AUGUST 15, 2004
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Lodha Vs The Birlas:
A Battle Of Wills

As a shocked Birla clan launches a legal campaign to oust R.S. Lodha, the battle for the M.P. Birla Group appears likely to be a long, bitter one.

The Saga Of An Empire
How The Birlas Plan To Attack The Will
The Likely Scenarios
Where Does The M.P. Birla Foundation Stand?
What Is At Stake?
The Crown Jewel?
Birlas: A Magic That Failed

BT SPECIAL
India Inc.'s GeNext

Across India's family-run business empires, a new generation of young men and women is being groomed for the top job. What's different?
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BT Crossfire
'The advertising startup is dead' was the topic. Madhukar Kamath spoke for the motion, and Kiran Khalap against. Read More

Fashion For All
Inspired by the movies and television, high fashion goes mass market. And a marketing opportunity goes abegging as companies ignore the commercial fallout of this sociological phenomenon. more...

Will He Reap?
With rains playing truant, experts
predict zero growth in agriculture
this year. But it's not just the
farmers who'll suffer.

more...

Is It For Real?
A surge in job optimism pushes the
BT-IRICS to a two-year high.
Everything is not hunky
dory though.
more...

Does Phaneesh Still Have
What It Takes?

This time last year, partly driven by I'll-show-them feelings, Phaneesh Murthy engineered the merger of his company, Quintant, with iGate, and emerged CEO of the new iGate. more...

Gimme More
Spoiled-for-choice mobile phone subscribers are beginning to choose their operators on the basis of the value-added services they offer, right from the humble missed-call facility to mobile banking to full-featured games and contests.
more...

  60 Minutes
Jeff Taylor, the founder and 'Chief Monster' of Monster.com, the global leader in the online recruitment space, speaks to BT about Monster's monstrous growth, plans for Monster India, and much more. more...
 
 

The Bottle Is It?
With Neville Isdell the new boss in Atlanta, The Coca-Cola Company is busy reinforcing its bottling operations in its strategic scheme of global success. Distribution 'push' is the new game. But will this weaken the 'consumer pull' of its brand? Will it be more about chiller-space than mindspace?

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Whiz Craft
Arrow has slowly been sharpening its appeal. Quiver constancy, though, could still take some time.


Attention Span
Telecom, civil aviation and insurance share this in common: they are all markets that have government-imposed entry barriers for varied reasons. This alters the dynamics of competition in these markets, and in different ways. But still, they must all hope for a customer with a long attention span.

Q&A: Jim Spohrer
One-time venture capital man and currently Director, Services Research, IBM Almaden Research Lab, Jim Spohrer is betting big on the future of 'services sciences'. And while at it, he's also busy working with anthropologists and other social scientists who look quite out of place in a company of geeks. So what exactly is the man—and IBM's lab—up to?
 

Hot Stocks To Buy Now
Now that the transaction tax storm
has blown over, it's time to look at
hot stocks for the serious investor.

more...

 

The Art Of The Green
Inspired by India's first Green Building, a clutch of corporates is rushing to move into GBs of their own. Thankfully, the expertise to build one is readily available and not-so-complicated. more...
 
In Praise Of Doers
A paean to will power, an adman's adventure, and a whack-act by the author of Maverick! more...
 

The Car Collector
Ravi Prakash has 36 to be exact.
And each one is a gem.
more...

People
Starring Rono Dutta of Air Sahara, IMG India's Harish Doraiswamy, venture capitalist Gaurav Dalmia, Birla Group's C.K. Birla, Venu Srinivasan of TVS and Azim Premji of Wipro.
more...
 

Global Leaders
Leadership Secrets by N. Lakshmi Narayanan

Wrong Number
India's mobile telephony market is showing signs of slowing down. Should we be worried?
more...

Breach Of Trust
Global Trust Bank's investors can take hope from the bank's merger with OBC, but this saga is far from over.
more...

A Matter Of Disclosure
A tête-à-tête with Y.H. Malegam on his report to SEBI on disclosure requirements in offer documents.
more...

On The Road Dept:
The Young Inventor
Science fairs have become talent-spotting
arenas for VCs, patent lawyers, companies, even military scouts.
more...

Striving To Keep It
Looking for a high-salary job that lets you earn your keep tax-free? It's rare, but it exists.
Help, Tarun!
Bartending 101
Clockwork Arranged
more...

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