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Tata Transformed
Over the last 10 years, Ratan Tata has quietly entered 15 new businesses, exited 11, and herded the rebellious Tata companies into a cohesive group. Tata now wants to double revenues every four years, and profits, every three. His secret weapon: branded products and services.



Interview With Ratan Tata

''My successor won't be my carbon copy,'' says Ratan Tata chairman of the Tata group. Read More
BT-AmEx ProAm 2002
They came, they teed, they conquered the greens. The Seventh BT-Amex ProAm presented the who's who of Indian Inc. on one lawn—full of class golfing. Read More
Dotcoms On Drip
A clutch of failed dotcommers who survived the blood-letting stubbornly hang in on a thread and a prayer, in the hope that their day will come.
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The Making Of A Behemoth
It's a Rs 58,000-crore company that the merger of RIL with RPL spawns. But the rationale for the merger goes beyond size alone. In the global energy business, stand-alone refineries have stopped making any sense. Therefore, vertical integration—from exploration to marketing—has become critical to survival. more...
Tech Survivor
If the new economy is all about the greater fool theory, then it can't have a better poster boy
than Microland's founder Pradeep Kar. He continues to find ideas, investors and buyers,
but his tech empire is smaller than what it
was five years ago. Just what keeps Pradeep
Kar ticking? more...
Interview With Debra Dunn
As Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Operations in Hewlett-Packard, Debra Dunn
is in the thick of it. The H-P honcho is now
trying to connect four billion customers across
the world. more...
The Trouble With Tea
A plateauing domestic market and do-or-die competition in price—as well as quality—in the export segment have taken their toll on India's tea companies. Desperate for a turnaround, they are cutting costs and looking at new markets. more...

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Off-Hook
By Senior Editor
R. Sridharan


Hard-Sell
By Special Correspondent
Shailesh Dobhal
Ten Stocks For 2002
Fears over poor corporate results and the Ayodhya issue have left investors indecisive. Still, it isn't that tough to pick 10 stocks that will do well in 2002. more...
Check Before You Hire
No, we're not suggesting employers have to pick from a veritable rogues gallery, but in the absence of alerts—they're realising the importance of reference checks. more...
The Case Of Stripped-Down CTVs
A leading colour television manufacturer mulls launching inexpensive CTVs for rural buyers.
But there are problems. Should it still go ahead? Find out ! more...
Summer Of The Vintner
Indians are no oenophiles yet, but the pleasures of wine are spreading fast enough to attract a slew of foreign wine-makers and spur local competition too. more...
Punctilious Patriarch
Starring: Mahindra of M&M; French champ barman Lucien Dambreville, and Rana Kapoor of Rabo Investment Bank.
more...
Business Revival
By Pradip Chanda
Going By The Book
By Diljeet Titus

Notes From The Trough
By Mahesh Murthy

Leadership Secrets
By Arvind Singhal

The New New Thing
Level-headed venture capitalists is what the internet industry still needs.
more...
Chat With Wendt
Former GE Capital CEO Gary Wendt in his new avatar as outsourcing evangelist.
more...
Digit-ally Challenged
The entry of private players into domestic and international long-distance telephony may mean lower tariffs, but also mean longer numbers.
more...
L'Affaire Herbertsons
Rivals Vijay Mallya of UB and Kishore Chhabria of BDA are cut up with Sebi.
more...

Help, Tarun!!!
Tarun Sheth addresses your career concerns every fortnight. more...

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