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“India, which always used last year’s fashion to dress itself up, is becoming the knowledge centre of the world”
Alok Sharma, Chief Executive of the US-based Telsima, the leading WiMAX tech provider in the world, in BusinessWeek online

“This is a 360 degrees, in a circle, back to my roots, because this is my business instinct, this is the Marwari in me showing up and asking me if I smell the money or not”
Manish Kejriwal, MD (India), Temasek Holdings, in Mint

“Every company needs to develop a defensible niche and smaller companies need to ensure that they are not following ‘me-too’ strategies”
Ganesh Natarajan, Chairman, Nasscom, in DNA

“We do not have any hostile takeover intentions”
Malvinder Singh, CEO, Ranbaxy Laboratories, on Ranbaxy acquiring shares in Orchid Chemicals, in The Economic Times

“Every country in the world is facing an upsurge in inflation. China’s inflation rate is about 9 per cent, much worse than ours. We should recognise that this is a global phenomenon”
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, in Indian Express

“To be honest, I am a fan of the ‘cola wars’ as everybody calls them, and they are a good thing. There has always been a Pepsi versus ‘the other guy’ battle”
Simon Lowden, Global Chief Marketing Officer, PepsiCo, to Times News Network

“I hold market fundamentalism primarily responsible for the current financial crisis. This is a man-made crisis and is a result of this false belief that markets correct their own excesses. That is the job of the regulator. And the regulators failed to perform their job”
George Soros, Chairman, Soros Fund Management in moneycontrol.com

“We are not committed to using Indian resources. We will go where we find the right skills at the right price”
Virender Aggarwal, Head, Satyam Asia Pacific and Middle East, in Forbes