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JULY 2 2006
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Notional Worth, Real Money
They've made millions, even billions for their shareholders and themselves. And here's how (and where) India's tech-billionaires are investing their money.

Where Does India's Richest Man Invest?
In equity, but he believes in passive play. Read More

Once Risky, Twice Never
HCL Tech's Shiv Nadar likes taking risks in business, not investments. Read More

Passive Player
Infosys' Nandan Nilekani prefers to let the specialists do their job and does his. Read More

Back To Basics
Satyam's Raju likes to keep it really simple. Read More

Books to Bouquet
For Mphasis' Jerry Rao everything is an opportunity. Read More
BT SPECIAL

The Big Variable

A Survey Of India's Power Sector. Read More

Let There Be Light
All that the recent reforms in the power sector have managed to achieve is to arrest the slide. Read More

Wooing The Private Power Producers
Between ../2007 and 2012, the government wants to add 62,000 MW of power, of which 11,000 MW is expected to come from the private sector. Read More

The Fuel Issue
Lining up fuel supplies is probably the single-biggest challenge facing power producers. Read More

The Politics Of Power
State governments have to take tough decisions if power sector reforms are to pay. Read More

A Town That Wipro Made
The journey from vanaspati to equity is a strange, sublime, and rewarding one, as residents of Amalner, Maharashtra, have discovered.
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  Infosys@25: 25 Things You Still Didn't Know About Infosys
Little known facts about a company that has set new standards in governance and wealth creation. more...

Dearer Oil, Lower Growth?
Not in the short term. But there's no doubt that India must find ways to insulate itself from future shocks. The question is, how? more...
 

  Growing Organically
The Champagne of teas is going organic. Darjeeling planters are reinventing their iconic, but beleaguered, brand to stay ahead of the game. more...
 

REPORTER'S DIARY
Thinking Smart
A novel initiative puts smart cards in the hands of sex workers in Mysore in a bid to keep
HIV at bay. more...
 
MONEY  
Follow The Leader
When the going gets tough, find out what the tough are doing. A look at what stocks the gurus are buying in these troubled times.
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  First Day First Show
The Class of ../2006 management grads have just joined their new jobs. How are they coping? What are their goals? And what do their employers think of them? Here are the answers. more...
 
India Today Group : News Window
 
 

Widening Video Ad Market
The $12.5 billion global online advertising market is poised to grow. As broadband penetration increases, eMarketers are eyeing opportunities to tap the online video ad market, which is set to cross $1.5 billion by ../2009. With major portals such as AOL and Yahoo re-inventing themselves to showcase more multimedia and interactive elements, sky seems to be the limit.
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Flying High
 Outsourcing is taking wings and how. Flight training is moving overseas with aviation boom creating a huge shortage of commercial pilots in India. The country will require anywhere between 2,500 and 4,000 pilots to fill cockpits over the next six years. Eyeing the market, institutes in the US, Canada and Australia are offering tailor-made courses. A look at the flying season.
Checking Card Frauds
India is not the biggest market for credit cards, but it is among the fastest growing markets. Yet, scamsters have already started targeting the growing industry. With the result, credit card frauds are eating into the wafer-thin profit margins of banks and payment operators. Now, the banks, payment operators, and card manufacturers are trying to innovate safety features faster than the fraudsters can crack them. A look at the latest innovations in 'plastic' technology.
Talent Hunt
 The rapid growth in the IT and BPO industry is expected to lead to a shortage of manpower in the coming years. Currently only 50 per cent of the engineering graduates in the country are employable. If the top IT companies continue to grow at the current pace they will absorb all of this. Experts argue that the government should take steps to improve the existing education infrastructure in the country.
 
 

Case Against Quotas
Arun Shourie hits out at progressives and the judiciary for subverting the Constitution.
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The Wheels They're A Changin'
Food outlets and other retailers in the home delivery space are experimenting with different modes of transport. more...

People
Starring Bajaj Auto's Rahul Bajaj; Reliance Retail's G. Sankar; Ronojoy Dutta, former president of Air Sahara; Britannia's Keki Dadiseth; Lloyd C. Blankfein, President & COO, Goldman Sachs; WPP's Ashutosh Srivastava; and Vodafone's Arun Sarin. more...
 

Leadership Spotlight Gautam Thapar
VC & MD, BILT
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A Bear Hug?
Despite some fundamentals, the weak sentiment will persist for some more time.
more...

Bitter Medicine
 MNCs and Indian drug companies say price controls will hurt both the industry and the common man.
 more...

Top Of Mind
 Focus on an internet-based communications system to reduce telephone bills; and India's first tidal power project.
more...

Newsmaker
 This fortnight's hero is Murli Deora, who is fighting against a countrywide price roll-back regime.
more...

Going For Broke
IBM would have pumped $8 billion into India by ../2009. more...

To Prop, Or Not To Prop?
 Should the rupee's slide be checked? more...

Hello, Goodbye
 Apple entered India late, and it's leaving early. more...

To Grow Or To Profit?
 SBI Life breaks even. But it's too early to cheer. more...

Longing For Shorts
 Allowinginstitutions to short-sell may backfire. more...

Two Platforms, One Footprint
 Reliance plans GSM operations in Delhi and Mumbai. more...

(Still) A Land Of Plenty
 Real estate funds investing in India are thinking long term. more...

M&A Deals Roll On
 The appetite for cross-border buyouts is intact. more...

Big Bang In Bolivia
 Naveen Jindal bags iron ore mines there-finally. more...

Lanco Who?
The Hyderabad-based group is a powerhouse in its own right. more...

The IPO Party Crashes
 It's no more a walk in the park. more...

Chennai Calls, Again
 After Nokia, it's Motorola's turn to make phones here. more...

Refuge In The Long Term
 Should private equity investors worry? Maybe not. more...

Fairweather Friends?
 The FIIs haven't been too unkind to India. So far. more...

Brazil or Korea?
 The line-up of India's rivals for FII flows. more...

AT&T's Back
 But it's not in the wireless space this time round. more...

Top Line Trouble
 Can HCL Infosystems' Plan B save the day for it? more...

Reliance Power Play: Act II
 A year after the split, the brothers Ambani are busier than ever. more...

Land Scam?
 The new SEZ policy leaves itself open to misuse. more...

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