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JANUARY 4, 2004

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	Ten Questions For 2004 Will the Sensex touch 6,000? Will the economy grow by 7.5 per cent? Will the rupee touch 45 to the dollar? Will salaries increase? Will we see a woman CEO in the BT 100? And other pressing questions for the year ahead. PLUS: An exclusive opinion poll BT SPECIAL India's Most Media-Savvy Companies & CEOs A BT-Cirrus review of CEOs and companies that managed to receive the best press in the past 12 months. Read More

Tamilnad
Mercantile Bank

The Nadars and
C. Sivasankaran of
Sterling are at it again:
fighting a tug of war
for control.
Read More

Clinical Trials
By 2008, the clinical
trials market in India
could be worth a
whopping $1 billion.
Read More





	Getting Sold On India A clutch of FIIs, including new entrants is running riot on D-street. But the party could end if the Indian market gets overheated. more...		Bala Manian:LifeSciences Visionary Indian life sciences companies have a future; serial entrepreneur Bala has seen it and is willing to share the details. more...




	The High Cost Of Working The BPO boom may be good for the economy, but irregular work hours and limited career prospects could ruin its workers, body and soul. more...		60 Minutes: K.Y. Lee Taiwan's BenQ is being touted as Asia's and the world's next hardware warrior. BT catches up with its President K.Y. Lee during a recent visit to India. more...




	CEOs: Living It Up! India's corporate honchos are increasingly taking to life in the fast lane. A peek into the lives of CEOs living it up and we don't mean golf! more...		HSBC: The Remaking By acquiring a stake in UTI Bank, HSBC CEO Niall S.K. Booker advertises the once-conservative bank's aggresive new plans for India. more...




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Three Digit Mark India's forex reserves are just about to scale the $100 billion mark—yippee! Is it time for a relook at the pile-em-up strategy? More Web Exclusives More Net Specials


Market Size Matters Forget the bric-view of 'emergence'. Think US vs China vs Europe vs India. It's all about becoming the single largest consumer market.

Consumer As Art Patron Is the consumer a show-me-the-features value seeker? Or is she also an art patron? Maybe it's time to face up to it.

Brand Vitality Timex, the 'Billennium brand', sells durability no more. Its new get-with-it game is to think ahead of the curve.







	Just Fix It Floating interest rate home loans are no longer advisable. It is time to grab the best fixed-rate deal you can, and buy that dream house. more...		Suits In The Multiplex How Shravan Shroff helped a 25-year-old family-owned film financing and distribution business diversify successfully into multiplexes. more...




	Core Group Conundrum A book on the taboo subject of an organisation's 'core group' and a review of the Clinton Admin. Plus: The Roaring Nineties more...		The Nudist In The Corner Room For 10 days a month he is Christian Fabre, CEO of the Chennai-based $50 million Fashions International. For 15, he is Swami Pranavananda Brahmendra Avadhuta. more...




	People Starring Asian Advertising CEO Of The Year Nirvik Singh, Half-a-million man Hyundai's B.V.R. Subbu, TVS Motors' Venu Srinivasan, Green-citizen Madhav Gadgil, a rehabilitated Rajeev Dubey and figher Rajeev Chandrasekhar more...		Global Ideas Leadership Secrets by William S.Pinckney





	Fight The Yellow Fever Gold may seem like a great investment option right now, but resist the urge to invest in the metal: in the long-term it even lags inflation. more... A Battery-operated CTV Oscar's product may be just what the doctor ordered for the electricity-starved Indian masses. Only, you need that to recharge the battery. more... Fixing Power Theft... ...and power thieves with a high voltage system. more... Pharma's Mr BPO? Nicholas Piramal's Ajay Piramal bags an order to contract manufacture formulations. more...		Significant Other Self Are dual job holders loyal only to their selves? Be wary of judging in haste. Motivations differ from person to person. Help, Tarun! The Nine Kinds Of Bonuses For Lateral Latitude more...


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