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	How Fit Are Our CEOs? A chief executive need not be a marathon man like Reliance's Ambani, but it helps. With much riding on corner-room residents, the focus is on CEO fitness. Can India Inc's leaders pass the test?

ACUMEN 2002

The East Zone round of
Business Today-Standard Chartered Acumen 2002
quiz and debate contest
was more than the usual
display of debating and
quizzing skills. Find
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	BT- Gartner-Nasscom Panel Just how to kickstart IT growth? The views of panelists Sujoy Chohan, Bob Hayward, Rita Terdiman, Michele Caminos, Satoshi Yamanoi, Ian Marriott and Geoff Johnson, all from Gartner, and Sunil Mehta from Nasscom, and Arun Seth from British Telecom India. more...		On The Global Highway Can Indian auto component manufacturers go global? Sure looks like it, and there's opportunity galore. The only issue is whether they can keep China's aggressive players from nudging them off the High way 61 of cost-contained cruising. A report. more...




	Reining In The Risk You can't accuse the July-September quarter for not being eventful, as far as India's mutual funds were concerned. The events, alas, were not favourable to capital markets. Still, some funds proved themselves more equal than others. The scorecard. more...		Can This Bird Fly? Has Air-India really turned around? Well, the carrier appears to be gaining altitude after all those stomach-churning losses for six straight years. But can the incline be sustained? Air India thinks so, and is targeting a profit of Rs 50 crore this year. more...




	Haldia Again If you dismissed the Haldia Petrochem story as a nightmare, gather the courage to revisit it. The Rs 5,170-crore Haldia Petrochemicals Limited is not just a problem-prone petrochemical plant; it is a symbol of West Bengal's industrial renaissance. So, is the West Bengal government's latest efforts to keep it afloat just another false start or does it mark the beginning of a turnaround? more...		India's Best Managed Company There's growth, the kind that finds place in quarterly reports for the stockmarket, and then there's value-building growth, the kind that long-haul investors actually care about. Presenting a BT-A.T. Kearney study on how growth of the desirable kind is achieved. Avoiding the pitfalls of cost-obsession and acquisition-led growth would be a start. more...




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Q&A: Anshu Jain The London-based Anshu Jain, Head of Deutsche Bank's Global Markets division and member of the bank's Group Executive Committee, was in Mumbai for a day recently. He spoke to BT about trends in global debt markets, banks' appetite for coprorate risk, derivatives and the implications for India. More Web Exclusives More Net Specials





Walkabout By Deputy Editor R. Sukumar

Hard-Sell By Special Correspondent Shailesh Dobhal







	Moolah's Ark The ladder to success. And why floating rate home loans can be such a trauma. more...		Transcendental Productivity Why is corporate spiritualism catching on? It boosts productivity, silly. more...




	The Case Of Floor Pricing Universal Spirits wants to sell a successful brand. Should it aim high? more...		Shop Till You Drop The ideal snap-a-suitcase wardrobe for a CEO who's short of time rather than money. more...




	Flower Power Naina Lal Kidwai and Vidya Chhabria as Powerful Business Women, Sanjay Bansal as M&A master, and Dinesh Dalmia as value-killer. more...		Pulp It by R. Sukumar Going By The Book by Diljeet Titus Notes From The Trough by Mahesh Murthy Leadership Secrets by Naresh Gupta





	The 8 Per Cent Solution Once again, Prime Minister Vajpayee renews calls for a 8 per cent growth in the economy. Here's what it will take to achieve that. more... Swadeshi's Torero Petroleum Minister Ram Naik emerges as swadeshi's most valiant saviour, overtaking George Fernandes. more... Suits Without Any An unlikely consultancy emerges as the big daddy of quality consulting. more... According To Law UK-based creative hot-shop St. Luke's founder Andy Law talks about the company's new Indian arm and his literary pursuits. more...		Help, Tarun!!! Tarun Sheth addresses your career concerns every fortnight. more...


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