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Business Today, September 7-21, 2000Rediff's Next Click
Its shares are quoting below the issue price on Nasdaq; competition is breathing down its neck; and expected revenue streams are yet to kick in. BT takes a surf-side view of what CEO Ajit Balakrishnan has planned.

Corporates
HDFC Bank's Next Step
CEO Aditya Puri has drawn an aggressive three-pronged growth strategy for the bank (and yes, the Net’s part of it).

Hewlett-Packard's Makeover
Successful launches of the Pavilion home PC and the Brio desktop, and effective logistics management have resulted in a high for the transnational hardware major..

Renault's Opening Gambit
A quiet alliance with International Tractors, a focus on high HP tractors, and the French major is set to roll.

Building Rural Relations
Pradeep Lokhande runs a rural NGO that could hold the key to the distribution worries of FMCG companies.

Lakme's Resurgent Aria
As the recently ended Lakmé India Fashion Week signalled, the brand is alive and well, and, finally, knows where it is going.

Mindtree's High-Brow Aspirations
Can Ashok Soota’s dream team deliver the high-end tech consulting solutions it promises to?

Interview
"Intermediaries Are Being Cut Out"
A Snappy Q&A With Douglas F. Aldrich, The Head Of A.T. Kearney’s e-Biz Practice.

Policy Watch
Will Industry Now Sprout Wings?
The government's proposed Industries Act gets qualified approval from industry.

A Right Mix For Greener Fields
A much-delayed draft fertiliser policy tries an uneasy balance between the interests of the farmers and the industry.

"We Want Private Sector In All Areas"
An Encounter With Ram Prakash Gupta, The CM Of Uttar Pradesh.

Features
Who's Next
It may have been a long time coming, but Corporate India finally seems to have realised the need for effective succession planning.

The Remaking Of HCL
It’s called HCL Technologies; it’s to be Shiv Nadar’s swansong; and here’s how the company is going about re-inventing itself.

Horror Stories From Dot.com World
Managing HR in dot.coms isn’t as easy as it is made out to be. Forget the beer-bashes and the impromptu pizza parties: there’s a science to it.

Time-Out With Sumantra Ghoshal
One of the world’s best-known management gurus speaks about what companies need to do to bring about radical change—the subject of his new book, Managing Radical Change.

Personal Finance
The 0% Resolution
Zero isn't always equal to zero--at least when it comes to financing. Blasting the latest myth on the loan turf...

Service With A Smile
Hot competition and a volatile stockmarket are forcing mutual funds to offer investor-friendly options--from phone-in facilities to Net-based services.

Case Game
The Case Of Performance Evaluation
Will restructuring around its core competency help BT's fictional firm Total Industries boost its profitability? iitiim.com's P. Mittal, IIM Indore's S. Ghosh, and M&M's V. Venugopal analyse the issue. Send us your solution which scrutinises the problems in companies like yours. We'll showcase the best solutions on-line.

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Your link to the world of policy development, corporate happenings, industry news, and market trends

BT Dot.Com
Cover Story
The Net makes it simple for others to capture information about you, without your knowledge. Better believe it: there is no such thing as on-line privacy.

What's Hot
An interview with wired CM Chandrababu Naidu; Tata Internet Services’ portal launches, and a slew of other happening things.

The BCG Column
What you need to do before you are ready for on-line commerce.

Cash Or Card...
Or neither. Concerns over the security of on-line transactions engender a rash of innovative on-line payment techniques.

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