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Business Today, June 7, 2000The New Lever
HLL's newest CEO M.S. Banga is concocting an ambitious recipe for growth. The ingredients? Entrepreneurship; services; rural markets; and plain old consumer insight. Plus: The Banga interview

Corporates
The Ferment In Cement
A spate of M&A transforms the commodity-industry into an arena dominated by a handful of transnational and Indian giants.

Sony's Flat Vision
In a back-to-basics strategy, Sony focuses on the high end of the market with flat TVs.

Indiainfo's Gameplan
With a slew of impressive acquisitions under its belt, the ambitious portal is set on giving big brother Rediff a run for its money.

Bharat Forge's Global Dream
With an impressive array of international clients and its high-tech manufacturing facilities, this auto components major is set to crash into the suppliers' big league.

Reliance's Tech Bet
The BSES's acquisition will certainly boost Reliance's plans for the power sector. But it'll also bolster the Ambanis New Economy initiatives.

Advantage McDonald's
Profits are still not in sight. But the global food-chain is dishing out a brand new combo to its Indian fans.

VisualSoft's Global Gambit
CEO D.V.S. Raju is taking the software start-up through the shrink-wrapped
products' route to succeed in the international market.

Syndicate Bank On A Roll
Huge employee overheads, poor work culture, and inertia. Having put these behind it, the bank is now raring to go.

Policy Watch
Is Indian Railways on the right track?
The railways is rolling out the red carpet for the private sector. But are the real issues being addressed?

Features
A Safe Landing For The Maharaja
The take-off's begun. As the country's first big-ticket privatisation gets off the ground, the focus turns to sticky issues such as balance-sheets, bitter unions, and the choice of a strategic ally. The Maharaja isn't safely home yet.

A Q&A With Michael Mascarenhas
A bloated workforce, empty coffers, the airline's poor image, and creaky fleet have not dented optimism of air India's Managing Director. BT talk to Air India's man of the hour.

Marketing: Channelling Revenues
There are channels and there are channels. This year alone has seen the birth of more than 20 new TV channels. How many will survive? BT does some surfing.

Personal Finance
Home Cheap Home
If all you ever wanted was a house of your own, this is the time to make it happen. Lower real estate prices and interest rates have put some great bargains on the market.

Dial M for Money
Despite its limitations, mobile banking promises to revolutionise the way people transact.

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