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Saturday, June 21 1997
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A tale of two industries: Cut flowers and mushrooms![[Details]](/icons/bullet.gif){kind=icon}
In the early nineties, investors and entrepreneurs jumped into floriculture and mushroom business expecting a road paved with roses ! Roses come with thorns and mushrooms grow on manure. However, if not in success, the two industries showed uncanny similarities in their failure.
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$100-mn Intel package to focus on education initiative
First it was Microsoft's Bill Gates and now it is Intel's chief operating officer Craig Barrett. While Gates was more on a confidence building mission among Indian clients, present and future, Barrett announced the company's $100 million marketing package basically aimed at creating a huge user base in the country through "cyberskools".
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Auditor's functioning needs reappraisal
The recent events of mismanagement of financial affairs of CRB Capitals Ltd. financially affecting a large number of shareholders and depositors have brought into focus, once again, the crucial role of auditors in corporate governance.
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