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SEPT 28, 2003

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	Hottest States Presenting the latest BT-Gallup Survey of India's Best States for Business. The No. 1's still the same, but investor expectations are increasing. Read on. Maharashtra: Numero Uno Still This state hangs on to its top rank, thanks to location, infrastructure and human resources. But for how long? more... Digi-twins Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, with their so-called CEO-CMs, have been aggressively wooing investors. The threat: complacency. more... Confidence Dip Gujarat was Maharashtra's challenger for top honours— till recently. Recent lawlessness seems to have taken its toll. more...

Victims Of Perception

Kerala, UP, and West Bengal are not doing badly as investment destinations. Alas, it is investor perceptions that count.
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Capital Decline
Delhi could have become the North's premier business centre. Yet, all's not well with it, even as its suburbs hog all the attention.
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Methodology





	Sulabh Meet Bindeshwar Pathak, a man who has invested in public lavatories—and done so well that he has become the envy of others. more...		Agro-Exports Growers of exotic fauna have a Rs 10,000-crore export opportunity awaiting them. And it's a field wide open to son-of-the-soil local agro-entrepreneurs. Find out more. more...




	60 Minutes Dinesh Paliwal, Exec. VP, ABB, talks about what being a globalised corporation really means and the way the market is shaping up. more...		Indian IT's Next Wave Can India turn itself into the software products factory of the world? A swathe of VCs thinks so, and is betting on it too. That's good. more...




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Kashmir On The Map After a succession of false starts, this might actually be something worth taking note of. The World Travel and Tourism Council has joined hands with the Jammu & Kashmir government to promote the state as an international tourist destination for just about anybody who appreciates natural beauty. The plan. More Web Exclusives More Net Specials


Cancun Round-Up The drumbeats on the way to Mexico were low-key, but audible enough. Now that the World Trade Organisation is back in pow-wow mode and India has attained some clarity on what the country's trade agenda is, it's time to do a quick round-up of the Cancun meet.







	Watching Cash Flow Haven't examined cash flows? It's not too late to start. Beta Risk Analysis Lemon Stocks more...		Rechristened Thus Companies have been changing their names, lately. Here's why they do it. Managing Family Feuds, The Mentor Trap, The Staffing Phenomenon more...




	Bt Crossfire 'Have we sold software skills as a commodity, not as a product or brand?' Yes, argued Deepak Ghaisas. No, countered Ravi Ramu. more...		10 Male Shrines The top 10 male shrines of the day—as judged by our editorial panel of experts on the parameters of power, style, passion, and cool-quotient. more...




	People Featuring Rahul Bajaj as the split-up artist; Mohit Singh and Manpreet Chadha as mall magicians; Arun Seth as highland envoy; Titoo Ahluwalia as early retirer; Rajeev Samant as wine exporter; and Jaswant Singh and Yaswant Sinha as jetsetters. more...		Column by Ramesh Tainwala Column by Pronab Sen Global Leaders by Meg Whitman Leadership Secrets by Shravan Shroff





	Mine, All Mine Act of faith or sheer opportunism? The jury is still out on that one, but many promoters have upped stake in their companies thus far in 2003-04. more... Interview A tete-a-tete with Mervyn E. King, Chairman of South Africa's King Committee of Corporate Governance. more... Quo Vadis, Dinesh Dalmia Six months after Dalmia went underground, both shareholders and the business empire he tried to build continue to suffer. more... Salvage Artists GW Capital eyes gems in the dust as the company plans to buy NPAs from Indian banks and financial institutions. more...		The Riddler On The Roof Tech firms are using brain-teasers to pinpoint the brains they want to hire. You've been warned. Obsession Obstets Help, Tarun! The New Lifers Retail Thinks Again more...


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