 Too
Much On His Plate
Subhash
Chandra is a worried man. His English channels haven't worked. His sports
channel probably won't. And his satellite telephony project and other
convergence initiatives will require an investment of at least Rs 3,000
crore. To become the media mogul he wants to be, Chandra will have to
weather the biggest crisis of his career.Corporates
L&T's
New Architecture
The demerger of its cement division, a foray into a e-space, and a
portfolio restructuring exercise are all part of CEO A.M. Naik's gameplan
to unlock the company's hidden value.
The
Great Cyber Rush
Low entry barriers, synergies with existing businesses, and the lure of
greater valuations are prompting several old groups and companies to
venture into new economy ventures.
The
All New Tata Power
It's about time. With a merger of its power companies, the Tata Group
kicks off its power-sector initiatives. And there's new-e in its plans
too.
BPCL
in Revamp Mode
Post an internal restructuring exercise, a lean and mean BPCL considers
itself capable of facing the challenges that will come its way when the
GoI's oil sector restructuring gets under way.
Nagarjuna's
Next-Step Blues
With margins falling in its flagship fertiliser business, the Nagarjuna
group's forays into steel, power, and refining could be slow off the mark.
GCI
Remixed
Leveraging the treasure trove that its music archives are, the country's
oldest music company is composing a new tune to the tap the global,
regional, and on-line markets.
Bajaj
Under Pressure
Faced with falling marketshares in its scooters and motorcycles
businesses, the once-undisputed czar of two-wheelers is under pressure to
redraft its success-strategy.
Interview
Branson-Talk
An evening with Virgin's Richard Branson.
Policy Watch
A
Slick Solution
The GoI's oil sector restructuring looks logical on paper. Now, if only
the implementation can be as smooth.
Features
The
Good Times Are Back!
The urban upwardly mobile are on a buying spree that is accelerated
by
easy access to financing options. Is this the beginning of the next
consumer boom?
Women
In The Hot-seat
Changes in the social and organisational milieu will soon see women
breaching the corporate glass ceiling in greater numbers and far more
regularly than they have so far. Yes Ma'am.
Piping
Dreams
The
first mile is where the action is, as companies--public sector and
private, old economy and new go about building cross-country
high-bandwidth communication back-bones.
In
Defence of Paswan
A beleagured communications minister, Ram Vilas Paswan, defends himself.
His take: DoT will be corporatised by October, and he is a real reformer.
Personal Finance
A
US-64 Catechism
Kintu Kher, a primary school teacher worried about poor US-64 returns,
turns to the financial whiz --'Pennywise' Prabhu.
Off
With The Old And (trade-) In With The New
All you ever wanted to know about trade-ins, but
never quite managed to get under one roof. A BT bare-it-all.
Case Game
The
Case Of Vendor Development
Will vendor-development improve
quality standards for Total Industries--BT's fictional firm" Godrej
Soaps' M.P. Pusalkar, NITIE's Thomas Mathew, and Ernst & Young's S.
Shankarnarayanan
debate. A BT Case Study.
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