BUSINESS TODAY

APRIL 13, 2003

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	MVA 500 Wealth Creators The fourth BT-Stern Stewart survey of India's biggest wealth creators has a clear message: the focus is back on fundamentals. As investors will tell you, actual performance counts for most. HLL: Still No.1 For all its well-documented troubles on the growth front, Hindustan Lever remains the country's top wealth creator. A hardnosed look at its inner strengths and weaknesses. Read More Gushing Over ONGC is India's best performing PSU, and that too, one that's positive on both EVA and MVA. A story of quiet determination and operational efficiency. Read More

Banks Table

A ranking of the wealth
created and destroyed
by banks in India.
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Methodology
For all those with an eye
for detail, or some grouse
or the other, the explanatory
notes on exactly how the
terms have been defined
and the ranking done.
Read More





	Banking & Financial Services If stockmarkets are sounding bullish on the banks and financial services (BFS) sector, there's a reason for it. Consider HDFC's fine showing, for example. more...		The Bellwether Infosys is the only firm amongst India's IT elite to have enhanced its MVA since the last survey. Wonder how it did that? Turn to page 68. more...




	Great Expectations Ranbaxy, the leader of the Approved New Drug Applications charge in the American generics market, has a negative Economic Value Added— but still ranks No 6. Now, why should that be? Read on. more...		MVA Tables The table featuring the complete ranking of 500 companies by Market Value Added (MVA). Plus, comparative data on the Economic Value Added (EVA), Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) and other relevant indicators. A ready reckoner. more...




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Telecom Brand Games Been watching the CDMA-versus-GSM battle from the edge of your seat, have you? Good, battles for the technology standard are always exciting. But what about the brand battle? Is the market really as commoditised as it appears? Here's a brand-versus-brand look at the business. More Web Exclusives More Net Specials


Cup Of Whoahs So, now that we've reached the grand finale of the great game to glue eyeballs, and Sachin Tendulkar is crowned the Big Winner, let's take a good hard-nosed business look at the real winners. A good hard look, that is, at what the Cup's biggest stakeholders—the advertisers—achieved over the season.







	Backlash The Indian IT industry is facing the heat, whether it's police harassment in Malaysia or the looming threat of an ITES-protectionist US. Is this an inevitable backlash to the emergence of India as an e-power? more...		Placements 2003 Placements Season 2003 on India's B-school campuses seemed like just another season, with all the drama of a jobfest involving India's most sought-after. But look closer-for real trends. more...




	60 Minutes: Scott McNealy Scott G. McNealy, maverick, hockey player, chief of Sun Microsystems and Microsoft-basher par excellence, spoke exclusively to BT in spirited defence of everything he stands for. Particularly Sun's future in the ever-expanding technology universe, and his company's role in reshaping the way we work with our magnificent machines. more...		BT Event Here's the low-down on the latest round in BT's Managing Tomorrow series of high-level pow-wows. The topic this time? Managing in the Real Time economy. Fancy being in livewire touch with every sphere of business? The speakers, representing a diverse set of businesses, evidently were. more...




	Full Traction E. Sreedharan, the metro man; V. Kurien, co-op diehard; Ajay Kapila, job hopper; Graham Burke, departee; G.N. Bajpai, watchdog; Asha Bhosle, liquidator; and B. Ramalinga Raju, samaritan. more...		Kiran's Korner by Kiran Karnik Notes From The Trough by Mahesh Murthy Leadership Secrets by Ravi Sharma





	The Invisible Hand Technology, competition, and rational tariffs combine to bring down the consumer durables price line. more... Speed-Breaker Rising costs nix the effects of FM's excise duty rollback on cars. more... Brewing Trouble An EU notification on Indian tea has planters at home worried. more... Faking The Dragon There's little Chinese about the China Bazaars. more...		Help, Tarun!!! Tarun Sheth addresses your career concerns every fortnight. more...


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