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MARCH 28, 2004

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	Oh, To Be Young And Successful! The BT Young Super performer survey celebrates two things that provoke universal acclamation: youth and success. Easy Rider By bringing in contemporary products, Sulajja Firodia Motwani, Joint Managing Director of Kinetic Engineering, has ensured survival of this 34-year old company. Read More The Discount Warrior Ramaswami Subramanian's idea of a discount retail chain is uniquely Indian: It looks almost like a kirana store, but thinks and works like a modern retailer. Read More

He's Cool,
In The Vern

Even before Thanda matlab Coca-Cola happened, Prasoon Joshi was a hotshot creative director. The 34-year-old may be the best Hindi hip-hop handyman in the business. Read More

A Day-In-The-Life Of...
A photo-feature on a day in the life of our winners. Read More

Methodology
How we adjudged the winners of the first-ever BT Young Super Performer survey. Read More





	Retail's Reclusive Billionaire Once upon a time, Micky Jagtiani was a near-alcoholic and a chain smoker, but in the 30 years since, the media-shy Indian has built himself one of Middle East's most successful retail chains, 280 stores and Rs 3,000 cr in revenues. more...		Kolkata Is IT! The only red you're likely to encounter in Kolkata these days is geeks painting the town a deep shade of it. The city has woken up late to the advantages of playing host to coders, but is now making up for lost time. more...




	Let The Good Times Roll Strong economic growth pushes the BT-IRICS to an 18-month high. Are we moving from feel-good to feel-great zone? more...		Circulation Pasha A passion for newspaper business, finger on readers' pulse and savvy marketing allow Dainik Bhaskar's Ramesh Chandra Agarwal to conquer markets at will. more...




	India Inc's M&A Play A whole range of industries is looking to acquistions within India and abroad to gain critical mass. more...		60 Minutes Meet ST Microelectronics' Pasquale Pistorio: he diversified into chips for consumer electronics and mobile phones before anyone else. more...




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Q&A: Donald Stewart He is Chairman and CEO, Sun Life Financial. A 138-year-old firm with $14.6 billion in assets, it is Canada's largest financial services company. And he's been at the helm during one of its most difficult phases. He spoke to BT Online on the insurance business, acquisitions and corporate governance. For excerpts, log on. More Web Exclusives More Net Specials


Muppet Leap For Disney Under pressure to show creative sparks, Disney has acquired Jim Henson's famous Muppets. Surprised?

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?

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.







	Making Income Tax Pay Tax crunching is not a drag when you think of the Rs 21,000 you could save. Of course, it takes some effort. more...		Rural Market Maven In 2002, 40-45 per cent of products company LG's sales came from semi-urban and rural markets. Today, 65-70 per cent does. This is how the Rs 4,500-crore behemoth did it. more...




	Algebraic Equations A half-crazed Tom Peters gets angry, a former bureaucrat gets talkative, and an IITian gets to the soul of his alma mater. more...		A Hard Night's Work In which Abir Pal sets out to sample Mumbai's clubburbia with mixed results. more...




	People Starring new Forbes' rich list entrants Sunil Mittal of Bharti and Anil Agarwal of Sterlite, sparring ad gurus Arun Nanda of Rediffusion DYR and Martin Sorrell of WPP, DSP Merrill Lynch's new MD duo of Amit Chandra and Rajeev Gupta, and ONGC's Subir Raha and IRDA's C.S. Rao in an insurance faux pas. more...		Deploying Reserves by Sanjiwan Sahni Global Leaders by Edward De Bono Leadership Secrets by Arun Tadanki





	Who's Interested In Soap Wars Or cola ones. The short answer: no one. Mrs. Bharat has bigger and better things on her mind. more... On The Road Dept: Tamil Nadu In which Amma wakes up to the need to be investor-friendly. more... Super Rupee II Next target: Rs 43 to the dollar according to some I-banks.. more... Survival Instinct Under pressure from oil PSUs, a defiant Reliance looks at a massive retail expansion drive to bail it out. more...		Bureaucrats In Business What motivates IAS men to quit the safety of bureaucracy to get into business? Help, Tarun! Getting The Idea Serious Skill Polishing more...


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