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APRIL 27, 2003

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	The Great Services Boom The services boom has created 33 million new jobs across sectors such as retail, BPO, and direct selling. That means around Rs 100,000 crore in disposable income.

SHOPPERS' STOP
Magic For The Moment

Forget real time.
At Shoppers' Stop,
technology is geared to
seize that one moment
in which a customer
decides to buy or not.
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	Softwear Capital Observers used to spotting infotech and biotech fauna at coordinates of 12°58'N and 77°35'E have a new trend to report-Bangalore is rapidly becoming India's apparel capital. more...		60 Minutes: Samuel A. Dipiazza Jr In an exclusive interview with BT, PwC's CEO and Managing Partner Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr plays counsel for the defence on accounting and highlights the "trend towards fewer risks". more...




	The QR Millionaires India's importers are a merry lot in the post-QR world. BT runs a big-bucks check on nine of the many importers who're stacking shopshelves with all those foreign goodies. more...		Fiat Fiat India make a comeback? With its parent in trouble, observers fear a Daewoo redux. But the Italian car-maker does have a turnaround plan, complete with new products, new team. more...




	WTO Trade talks are set to start in Cancun, Mexico, and India's WTO negotiators would be preparing to consolidate the gains they made at Doha. The worry? The current state of the world. more...		E-Governance Some 13 Indian states claim to have e-governance initiatives on the ground. Our writers get up close and personal with six of them with some surprising results. Read on. more...



	Most Global Brands A 50-country A.C. Nielsen survey finds out which brands have been successfully extended across categories across the globe. BT presents an exclusive cross-section of the findings with a slant on India. more...		BT Event: Corporate Governance Corporate governance: managing responsibilities, risks and remuneration. It's just the topic that many would like to duck. However, BT not only held a summit on this issue, it got some interesting views to be aired. more...




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Family As Unit Of Study Across the world, market research tends to use the individual as the unit of observation. In the Indian context, using the family would make better sense. With this in mind, J. Walter Thompson got Research International to embed its researchers with some 24 Indian families. The results? Log on. More Web Exclusives More Net Specials


Hearts, Minds and Budgets On this, there is near unanimity: public relations (PR), whether you call it halo management or anything else, plays a reasonably fair role in the way money is made. Why, then, is PR still regarded as the mistress who must forever stay in the shadows? Is the PR industry in need of a PR job?







	Turbulent Times Presenting a quarterly round-up of India's best and worst performing mutual funds. This time, stockmarkets were hit by the war. more...		The Disillusioned Manager Job disillusionment is a big reason for many a midlife crisis. Here's a look at why it happens, and how to cope. more...




	The Case Of Ad Fairness Fairshow's admakers face an ethical dilemma. Is there a way out? R. Balakrishnan of Lowe, S. Seth of Equus, M. Sabnavis of O&M and S. Sarkar of TBWA discuss. more...		Bird Land Where a World Heritage Site fails to attract winter visitors from the colder north, a corporation's environmental management initiative gives migratory birds a place to roost. more...




	A Taxing Matter Kwang-Ro Kim is upset; Ravi Uppal is honoured; O.P. Lohia is buying; A. Jayathilak is selling; Manoj Kohli is ascending; and Bikki Oberoi is awarded. more...		Left Angle by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Notes From The Trough by Mahesh Murthy Leadership Secrets by P.V. Kannan





	The Coming Recession One unintended effect of Dubya's war with Iraq could well be to push the still recovering global economy back into deep recession. more... The Wild One Just when everybody thought motorcycles sales would never slow down, they have. Why? more... Whither Telecom? Large parts of India are so far removed from the telecom mainstream that no one actually gives a damn. more... Driving M&A The OK to sale of telco licences augurs well. more...		Help, Tarun!!! Tarun Sheth addresses your career concerns every fortnight. more...


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