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SMART technology is constantly improving the gadgets we’re surrounded by. The new Dyson vacuum cleaner, which will be able to talk to computers at a head office and explain any problems, is just the latest example. Here we take a look at eight inventions which are set to revolutionise housework, …

Sansui Plans Logistics Service Outsourcing

MUMBAI: In a strategic move, the Rs 700-crore Sansui Ltd is planning to shut down 24 of its branches which are currently providing in-house logistics services to the company. The objective behind the move is to do away with in-house logistics services, and instead start outsourcing services.

Electrolux Kelvinator to turn around by 2005

STOCKHOLM: Electrolux Kelvinator Ltd (EKL), the Indian arm of the Swedish white goods major, AB Electrolux is likely to turn around by 2005 as a fallout of a restructuring exercise initiated by the company with a total revamp of the management team last year.

Procter & Gamble making big inroads in Russia

Nearly 5,000 miles from Procter & Gamble’s Cincinnati headquarters is the company’s fastest growing market – Russia. Moscow residents are snapping up Tide, Pampers and other P&G products, and sales are growing 50 percent a year.