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With Kumar Mangalam Birla taking over as the AV Birla group, the company's turnover is Rs 9,200 crore today. AV Birla group which was built by his late father Aditya Vikram Birla had a turnover of $2 billion (Rs 2,000 crore) when Kumar Mangalam Birla took over the reins of the group with overseas operations only in Egypt, Thailand and Indonesia. The group, which has 130,000 employees, has spread its grasp in over 40 countries with operations accounting for 60% of the group's total turnover of $30 billion.

Microsoft Founder Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, a notable philanthropist, come calling India's rich people to contribute towards philanthropy next month. Gates told during an interview that he wants to share his personal experience and converse with Indian billionaires on their perspectives about philanthropy. He and his fellow billionaire Buffett, who has pledged 99% of his fortune to philanthropic causes via the Gates Foundation, held a similar conversation with 50 Chinese business leaders in Beijing in November 2010.

Mumbai, Feb 1 - Indian equities markets benchmark indices slumped further Tuesday on selling pressure in FMCG and technology stocks as high inflation raised concerns over earnings and the unrest in Egypt dampened sentiments.

A benchmark index for Indian equities markets slumped over 200 points in the morning session.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,425.18 points, was ruling 18,145.93 points, down 181.83 points or nearly one percent from its previous close at 18,327.76 points.

Chennai, Feb 1- Driven by its compact car model Figo, the Indian subsidiary of auto major Ford began the new year by selling 10,026 units in January, as against 2,453 units sold in the corresponding month of 2010, a statement said Tuesday.

Last month, the company sold over 8,600 Figos and the balance is accounted by the company's other models like Fiesta, Ikon and Endeavour.

Chennai, Feb 1 - Two and three wheeler maker TVS Motor Company Ltd closed January with an overall sales growth of 30 percent.

The company sold 165,152 units (two wheelers 161,725 units, three wheelers 3,427 units) last month, up from 127,288 units (two wheelers 125,578 units, three wheelers 1,710 units) sold during January 2010.

The cumulative sales for the period April 2010 to January 2011 stands at 1,678,048 units (two wheelers 1,646,827 units, three wheelers 31,221 units).

New Delhi, Feb 1 - Salsa, tango, B-Boying and hip-hop -- international dance forms have become household names and more people want to learn them thanks to a flood of dance reality shows on TV. What's more, these shows also provide a springboard to the glamorous world of showbiz for budding dancers.

While it all started with "Boogie Woogie" in 1995 on Sony TV, the small screen now has a long list of dance reality shows - "Jhalak Dikhla Ja", "Dance India Dance" (DID), "Chak Dhoom Dhoom" and "Nachle Ve".