 Market Mayhem
Forget fundamentals,
there are forces beyond the common man’s ken at work behind the volatile
behaviour of the stockmarket. For one, there are speculative forces. Then,
there are macro- economic ones, like the oil crisis. And then, there is
the behaviour of international bourses.
Corporates
What
Ails Eicher?
It professionalised way
ahead of its peers and uses the latest management techniques, but is
trapped in several low-growth businesses.
3Com's
Dial-Up Strategy
The global networking
major is hoping its focus on the access end of the network will net it
significant business in India.
How
ISPL Scorned The Market
Gillette’s main Indian
subsidiary’s act of merging two other subsidiaries with itself does
benefit someone: Gillette.
Perfetti's
Perfect Play
A mix of clever positioning and innovative products
helps the Italian candy maker do well in India.
Not
A Happy Aria
BPL may be the king in the television market, but
BPL-Sanyo Tech comes cropper in the audio one.
A
Tangled Telecom Skein
Global realignments have made a mockery of old-e
regulations in the telecom sector.
Another
JV Goes Bust
The DCM-Remy alliance is on the rocks, and for all
the usual reasons.
Inside
Honda India
The company has quietly finalised its strategies for
the two-wheeler market. A BT exclusive.
60 Minutes
Meeting
Michael Bonsignore
He’s low-profile, but he
heads the $20-billion Honeywell, which, just incidentally, has big plans
for India.
Policy Watch
365
days@work
A performance monitor of
the BJP’s economic leadership, and a poll on what CEOs think of it.
Forgive the cliche, but there are miles to go.
Features
DD's
Comeback Strategy
It’s been battered by
the satellite channels, and eroded from within by poor leadership. Now,
under interim CEO R.R. Shah, Doordarshan is scripting a turnaround (note:
it’s still at the storyboard stage).
Unsafe
Careers
A focus on performance, a
disregard for experience, and other new-e trends spell the death of the
safe job.
Group
Tata And The Internet
The country’s largest
business group is using the Net to improve operational efficiencies in
existing businesses, and, at the same time, exploring several new
Net-related businesses.
Personal Finance
Claims
That Take Your Life
Spiralling cost of treatment has made medical
insurance a must. But to snatch its full benefits, it's important to read
the fine print.
10
Thing You Always Wanted To Know About Debit Card
A debit card primer.
Case Game
The
Case Of Strategic Acquisition
Threatened by obsolescence and
stagnant profits, Total's batteries division mulls an acquisition. Jardine
Fleming's U.R. Bhat, Andersen Consulting's Mukul Gupta, and
electricmela.com's S. Jain debate for and against the move.
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BT
dot.com
Cover Story
In the beginning were the NRI sites... Now, there are just more of them.
Making a living off them isn’t easy.
Wired
Steel
How as old economy a business as steel is
using the internet as a market space.
Wired
Wisdom
Presenting the best guide to learning to do
business on the internet: The Star Wars quartet.
What's
Hot
HCL launches its ISP subsidiary, the web design
business hots up, a snappy Q&A with Piyush
Gupta, MSN’s India launch,
and more happening things.
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