 Budget
2001-02
Is Sentiment = Growth?
Consumers are happy; the
markets are buoyant; and business confidence is up. But can a surfeit of
positive sentiment translate into growth?
Interview
A
tete-a-tete with Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha.
The
Unfinished Agenda
Economist
T.N. Srinivasan’s take on the budget.
The Ripple
Effect
How
the markets will respond in the long-term to the budget.
Toll's Well
The
budget has been kind to corporates and individuals.
The Big Six
The
future of the six sectors impacted most by the budget: foods &
beverages, petrochem, banking & finance, automotive, agriculture, and
small-scale industries.
Mamata's
Budget
This
year’s Railway Budget seems to eschew realism in favour of populism.
Corporates
Sony
Music's Songlines
A
growing presence in Hindi soundtracks, new low-end brand, and a
best-selling international collection have contributed to Sony Music’s
growth.
Fertiliser
Dreams
The
Murugappa Group is still bullish on the sector as its acquisitive
tendencies show.
The
Race For VSNL
A
clutch of companies, domestic and transnational, express interest in the
long-distance runner.
Low-end
Tickers
With
Swatch articulating its plans for the sub-Rs 1,000 segment of the watch
market, the action picks up.
Otto
B's B2B Strategy
The
mail-order company reinvents itself as a fulfilment specialist for dotcoms..
Sterlite
& Balco
Politics
may still scuttle a deal that makes great business sense.
Where
There's WiLL...
...
there’s a way, demonstrate cellular service providers as they make
pragmatic plans for life ahead if the courts decide against them.
The
MUL Divestment: The Pluses
The
GoI’s divestment-route may be convoluted but there is a significant
upside to it.
Mohan
Meakin's Cereal Aspirations
Emboldened
by the (limited) success of it cereals, the liquor major eyes processed
foods.
This
Anthem's Coming Back Into Vogue
After
a few disastrous years, Anthem/TBWA is making a comeback.
Brick
Snaps Up Click
TVS
Finance acquires profitable B2B site Auctionindia as part of a composite
strategy.
Personal Finance
Now
The Cat Is Out Of The Bag
All
You Need To Know About Free Holidays
The
Best Handsets... The Best Packages
The
Smart Way To Go Wireless.
Features
Tide's
In
Armed
with India’s largest private internet network, CEO R. Ramaraj believes
Sify can make a go of it. But the facts are scary: a sluggish topline,
looming competition in its staple corporate connectivity business, plus
investors who want to see profits by year end.
Making
Sense Of Organised Medicine
Most
healthcare business models have failed because they’ve not approached
the business from the neighbour-hood-clinic end. Now, two new entrants are
planning to do just that.
Case Game
The
Case Of The Insurance Merger
Speed or size? What will yield
a sharper edge in the non-life insurance industry tomorrow? Arthur
Andersen's Ashwin Parekh, IIM Bangalore's R.
Vaidyanathan, and General Insurers (Public Sector) Association's
(GIPSA) T. Lakshmanan discuss.
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BT
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Cover Story
Payment
gateways are a critical link in e-commerce. BT dot.com looks at the
dynamics of the business in India.
What's
Hot
Know
direct internet access systems; an interview with Anupam Gupta of
debtonnetindia.com; the emergence of weblabs; and more happening stuff.
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