MBA Aspirant 2009-10

World's most competitive economies

The 20th annual World Competitiveness Yearbook, published by IMD business school in Lausanne, Switzerland, ranks 55 economies based on economic growth and how they manage their path to prosperity. The 12 of the world's most competitive economies with their ranks are as follows

1. U.S.
2. Singapore
3. Hong Kong
4. Switzerland
5. Luxembourg
6. Denmark
7. Australia
8. Canada
9. Sweden
10. Netherlands
11. Norway
12. Ireland
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India's top 10 pharma companies

The Indian pharmaceutical industry is the second-fastest growing industry sector in the country. It has shown a revenue growth of 27.32 per cent (as per the latest data available) to touch Rs 25,196.48 crore (Rs 251.96 billion) in 2006-07.

#1. Ranbaxy
Ranbaxy is India's largest pharmaceutical company with a 2007 turnover of Rs 4,198.96 crore (Rs 41.989 billion) by sales. The deal will create the 15th biggest drugmaker globally.

#2. Dr Reddy's Laboratories
Dr Reddy's Labs, with a 2007 turnover of Rs 4,162.25 crore (Rs 41.622 billion), is India's second largest drug firm by sales.

#3. Cipla
Pharma major Cipla is India's third largest pharmaceutical firm. Its 2007 revenues stood at Rs 3,763.72 crore (Rs 37.637 billion).

#4. Sun Pharma Industries
The Dilip Sanghvi-led Sun Pharma is the nation's 4th largest pharma company at a 2007 revenue Rs 2,463.59 crore (Rs 24.635 billion).

#5. Lupin Labs
Lupin Labs is India's 5th largest drugs firm. Its 2007 revenue was at Rs 2,215.52 crore (Rs 22.155 billion).

#6. Aurobindo Pharma
Aurobindo is India's 6th largest pharma firm by sales. Its 2007 revenues stood at Rs 2,080.19 crore (Rs 20.801 billion).

#7. GlaxoSmithKline Pharma
GSK is India's 7th largest drug company with a turnover of Rs 1,773.41 crore (Rs 17.734 billion) for 2007.

#8. Cadila Healthcare
Cadila's 2007 revenue was Rs 1,613.00 crore (Rs 16.13 billion), which makes it India's 8th largest pharma firm.

#9. Aventis Pharma
Aventis Pharma, with a 2007 revenue of Rs 983.80 crore (Rs 9.838 billion) is the 9th largest Indian drug company.

#10. Ipca Laboratories
At a revenue of Rs 980.44 crore (Rs 9.804 billion), Ipca is India's 10th largest pharma firm by sales.

Germany - world's biggest exporter

• World's largest exporter: Germany
• Revenues: $1.3 trillion from exports Share: 9.5% of all merchandise exports
• Close behind: China & America
• The 3 together: 1/4th of the world's exports.
• Biggest importer: America, $2 trillion of merchandise imports from abroad, nearly twice as much as its nearest rival, Germany.
• Growth in merchandise exports fell to 5.5% from 8.5% in 2006 as demand weakened in developed economies.

Global Business Leaders

Sheldon Adelson: Chairman of Las Vegas Sands Corp., While honeymooning with his wife in Italy, Adelson came up with the idea for creating the Venetian in Las Vegas. The property, which has won many awards, is not only recognized as one of the best hotels in the world, it is also widely credited for revolutionizing the hotel and casino industry in Las Vegas.

Paul Gardner Allen : Co-founder of Microsoft Philanthropist, Allen co-founded Microsoft Corporation with Bill Gates, cementing his place in the list of all-time most accomplished entrepreneurs.

Micky Arison: CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines, Turned Carnival Cruise Lines into the largest cruise ship operator in the world and continues to expand the company.
S. Daniel Abraham: Founder of Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation, Abraham turned Slim-Fast into a household name. Later, he used the money he gained from selling his company to raise political and social awareness for many issues, most notably peace in the Middle East.

Leonard Abramson: Founder of U.S. Healthcare, Philanthropist, This former cab driver founded U.S. Healthcare. He ran the company as CEO before selling it to Aetna in 1996 for an astounding $8.3 billion.

John Abele: Founder & Director of Boston Scientific Corporation, John Abele is known as pioneer of less invasive medicine. Under his direction, the corporation he founded, Boston Scientific, has developed medical products that reduce risk, trauma, and recovery time for patients looking for an alternative to surgery.

Ratan Tata (Chairman, Tata Group): As head of one of India's most venerated family businesses, Tata, has unique stature. The Tata Group, which is one of India's largest conglomerates, includes India's largest software house, one of its most prestigious hotel chains (the Taj), and sprawling steelmaking operations, as well as leading players in consulting, wireless, and cable services. Since taking over in 1991, Tata has made numerous big-ticket deals. But his heart is set on a project closer to home: creating a $2,500 car that middle-class Indians can buy. He is again into the lime light for the historical Tata-Jaguar deal (See details of this deal).

Carlos Slim Helu is a Mexican businessman and multibillionaire who made his fortune in the Latin American telecommunications industry with controlling interests in firms such as Teléfonos de México (Telmex), Telcel and América Móvil.

George W. Buckley, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer at 3M Co. since December 2005. Before joining 3M in 2005, Mr. Buckley was Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Brunswick Corporation since 2000- 2005, and served in other executive positions at Brunswick Corporation from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Buckley is on the board of the following public company in addition to 3M: The Black & Decker Corporation. Director since 2005.

Warren Buffett: Known as "the Oracle of Omaha", Buffett is Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and arguably the greatest investor of all time. His wealth fluctuates with the performance of the market but as of 2008 his net worth was estimated at $62 billion, making him the richest man in the world. Buffett is a value investor. His company Berkshire Hathaway is basically a holding company for his investments. Major holdings he has had at some point include Coca-Cola, American Express and Gillette. Critics predicted an end to his success when his conservative investing style meant missing out on the dotcom bull market. Of course, he had the last laugh after the dotcom crash because, once again, Buffett's time tested strategy proved successful.

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More taglines of major companies

Thai Airways - "Smooth as Silk"
MICROSOFT- "Your Potential. Our Passion"
Ford ICON - "The Josh Machine"
NOKIA - "Connecting People"
The Economics Times - "The power of Knowledge"
DLF - "Building INDIA"
Rivolta - "Undress Code For Men"
WILLS CLASSIC - "Discover a Passion"
ZEE NEWS - "Haqueqat Jaisi, Khabar Waisi"
MARUTI SX4 - "Men are Back"
AVIVA LIFE INSURANCE - " Kal par Control"
Thai Airways - "Smooth as Silk"
Panasonic - "ideas for life"

Taglines and brands of major companies

ABN AMRO Bank - Making More Possible
Accenture - High Performance. Delivered
Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.
AIG or American International Group Insurance Company - We know Money
Air Canada - A breath of Fresh Air
Allianz Group - The Power on your side
AMAZON.COM - Earth's Biggest BookStore
ANDHRA BANK - "Much more to do, with YOU in focus."
Apple Macintosh - Think Different.
ARCELOR - Steel solutions for a better world
AT&T - The World's Networking Company
Bank of America - Higher Standards
Bank of Baroda - India's International Bank
BANK OF RAJASTHAN - Dare to Dream
Barclays - Fluent in Finance; Its our business to know your business
Be Fearless. - SYMANTEC
BIG BAZAAR - Is se sasta aur Achcha kahee nahee milenga
BIOCON - The difference lies in our DNA
BLOGGER.COM - Push Button Publishing
BLOOMINGDALES - Like no other store in the world
BMW - The Ultimate Driving Machine
BOEING - Forever new Frontiers
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) - The Edge is Efficiency
BPCL - Pure for Sure
British airways - The Way to Fly.
British Petroleum - Beyond Petroleum
BUSINESS INDIA - The Magazine of the Corporate World
BUSINESS TODAY - For Managing Tomorrow
BUSINESS WORLD - Play the Game
Caring for life - CIPLA
CAST AWAY - "At the edge of the world, his journey begins "
CEAT - Born Tough
CENTRAL - Shop. Eat. Celebrate
CHEVROLET AVEO - When Good is not good enough.
Chevron Corporation - Human Energy
CHIP - Intelligent Computing
Choose Freedom - TOSHIBA
CITIGROUP or CITIBANK - The Citi Never Sleeps
CNBC - Profit from it
COMPTRON and GREAVES - Everyday Solutions
Dell - Easy as DELL.
Deutsche Bank - A Passion to Perform
DIGIT - Your Technology Navigator
DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES - ÿLife. Research. Hope
DUPONT - The Miracles of Science
EBAY - The World's Online Market Place
EPSON - Exceed Your Vision
Ernst and Young - Quality in Everything we Do
Essar corp - A positive a++itude
Exxon Mobil - Taking on the World's Toughest Energy Challenges
FIAT - Driven by Passion. FIAT
FORD - Built for the Road Ahead
GAIL - Gas and Beyond
GM - Only GM.
HAIER - Inspired Living
HINDUSTAN TIMES - The Name India trusts for News
HOME DEPOT - You can do it. We can Help.
HONDA - The Power of Dreams
HP Invent - Everything is Possible
HSBC - The World's Local Bank
HYUNDAI - Drive Your Way
IBM - ON DEMAND
IBM - " I think, therefore IBM."
IBP - Pure bhi. Poora bhi
Infosys - " Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values; Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability"
Intel - Intel inside.
IOCL - Bringing Energy to Life
Jet Airways - The Joy of Flying
JVC - The Perfect Experience
Kingfisher Airlines - Fly the good times
KMART - The stuff of life.
Kotak - Think Investments. Think Kotak.
KROGER - Costs less to get more
LARSEN and TOUBRO - We make things which make India proud
LEE - The jeans that built America
Lehman Brothers - Where Vision Gets Built
LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.
Life's Good - LG
Lufthansa - There's no better to fly
Macromedia - What the web can be.
Malaysian Airlines - Going Beyond Expectations
Master card - There are some things money can't buy. For everything else there'sÿMASTERCARD.
Max NewYork Life Insurance - Your Partner for life
McDowells Signature - The New Sign of Success.
METRO - The spirit of Commerce
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company or Metlife. - Have You Met Life Today
Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion
MITTAL STEEL - Shaping the future of steel
Monster.com - Never Settle
MRF - Tyres with Muscle
NASDAQ - Stock market for the digital world
NDTV Profit - News you can Use.
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) - The world puts its stock in us
ONGC - Making Tomorrow Brighter
PHILLIPS - Sense and Simplicity
Prudential Insurance Company - Growing and Protecting your wealth
Reliance industries Limited - Growth is Life
Sahara - Emotionally yours.
SAMSUNG - Everyone's Invited or Its hard to Imagine
SANSUI - Born in Japan Entertaining The World
SBI DEBIT CARD - Welcome to a Cashless World.
Servo - 100 % Performance. Everytime.
Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) - Tomorrow Market's Today.
SKODA - Obsessed with Quality since 1897.
SONY - Like. No. Other.
Speed - High Performance Petrol
Standard Chartered Bank - Your Right Partner
Standard Insurance Company Limited. - Positively Different.
Star Sports - We know your game
Sun Microsystems - The Network is the Computer
SUZLON ENERGY - Powering a Greener Tomorrow.
TATA MOTORS - Even More Car per Car
TCS - Beyond the Obvious
TESCO - Every Little Helps
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - Read a Bestseller everyday
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW - Where will you be
THE ECONOMIC TIMES - The Power of Knowledge
The Indian EXPRESS - Journalism of Courage
TIMESJOBS.COM - " If you have a reason, we have the job "
TITANIC - Collide With Destiny.
TOYOTA - Touch The Perfection
Toyota Innova - All you Desire.
UBS - You and Us
Union Bank of India - Good People to Bank with
VIDEOCON - The Indian Multinational
VIZAG STEEL - Pride of Steel
VOLKSWAGEN - Drivers wanted
WALMART - Always low prices. Always.
Windows XP - Do More with Less
WIPRO - Applying Thought