BUSINESS TODAY

MARCH 2, 2003

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	What's On Her Mind? That's exactly what the BT-Indica Consumer Confidence Survey seeks to answer. What she intends to buy, how much she plans to save and where she sees prices moving.

Maruti Udyog
Destination Kosai

Maruti Udyog's
Jagdish Khattar wants
to make his Gurgaon
plant as efficient as
parent Suzuki's
Kosai facility.
Here's how..
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	Super Rupee The rupee is gaining and gaining against the greenback-a truly unprecedented phenomenon, at least in recent memory. Some questions. Is it for real? Why is it happening? And just what does it imply? Will export competitiveness suffer? What about inflation? What are the other gains? BT presents a detailed analysis. more...		Veecees Remember venture capital (VC)? With the dotcom hangover proving slow to lift, VC funding has thinned to a mere trickle. Yet, there's hope. Once the start-up universe recovers from those days of irrational exuberance, the flow could resume. more...




	Bakshi's Pepsi A year into his job, Rajeev Bakshi is ready to charge ahead with his strategy for PepsiCo India. Cost control is one aspect. Beyond that, expect refreshment in the form of reworked advertising, brand repositionings and a series of non-fizz launches. more...		India Today Economists Panel Can taxation ever be perfect? Surely not. But it could still be a whole lot more economically intelligent. The Board of India Today Economists (BITE) held a discussion with Vijay Kelkar, and came up with some interesting observations and some sound advice. more...




	60 Minutes: Jerry Greenberg The co-founder of IT consultancy Sapient is in India on a mission. The country is part of his worldwide turnaround strategy. In an exclusive interview, he explains how-apart from the fact that 600 of its 1,500 people operate out of Delhi. more...		Amusement Parks If you thought sprawling Disney-esque amusement parks were a rich-world indulgence, think again. India is all set for the phenomenon. Big business houses are part of India's latest thrillennium rush, and with big bucks too. Fasten your seatbelts for some 400 projects by 2005. Giddy already? more...




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Q&A: Kunio Sebata The President and CEO of the $3.8-billion Hitachi Home and Life Solutions Inc tells BT Online about what it's like to operate independently in India, the company's past relationship with the Lalbhai Group in the air-conditioner market, its faith in joint ventures and its current plans for India. More Web Exclusives More Net Specials





Walkabout By Deputy Editor R. Sukumar

Hard-Sell By Special Correspondent Shailesh Dobhal







	Another Random Walk Is mutual fund performance just random? Or is there some method to the madness? Tormented by these head-scratchers? We bring you relief. more...		Info Highway Pit Stop Is the Infosys Leadership Institute in Mysore the Indian version of GE's Crotonville set-up? Not quite. But it could be. more...




	The Case Of Defecting Loyalists How does a small bookstore stave off a large-format predator? more...		Wannabe Wannabes A true schemer shouldn't have trouble getting his World Cup fill, should he? Ideas. more...




	The Pleasure Of Pin-Stripes Starring Uday Kotak as banker, D.S. Brar as NRI, V. Kurien as traditionalist, Amrita Patel as modernizer, Y. Saboo as watch hand-maker, Amal Ganguli as bliss-seeker, and Indra Nooyi as general-in-waiting. more...		Left Angle by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Notes From The Trough by Mahesh Murthy Leadership Secrets by L.C. Singh





	War Against Uncertainty A swift, decisive US blitz could be just the thing to dispel the cloud of uncertainty hanging over the global markets. more... Q&A With J. Paul Heylen Heylen International's Chairman on decoding deep-seated consumer motives. more... Shakeout Season Merrill Lynch has five IT vendors sharing its offshore business in India. Soon the firm will get rid of three . more... The Southern Balaji Tele A former actress hopes to do an Ekta Kapoor act in the South, and then the rest of India. more...		Help, Tarun!!! Tarun Sheth addresses your career concerns every fortnight. more...


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