 Cancer!
There's malignancy in the
markets: Unscrupulous operators, an exchange rife with insider trading,
bulls out to make a quick buck, bears out to smother the bulls, and a
regulator that often ends up looking helpless.
Corporates
What,
Me Worry?
It is alright when Alfred
E. Neuman says this. It isn't if D.R. Mehta does. The newest mess in the
stockmarket raises the age-old question about the powers of the Securities
and Exchange Bureau of India.
Mandarin
Pedals
Cheaper import of high-end
cycles from China threaten Hero Cycles, but the world's largest cycle
manufacturer won't be caught napping.
Car
Prices: Down And Up Again
The post-budget reduction
in the price of cars may be purely temporary, as companies prepare to
announce the next price hike.
ICICI's
Dream Run...
...or how an aggressive topline
strategy helped ICICI become the dominant player in the car finance
business.
Rebuilding
ACC
It hasn't been easy, but
CEO T.M.M. Nambiar has used the old formula of cost-cutting and rejigging
business processes to put this old world cement manufacturer back in
black.
Policy Watch
"There
Are Many Anomalies In The Licence Regime"
A quick tete-a-tete with
former TRAI Chairman S.S. Sodhi.
Life
Without QRs
With quantitative
restrictions on the import of 715 items set to go on April1, 2001, a
clutch of foreign products will soon be available in Indian markets. While
this spells danger for domestic manufacturers, it could be a boon to
transnationals who can address niche markets by importing their
international products.
Features
Benched!
The American tech-flu is
catching; Project-less engineers in software cos: 1 out of 5; Expected
increase in salary this year: 0-5 per cent; Fall in entry-level
recruitment: 20 per cent; Next: an adverse impact on IT-company profits.
The
MBA-Hunt
Tech slowdown be damned.
Recruiters aren't letting up on the hunt for talent, even if it means
luring 20-somethings with eyepopping salaries. Presenting the best of the
deals at B-school Bazaar 2001.
The
Right Price
A quick take on the PSUs
in which the GoI hopes to divest some or all of its stake, and what this
divestment-exercise can bring in. Caveat: value lies in the eyes of the
beholder.
Personal Finance
Mr.
Sinha And The Man On The Street
How the small print in the
budget will impact the man on the street and his investing habits.
The
Strip Club
All you need to know about
dividend-stripping.
Case Game
The
Case Of VC Funding
It has the first-mover advantage
and great content to boot. But are those enough to ensure Bimabharat.com's
success in the online insurance market? Renuka
Ramnath of ICICI Ventures, Pravin Gandhi of Infinity Technology
Investments, and L.M. Mehta of asiainsurancepost.com debate.
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Cover Story
Skewed economics, whimsical
regulations, and poor consumer demand seem set to derail the broadband
bandwagon.
ISP
Shakeout-II
As it becomes clear that the
dial-up access business won't earn returns in a hurry, ISPs tweak their
business models to cut losses, and, hope springs eternal, turn profitable.
What's
Hot
Friday Corp acquires Kotak
Mahindra's Matrix Information Services; vern domains are allowed; VSNL's
SAFE submarine link gets working; and the Tata Group launches its internet
service provider business.
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