"Tata
Should
Become An Entity
Of The World"
Ever since he took over as Tata Group's Chairman, Ratan Tata has
spent all
his energies in trying to make the diversified Rs 50,000-crore group
think and move like a global giant.
In an exclusive interview to BT, Tata
talks about his globalisation plans,
the Rs 1,00,000 car, and succession,
among other things.
Our
panel of experts picks
India's best marketers of
the past year, a baker's
dozen of them. Thirteen, it appears, is lucky for some.
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BT
EVENT
BT Golf
The
BT Pro-Am of Champions 2004, the ninth in the series, lived up to
its reputation-as a brand of high-touch corporate golfing.
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IPO
Buyers, Beware Careful, the primary market
may be booming with IPOs but
a good many
of them could be
lemons. more...
Debt
Dimension India's banking system is weighed down by some
Rs 100,000 crore of bad debt. Now, 10 asset reconstruction companies
are offering to buy them off banks, for a charge. more...
Column:
Dr Anji Reddy Dr
Reddy's Laboratories' Chairman Dr Anji Reddy offers his recipe to
make India a developed economy. more...
60
Minutes Mike Rake, CEO, KPMG, airs his views on ways
and means to deal with the ills that have befallen the audit industry
to BT. more...
Micro-Finance
Messiah Think
a micro-finance institution focused on 3 lakh poorer-than-poor borrowers
can be profitable? Ask Udaia Kumar, he's been-there, done-that,
and knows how. more...
Flash
In The Pan Or 24 Carat? Accepted, the Indian economy
is on a roll.
The question is: will the boom last?
Four lead indicators and the world could
hold the answer. more...
Institutional
Integration
There was a time many decades ago when India's state planners bestrode
the economy like giants. To finance the plans, they needed a set of
financial institutions that would lend money for all the projects.
Then came free market reforms, and they lost their relevance. The
solution? Have them turn commercial. ICICI begat ICICI Bank, IDBI
begat IDBI Bank. And now it's the turn of the IFCI. More
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Fastest
Growing Companies
There's something about rapid growth that's irresistible. For a
run-down of India's 21 Fastest Growing Companies, turn to the contents
section of this issue. And if there's some company you would like
to know a little bit more about, log on. BT Online presents details
of each of the 21 firms' operating circumstances, including details
of its competitive arena and how it is placed in it. Fast growers
are high risk bearers, goes the conventional thinking. Is this true?
Study these 21.
Q&A Ratan
Tata
The complete interview with the Tata group chief. What's on his mind,
and what he makes of the under-Rs 1-lakh-car idea.
Moody's
Upgrade
This debt rating agency has an image of being unpredictable. Yet,
its recent upgrade of Indian debt is no surprise, really.
Hot
IPOs of 2004 A sudden rush of issues is
set to hit the market.
Here's a quick guide to the slices of
business on offer.
The Last Temptation more...
The
Postman Rings, And... If the Department of Posts has its way postmen
could soon morph into vendors of everything from magazine subscriptions
to milk, serve as market researchers, and do just about anything else
companies do, but only far more efficiently. more...
Chariots
Of The Hordes An image-rich coffee table book on all the
four-wheeled gleamers of India's
Colonial-era maharajahs. Preserved on
paper for the sake of posterity.
more...
Bleeding
Hearts Galore! A Woodstockesque mass of humanity including
assorted Nobel laureates social activists and peaceniks descends
on Mumbai, drawn by an ideal headier than Free Love or Rock and
Roll: a New World Order. more...
People Starring Murugappa Group's M.V. Subbiah, Ronojoy
Dutta of Sahara Airlines, P.N. Vijay of P.N. Vijay Financial Services,
Tata Sons' R. Gopalakrishnan, P. Mittal of Ispat Industries and L.N.
Mittal of Ispat International. more...
Yes
You Can Get a laptop for Rs
2,500, that is. And a PC for Rs 1,200. Mostly old, second-hand stuff,
but perfect for people with low computing needs. more...
Matter
Of Participation The Sensex, a sensitive
beast at the best of times, did a flip, and a flop, following contradictory
signals on P-Notes from regulator SEBI. more...
Big
Blue Business IBM's research lab in
India is at the forefront of the company's market development activities.
more...
The
Face of India IT Kiran Karnik of Nasscom?
No. N.R. Narayanamurthy of Infosys? Negative. S. Ramadorai of TCS?
Nyet. It's Vivek Paul of Wipro. more...
New Talent Scouts Talent scouting
has little to do with formal training. Or even the traditional hr
stream.
Help, Tarun!
Brokerage Brimming
Retail Sensitivity more...
"Tata
Should 
