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Asian Paints announces ‘Colour Week’ this Diwali
MUMBAI: Asian Paints has announced Colour Week 2006 (from 2 October to 8 October) which will provide customized “Wall Fashion” solutions for your home. The Colour Week will provide colour solutions to its consumers at Malls (Infinity & In Orbit Mall), on TV, on Radio, via SMS, email, at multiplexes (Fame Adlabs) across 15 cities and using unique technique of “Pani Projection” in Mumbai.
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Consumers can also interact through various means with Asian Paints and get immediate creative options on what themes to adopt for their homes. They can either SMS “Fashion” to 6161 or click a photograph of the room and send it via Mobile (MMS) to cw@mobylog.com or post it to Post Box No 16841 Mumbai. The customers can also upload the photograph onto the website- colourweek.asianpaints.com or email it to colourweek@asianpaints.com.Within 15 days, the customer will receive a card with two options along with an explanation of the themes and the painting process. |
He added, “Colour Week is here to stay and Asian Paints as the market leader is committed to this being a regular event every year.” |
To promote the concept of Colour Week Wall Fashion, Asian Paints is running interactive on-ground promotions across the country.There will be displays of “Wall Fashion” themes and stalls at malls giving free consultations to consumers. Besides, there will also be a live demonstration of finishes to showcase the ease and convenience of execution. |
Colour Week 2006 will educate the consumer on the use of colour in their homes. The “Wall Fashion” collection, which consists of 21 themes meant for living rooms, dining spaces and bedrooms, focuses on using walls as a canvas to create complete designer themes using shapes, colours, techniques and strokes with painting techniques like stenciling and masking.
GM-Marketing Asian Paints Amit Syngle said, “Colour Week is back after its success last year. Asian Paints‘ Wall Fashion is a signature paint style for homes. In the top 15 towns in India across various media, the 21 themes of ‘Wall Fashion‘ will be exhibited. For the first time in the paints category, consumers can interact through various means with the marketer and get immediate options on what themes can be adapted for their homes.” 
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Google nears Nvidia in race for world’s most valuable company
Market cap gap narrows as Google hits $4.65 trillion, Nvidia at $4.86 trillion.
MUMBAI: In the AI gold rush, even the giants are sprinting and Google is suddenly gaining ground. Google is rapidly closing in on Nvidia in the race to become the world’s most valuable publicly listed company, with the gap between the two narrowing sharply amid diverging stock momentum. The tech giant’s market capitalisation has surged to around $4.65 trillion, following a more than 140 per cent rise in its share price over the past year.
That rally has added over $2.6 trillion in value in just 12 months, including nearly $900 billion since January alone. Its stock recently hovered at $381.80, slipping marginally by 0.04 per cent, but still reflecting strong upward momentum.
Nvidia, meanwhile, continues to hold the top spot with a valuation of approximately $4.86 trillion. The chipmaker crossed the $5 trillion milestone in October last year and peaked at $5.27 trillion on 27 April. However, its shares have largely plateaued over the past six months, rising just 0.2 per cent recently to $199.99.
The contrast in trajectories is striking. While Nvidia has seen relatively flat movement, Google has gained over 36 per cent in the same six-month period. Barron’s estimates suggest that if current trends hold, the valuation gap could shrink to as little as $190 million by the time Nvidia reports its first-quarter earnings on 20 May.
Daily momentum paints a similar picture. Nvidia recorded average daily gains of about 0.66 per cent last month, compared to Google’s stronger 1.42 per cent, an edge that could prove decisive in the short term.
Driving Google’s resurgence is its aggressive push into artificial intelligence across its ecosystem, from search and YouTube to cloud computing. The company has already invested $144 billion in capital expenditure over the past two years and plans to deploy a further $490 billion over the next two.
Its cloud division is also gathering pace. Google Cloud reported an order backlog of nearly $220 billion in the latest quarter, with total backlog touching a record $462 billion, around half of which is expected to be realised within two years. The company’s entry into chip sales is also beginning to factor into its growth narrative.
The last time Google briefly topped the S&P 500 by market value was in February 2016, when it edged past Apple for just two days. This time, the stakes and the numbers are far higher.
At the heart of the contest lies a single force: artificial intelligence. As both companies pour billions into infrastructure, chips and platforms, the leaderboard is no longer just about size, it is about who can scale the future faster.
