India a leading market for PepsiCo : Nooyi

New Delhi, Nov 9  : Indra Nooyi, the Chairman and Chief Executive of PepsiCo today said that India is among the top three markets for the company.

PepsiCo has grown by over 50 percent in the third quarter (Q3) of calendar year 2009, with net income rising to $ 1.72 billion, said Nooyi after holding discussions with Indian Trade Minister Anand Sharma earlier in the day.

India will continue to be a top market for PepsiCo in the long run, she added.

“India is in the top two-three markets for every company in the world because India is a young country, India is a growing country, India is a well managed country. So for PepsiCo, it is one of the top three markets, top three growth markets. And we intend to be here for a long time. Most importantly we just cross a billion sales in India and we are very proud of our business here,” said Indra Nooyi, the CEO of PepsiCo.

PepsiCo has posted 35 percent growth in the last quarter.

Nooyi is in India to attend the ongoing India Economic Summit in New Delhi.

9-year-old Penelope Cruz locked herself in hotel room before musical debut        Home

London, November 09 (ANI): Actress Penelope Cruz has revealed that when she was nine-years old and had to record for her musical debut at Abbey Road Studios in London, she locked herself in a hotel room.

The beauty intended to avoid talking to anyone in order to preserve her voice.

“I thought it would be more responsible and professional if I didn”t talk to anybody before I had to record,” the Daily Express quoted her as telling Entertainment Weekly magazine.

She added: “So I was laying on my bed like Dracula, looking at the ceiling and waiting to go to the studio.

“I got so tense from trying to protect myself too much… The second day I was much more relaxed.”