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FEBRUARY 2, 2003

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	The Year Of The Bull Will 2003 be the year of the primary market's revival? Depends on the secondary market. And after a long lull, bullish trends have finally started emerging here. The result: a glittering line-up of planned IPOs. A BT exclusive.

Mother Dairy
Whipping It Up

It is striking strategic
alliances, slashing costs,
and launching new
products in a bid to
transform itself from a
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	Seeking L&T Did Grasim violate the takeover code or not? Whatever, SEBI hasn't been able to pin it down. And so, K.M. Birla moves another step closer to cementing his dream: of taking over L&T. more...		Software's Rainmakers Meet the unsung heroes of India's software revolution—the market warriors who actually go out and battle for contracts, on which everything else really depends. Here's a listing of Indian IT's rainmakers. more...




	Prahalad & Gupta Two overseas Indians. Two minds. Two of the finest minds that India, some reckon, ought to be listening to. C.K. Prahalad is an academic. Rajat Gupta is a strategist. Both have ideas, and advice on what India needs to do. Meet them both. more...		Unbreakable HTA, now called J. Walter Thompson, is one unbelievable agency. It hasn't won any major award for ages, continues to operate without a national creative director, and has turned its succession plan into a mess. But it is likely to remain India's biggest agency. more...




	Match Maker It's a company that sport-marketing-guru Mark H. McCormack founded. And seven years after its Indian subsidiary opened shop, IMG has finally managed to turn an industry out of sports marketing. BT takes you inside the glamorous, but sweaty, world of sports and entertainment marketing. more...		Tata Goes To The Movies Tata Infomedia used to be a seller of dry listings, such as Yellow Pages. Now it has turned moviemaker. The returns may be tempting. But can it make a go of it in an industry that's notoriously haphazard and unorganised? BT gets up close. more...




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Retail Learning Curve The Indian retail revolution, experts said, would go faster-with the benefit of the West's experience already there to begin with. But more and more retailers are discovering that retail in India is not the same as retail anywhere else. This places a premium on being higher up the local learning curve. More Web Exclusives More Net Specials





Walkabout By Deputy Editor R. Sukumar

Hard-Sell By Special Correspondent Shailesh Dobhal







	Time To Cheer The good times are rolling back. Equity funds are back with a bang—turning in a superb performance for the last quarter. It may be time to dump your pessimism and get moving. more...		Variable Tussle Variable pay is closing in, and some employees are terrified. It's worth trying to understand why. more...




	The Case Of Range Dynamics Can Loka Auto widen its product range while maintaining its cost advantage? J. Khattar of Maruti Udyog, V. Dixit of General Motors and auto consultant M.A. Baig debate. more...		Shop Till You Drop They were just approaching the age of consciousness when India liberalised. Now students at some of India's finest institutions, GenNext is simply focused on getting ahead. more...




	Changing Drivers Maurizio Paulo Bianchi exits Fiat India, Jimmy Bedford distills whisky, Dilip Pendse faces arrest, Pranab Barua launches tea, Rajiv Nair quits Microsoft and Raj Loomba engages NRIs. more...		Wide Angle by Ranjit Shastri Notes From The Trough by Mahesh Murthy Leadership Secrets by Anand Ekbote





	Still Cold On India Nostalgia and sentiment, not economic pragmatism was the over-riding theme of the Indian government's first NRI meet. more... Box-office Whimpers Two big-banner Bollywood releases flatter only to deceive. more... Tradetalk Supachai Panitchpakdi, WTO's Director-General, speaks on major trade issues. more... No Cause For Concern S&P's reaffirmation of its junk bond status for India's local currency debts fails to create a ripple. more...		Help, Tarun!!! Tarun Sheth addresses your career concerns every fortnight. more...


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