the 'change of name' of the erstwhile Swan Telecom, a joint venture between Etisalat and DB Realty.

The company has officially been re-named as Etisalat DB Telecom India Pvt. Ltd. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Etisalat DB India Pvt. Ltd has been awarded the unified services access license in 15 circles including Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu (including Chennai), Uttar Pradesh (East), Uttar Pradesh (West), Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.

These licenses enable the Company to provide a full spectrum of telecom services covering a population of over 900 million across India. The services will include national and international long distance telephony solutions, full range of prepaid and postpaid products, national and international roaming and value added services, which includes voice mail, audiotex services, video conferencing, videotex, e-mail, closed user group.

New entrant: Vinod K. Goenka, a majority partner in Swan Telecom.

Swan Telecom has received a licence for rolling out operations in 13 of the 22 telecom licensed areas in the country.
The firm is yet to receive spectrum rights to roll out mobile phone services, but claims it is first in the queue to receive frequency.
The ownership of the company, which initially was linked with Reliance Communications Ltd, or RCom, India’s second largest wireless phone services firm, has not been clear until now.
RCom, which held less than 10% in the company, said earlier last year that it had sold its stake but declined to comment to whom.
Under Indian telecom rules, a company holding a telecom licence in one licensed area is not allowed to own more than 9.9% of another phone firm.

Krishna Godavari Basin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  

Krishna-Godavari basin is a peri-cratonic passive margin basin in India. It is spread across more than 

50,000 square kilometers in the Krishna River and Godavari River basins in Andhra Pradesh. 

The site is known for the D-6 block where Reliance Industries discovered the biggest natural gas reserves in

 India in 2002. It was also the world's largest gas discovery of 2002.

Discoveries
It was in 1983 that Gas was first struck in Rajole Well No.1 when ONGC had a small office in Rajahmundry 

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and Narsapur that was headed by Iqbal Farooqi. Since that discovery there had been no looking back. 

Reliance and others are late players in that area.

• 14 trillion cubic feet of gas by Reliance Industries in KG-DWN-98/l (KG-D6) in 2002. 6000 feet below the sea floor. 
• 20 trillion cubic feet (5.7×10¹¹ m³)cubic feet of gas by Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation in June 2005.
• 20 trillion cubic feet (5.7×10¹¹ m³) of gas at D-3 and D-9 blocks by Reliance Industries in May 2009. 
• 10 trillion cubic feet (2.8×10¹¹ m³) of gas by ONGC in June 2009. 

[edit]Ecology

The basin is home to Olive Ridley turtles, an endangered species 

[edit]Projects

KG-DWN-98/1 (KG-D6) - 8100sq km. The total project is expected to cost $10 billion. 

 50km off the coast of Kakinada.

Hasmukhbhai Parekh - HDFC

Hasmukhbhai Parekh (born March 10, 1911) (died 1994) was an Indian financial entrepreneur, writer, and philanthropist. He played a role in the development of Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation of India, now ICICI Bank, founded the Housing Development Finance Corporation, and in 1992 was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to the finance industry in India. TheLondon School of Economics also conferred on him an honorary fellowship.

[edit]Biography

Hasmukhbhai Parekh belonged to a Gujarati vaishnav-Bania family from Surat, Gujarat. During his early life he lived in a chawl with his father, Thakurdas, and had to juggle a part-time job and studies with the London School of Economics. He subsequently worked as a lecturer at St. Xavier's College, Bombay, for three years, and later began his financial career with the stock broking firm Harkisandass Lukhmidass. He joined ICICI as Deputy General Manager in 1956, became Chairman & Managing Director in 1972. He retired in 1976 and was Chairman of ICICI's Board until 1978.

At 68, when he had already received many honours and was stepping down from ICICI, he started a new institution, the Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), the first of its kind for housing finance in India. On meeting the then Secretary of Finance, Dr Manmohan Singh, the latter told him that HDFC was an unknown venture and that no one knew if it would "click" with the Indian people, but Hasmukhbhai Parekh had by then already obtained promises of funding from overseas investors, and he was enthusiastic about the project. H.T. Parekh Library (IFMR) is an archive and reference library. It is used by Institute's Faculty Members, Researchers, Staff, Students as well as outsiders for their academic and research requirements.

Major Indian Retailers

Major Indian Retailers

Indian apparel retailers are increasing their brand presence overseas, particularly in developed markets. While most have identified a gap in countries in West Asia and Africa, some majors are also looking at the US and Europe. Arvind Brands, Madura Garments, Spykar Lifestyle and Royal Classic Polo are busy chalking out foreign expansion plans through the distribution route and standalone stores as well. Another denim wear brand, Spykar, which is now moving towards becoming a casualwear lifestyle brand, has launched its store in Melbourne recently. It plans to open three stores in London by 2008-end.^[13]

The low-intensity entry of the diversified Mahindra Group into retail is unique because it plans to focus on lifestyle products. The Mahindra Group is the fourth largest Indian business group to enter the business of retail after Reliance Industries Ltd, the Aditya Birla Group, and Bharti Enterprises Ltd. The other three groups are focusing either on perishables and groceries, or a range of products, or both.

• Future Groups-Formats: Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar, Pantaloons, Central, Fashion Station, Brand Factory, Depot, aLL, E-Zone etc.
• Fabindia: Textiles, Home furnishings, handloom apparel, jewellery
• RPG Retail-Formats: Music World, Books & Beyond, Spencer’s Hyper, Spencer’s Super, Daily & Fresh
• The Tata Group-Formats: Westside, Star India Bazaar, Steeljunction, Landmark, Titan Industries with World of Titans showrooms, Tanishq outlets, Croma.
• Reliance Retail-Formats: Reliance MART, Reliance SUPER, Reliance FRESH, Reliance Footprint, Reliance Living, Reliance Digital, Reliance Jewellery, Reliance Trends, Reliance Autozone, iStore
• Reliance ADAG Retail-Format: Reliance World
• K Raheja Corp Group-Formats: Shoppers Stop, Crossword, Hyper City, Inorbit Mall
• Nilgiri’s-Formats: Nilgiris’ supermarket chain
• Marks & Spencer: Clothing, lifestyle products, etc.
• Lifestyle International-Lifestyle, Home Centre, Max, Fun City and International Franchise brand stores.
• Pyramid Retail-Formats: Pyramid Megastore, TruMart
• Next retail India Ltd (Consumer Electronics)(www.next.co.in)
• Vivek Limited Retail Formats: Viveks, Jainsons, Viveks Service Centre, Viveks Safe Deposit Lockers
• PGC Retail -T-Mart India [3], Switcher , Respect India , Grand India Bazaar ,etc.,
• REI AGRO LTD Retail-Formats:6TEN Hyper & 6TEN Super
• Subhiksha-Formats: Subhiksha supermarket pharmacy and telecom discount chain.
• Trinethra- Formats: Fabmall supermarket chain and Fabcity hypermarket chain
• Vishal Retail Group-Formats: Vishal Mega Mart
• BPCL-Formats: In & Out
• German Metro Cash & Carry
• Shoprite Holdings-Formats: Shoprite Hyper
• Paritala stores bazar: honey shine stores
• Aditya Birla Group - "More" Outlets
• Kapas- Cotton garment outlets

Future Group

Pantaloon Retail is the flagship enterprise of the Future Group, with a
presence across multiple lines of business. The company owns and
manages multiple retail formats that cater to a wide cross-section of
Indian society. Headquartered in Mumbai (Bombay), the company
operates through four million square feet of retail space, has over 140
stores across 32 cities in India and employs over 14,000 people. The
company registered a turnover of Rs 2,019 crore for FY 2005-06.
Pantaloon Retail forayed into retail in 1997 with the launching of its
fashion retail chain, Pantaloons in Kolkata. In 2001, it launched Big
Bazaar, a hypermarket chain. This was followed by Food Bazaar, a
food and grocery chain. Next up was Central, a first of its kind located
in the heart of major Indian cities. Some of its other formats include,
Collection i (home improvement products), E-Zone (consumer
electronics), Depot (books, music, gifts and stationary), aLL (a Little
Larger, fashion apparel for plus-size individuals), Shoe Factory
(footwear) and Blue Sky (fashion accessories). It has recently
launched its e-business venture, futurebazaar.com. The group's
subsidiary companies include, Home Solutions Retail India Ltd,
Pantaloon Industries Ltd, Galaxy Entertainment and Indus League
Clothing. The group also has joint venture companies with a number
of partners including French retailer Etam group, Lee Cooper, Manipal
Healthcare, Talwalkar's, Gini & Jony and Liberty Shoes. Planet Retail,
a group company owns the franchisee of international brands like
Marks & Spencer, Debenhams, Next and Guess in India.

Jesus on Facebook

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Jesus' 'divine' Facebook popularity

The most engaged fans on Facebook aren't obsessing over Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. They're seeking inspiration at the "Jesus Daily" page

POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2011, AT 1:22 PM

An illustration from the "Jesus Daily" Facebook page, which has the most engaged fans on the social networking site. Photo: Facebook/Jesus DailySEE ALL 85 PHOTOS

Who's the most popular celeb on Facebook? By one measure, it's not megastar Justin Bieber — or any other entertainment star, for that matter. It's Jesus. According to analytics fromAllFacebook.com (first reported by The New York Times), the "Jesus Daily" Facebook page has accrued more likes, comments, and shared content than any other page on the social network. Here, a brief guide to Jesus' "divine" popularity online:

First off, what is this Jesus Daily?

It's a popular page on Facebookthat Aaron Tabor, a diet doctor in North Carolina, started in 2009. Four or five times each day, Tabor posts something inspired by Jesus' teachings. For instance, a recent post read, "We just want to thank You Jesus. We are not ashamed to declare You!" It received 71,744 likes and 3,366 comments. "There are people out of work, at the end of the line and I just want the Jesus Daily to be a central place where they find encouragement, no matter what battle they are fighting," says Tabor. 

And how popular is it?

Very. Not only does the page have millions of fans, but it also has the most engaged users around. Jesus Daily has more than 8.4 million fans, and last week it had a whopping 3.4 million interactions (a measure of Facebook users' combined likes, shares, comments, and more). By comparison,Justin Bieber has far more fans — more than 35 million — but they are far less engaged, with just 630,000 interactions last week.

Are other religious sites also popular on Facebook?

Yes, according to AllFacebook.com. While Jesus Daily leads the way, pages for "The Bible," "Dios Es Bueno," "Jesus Christ," and "Joyce Meyer Ministries" all rank in the top 20 for Facebook's most engaging pages. (Also on that list are pages for Lil Wayne, Bieber, Gaga, and Manchester United.) According to Facebook officials, the number of people talking about religion on the site has "significantly increased in the last year." Thirty-one percent of Facebook users in the U.S. note their religion on their profiles, and more than 43 million users are fans of at least one religious page. The Rev. Kenneth Lillard believes this is akin to what the printing press did for Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. "I am looking at social media doing the same thing for today’s church," he says.