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	Skyrocketing Salaries It's celebration time for salaried professionals with salaries nudging the magical Rs 1-crore-a-year mark. The good news: things can only get better. BT SPECIAL India's Most Investor Friendly Companies They range from the famous to the obscure, with a presence in businesses ranging from banking to shipping to plastic water tanks to benzene derivatives. What's common to all of them, though, is an obsession with creating shareholder value via a healthy mix of good governance, effective communication and-the proof of the pudding-fat dividend cheques. Read More

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Being Rich

India, says a report (the world wealth report) released in early June amidst a blaze of publicity by Merrill Lynch and Cap Gemini, had 70,000 high net worth individuals at the end of ../2004 (HNIs is the preferred abbreviation and the definition says they are people who have a net worth of over $1 million, Rs 4.4 crore at the current exchange rate, excluding the value of their primary residence).
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The Best Companies To Work For In India: ../2005
The fifth edition of one of India's most referred to surveys gets underway.
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	60 Minutes William Owens, VC and CEO, Nortel Networks, speaks to BT on Nortel's recent troubles, and how India fits into its global strategy. more...		Inside The Chinese IT Services Business For 36 months, Talasila Rao, the head of iGATE's Chinese operations, has studied the Chinese IT services industry. Here is a first person account of what he discovered. more...



	On Top Of The World Consumer sentiment as measured by BT-IRICS is at a three-year high. And with no party-poopers in sight, boom time for marketers has just begun. more...		Compelling Chemistry In a sign of things to come in the pharma industry, Matrix Labs and Strides Arcolab have merged to create a vertically-integrated pharma major. more...


	The Emerging Retail Landscape What will the retail landscape look like tomorrow? A new ACNielsen report offers some answers. A BT exclusive. more...		India's Young Super Performers This year's winners have been selected. It's time to celebrate. more...





	This Story Isn't Over Yetl With mid-cap stocks on fire, you may be tempted to cash in and move out. But that will be a mistake. Here's why. more...		Better Returns, But... Despite a much-improved performance, mutual funds could not keep pace with the markets in May. A BT-Mutualfundsindia.com report. more...










Security Check First, it was Mphasis. Then, the Karan Bahree sting operation by UK tabloid, The Sun. The bogey of data security appears to be rearing its ugly head in right earnest. How can the Indian call-centre industry address this challenge? More Web Exclusives More Net Specials

Bike Wars The battle for dominance of India's bike market intensifies with Bajaj Auto's launch of the 180-cc cruiser Avenger at a competitive Rs 60,000. Its rivals, though, aren't sitting idle, and promise a virtual bonanza for the consumer.

Fly Cheap, But... Low-cost is the way to go for India's booming airline industry. But is airport infrastructure ready for the coming flood?

Q&A: Dayanidhi Maran In an exclusive interview to BT, the Minister for IT & Communications elaborates on 3G spectrum allocation and other issues dogging the sector.







	The Unlikely Icon The unauthorised Book of Jobs, and a 14-day fitness plan from a top trainer. more...		Dick Tracy Was A Code Jock!!! A Bangalore-based former journalist believes murder mysteries are a great team-building exercise for techies. Business Today witnesses a murder to find out how. more...




	People Starring Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways, K. Pandia Rajan of Ma Foi, G.R. Gopinath of Air Deccan, Jessie Paul of Wipro and Sunil Arora of Indian Airlines. more...		Leadership Secrets by B.S. Nagesh





	Disinvestment Once More? Half-a-dozen public sector units are on the FM's disinvestment list. How many of them can he push past a stubborn Left? more... Practice And precept The CPI is blowing hot and cold at Korean companies in India. more... A Friendly Fight? L.N. Mittal and his brother are on opposite sides of a court case. more... What Went Wrong At Data Access? Conspiracy theories, bounced cheques, court cases, it'll take a while to sort things out. more...		Masters Of Their Routine And Reward Stuck with a routine-bound, low-paying, thankless job? How about becoming an entrepreneur-salesperson? Help, Tarun! Referral Rewards PG In Economics? more...


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