Sunday, July 19, 1998
How HLL plans to tackle the millennium bug
Barely 17 months from the time when the Millennium Bug is expected to strike, corporate India seems to have suddenly woken up to fact that it is an inexorable reality. Amidst the mad scramble for Y2K-preparedness on one hand, and the stretches of incredible complacence on the other, Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) has struck a fine balance simply by beginning early and beginning well.
More literacy promises to give good business to small pen makers
The uneducated have more than a relation of deprivation with the written word. They are the future of writing instruments, or at least small pen makers depend on them for survival, in a market where there is no end to the number of brands and range.
Dereservation of agriculture implements will lead to closure of small units
The agriculture tools and implements manufacturing industry is in for a shake out. Entrepreneurs believe that the Central government's decision to drop this sector from the list of items reserved for SSIs will leave the small players high and dry.
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