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Monday, April 27, 1998
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Sony India not to pick up Akai gauntlet, to hold on to price line
Sony India Ltd, the fully owned subsidiary of Japanese consumer-electronics giant, Sony Corporation, has refused to be drawn into a price war with arch rivals Akai in the audio and television segments. "We have no intention of lowering prices just to push up volumes. We think exchange offers and schemes like offering two televisions at the cost of one will prove inimical to our brand image," Sony India managing director, Yoshio Kubo said.
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Recycling of batteries thriving as manufacturers turn blind eye
At every nook and corner of Delhi thrives a profitable but dirty business in recycling lead batteries used for cars and invertors. Car owners and others patronise the industry because recycled batteries cost a third of branded ones and are either unaware of uncaring of the toxic effects of lead contamination on the environment.
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ING comes a calling to Delhi
If you are a high net-worth individual, there's good news for you. The Dutch financial conglomerate, ING, is now in Delhi too. Having launched its private banking operations in Mumbai a couple of years ago, ING was waiting all this while to make it big in Delhi.
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Home-grown mushrooms easy to make
The food industry is perhaps the only industry which has the peculiar distinction of being a "classless" industry. The housewife who wants to make some extra money by selling papads, pickles and dosa mix and the multinational company manufacturing potato chips and instant foods are really sailing in the same boat.
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