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Business Today, September 16, 2001Mobike Wars: Bajaj Vs Hero Honda
Mobike market leader Hero Honda is troubled by old models and possible conflicts with partner Honda, which is set to storm the Indian mobike market by 2004. Number 2 Bajaj Auto, armed with a war-chest of Rs 2,500 crore, won’t find a better time to strike.

Editorial
When Shopping Strikes...

Features
Interview: Arun Jaitley
Minister for law, justice, and company affairs, Arun Jaitley is a busy man these days. Parliament has cleared crucial economic legislations like the Competition Bill and the Company (Amendment) Bill. In an interview to BT, he talks about a few of these legislations.

Water Wars
Old cola-rivals Coke and Pepsi are discovering there is more money in water than coloured water. Things are warming up in the Rs 1,000-crore bottled-drinking-water market and competitors, including Parle’s Ramesh Chauhan, face the threat of a whitewash.

Insurance: Marketing Jamboree
The insurance sector isn’t seeing a slugfest yet. And private firms aren’t reaching out to customers very effectively.

Keeping Head-Hunting Pests At Bay!
Call it the antithesis of the great job slump. Companies may be getting rid of dead-wood, but they are as keen as ever to protect their best employees.

They Also Make TV Ads
There may be no finesse in their ads, but Mom-and-Pop agencies, catering to M-and-P brands form a Rs 500-900 crore industry that’s the lifeline for regional channels.

60 Minutes: John Philip Jones
Advertising consultant and Professor of Public Communications, Syracuse University, New York, John Philip Jones believes any advertising that does not deliver sales in the first seven days is ineffectual. In a chat with BT, he exhorts Indian ads to go for more ‘‘motivating arguments’’.

Life Beyond Software
As the new economy matures, a host of emerging technologies and market niches begins to crystallise, firing the imagination of India’s software bottom-feeders.

Trends
Leader: Crying Wolf
Silicon Dreams:
Hardware In India: What May Be
Innovation: The Super Remote
Growing Pangs: What Will Dilip Modi Do Now?

Personal Finance
Incubating A Nest Egg
Tips from the best advisors in the business on retiring rich in 10 years.

BT dot.com 
Survivor: The India Games Story

How does yesterday’s posterboy flourish the day after? A profile of Vishal Gondal, CEO, Indiagames.com

What's Hot
More about digital signature certification, all about URM tech, and featuring Larry Page of Google

Managing
Smart Retrenchment

The fine art of handing pink slips.

Back Of The Book
Over The Firewall

How Indian techies overcome archaic internet policies.
Plus: Treadmill

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Legal Counselling By Diljeet Titus
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