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	BT 500 SPECIAL India's Most Valuable Companies It's been a tumultuous year on Dalal Street. Tech stocks plunged, FMCG slipped, and generally investors took a big hit. So, just what did the roll of dice fetch for India's most valuable companies? Clue: Market cap suffered, but the usual pecking order didn't.

Mos Who?

MosChip, that's who. But
why should a company
that's ranked 429 on the
BT 500 find such prominent space in such a prominent business magazine?
Simple, it could be one of
India's hottest tech stories
of tomorrow.
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	New Kids On The Block Disinvestment has thrown up a new set of companies on the BT 500 charts. How well they perform depends on how well their new private owners manage them. But as of now, IPCL, Hindustan Zinc and even VSNL certainly hold a lot of promise. more...		The Next Big Thing Who will be tomorrow's winners? Would they be in healthcare, entertainment, biotech, IT-enabled services? Well, it's not a sector issue as much as the potential to create wealth. Here's BT sticking its neck out. more...




	Ranbaxy Inc. For years and years, Ranbaxy spoke about its transnational dreams. And of wanting to hit a turnover of $1 billion by 2004. Guess what-the dream has actually begun crystallising into reality. It has bet heavily on the US generics market, and even looks set to win. more...		Will He Deliver? Bharti Tele-Ventures makes its debut on the BT 500 list, and how! It plonks in straight at No 13. The question is: can CEO Sunil Bharti Mittal deliver on his ambitions and take Bharti to the heights he wants to? A good hardnosed look at his business. more...




	ONGC Uncapped India's most valuable company is Hindustan Lever. Correction, ONGC. Yes it is, taking listed PSUs into account as well. Its performance has been terrific, no doubt, but the real question is whether the glowing numbers are really sustainable? more...		Riding On A Boom Are two wheelers better than four wheelers? Yes, if you're talking about stockmarkets, where Hero Honda, and now TVS and Bajaj Auto as well have kept sales reviving and roaring away, recession or not., ride the motorcycle boom. 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







	Free Market Fundamentals Knocking market capitalisation as a yardstick may have its attractions. But is good sense one of them? We think not. more...		BT Billboard Here's the BT 500 sliced and diced every which way. By industries, sectors, PE/marketcap, asset-to-market cap and so on. more...




	Methodology How we did the BT 500. more...		BT 500 Ranking + The PSU 50 more...




	The Good, The Better Atal Bihari Vajpayee, starring as the boss who's ready to back his best performer. Schauna Chauhan, as Parle's lady wonder. And Pankajj Chaturvedi as the ice-cream man. more...		Going By The Book by Diljeet Titus Notes From The Trough by Mahesh Murthy Leadership Secrets by C.P. Gurnani





	Getting Off The Bench It's far from a wave yet, but the coming tide of offshoring could get India's IT services sailing once again. more... Horse Trading Batra Hospitality's sale of Centaur Hotel to Sahara could deal another blow to disinvestment. more... KFC's Second Innings Once the symbol of American cultural imperialism, KFC hopes all is forgotten. more... From Zee To A As professional execs leave in a hurry, Zee's maverick Chairman Subhash Chandra puts his faith back in family control. more...		Help, Tarun!!! Tarun Sheth addresses your career concerns every fortnight. more...


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