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OCTOBER 8,2006
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10 Businesses
VCs Are Dying
To Fund
There's record venture capital pouring into India. Which are the sectors this money is chasing?

BT SPECIAL
India Calling, Still
A survey of India's IT-enabled services industry.
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From Voice to Value
India's BPOs must move to more critical and high value processes.
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A Revolving Door

Inadequate and fickle
manpower is perhaps the
single-biggest problem
facing the industry.
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Time to Consolidate?
The BPO industry is still
small and fragmented.
So, more M&As, both in
India and abroad, may
be round the corner.
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The Great Bank Bust-up
When the Reserve Bank of India put up the shutters on United Western Bank in early September, one more old private sector
bank bit the dust. Many more are teetering
on the brink of bankruptcy.
more...
  

  The Race Is On
The battle for supremacy in the Hindi entertainment channel space is far from over although Star Plus still remains the leader.
more...

Mukesh's Biotech Blueprint
Reliance has hinted several times that biotech will be the next big thing after retail. Here's a look at its plans in this sunrise sector.
more...
   

  60 Minutes
Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft, speaks to BT on Google
and the threat from open source software.
more...

REPORTER'S DIARY
The Bi-polar State
Kerala's Technopark is bursting at the seams and its occupants can't stop praising
the state government, but elsewhere, the administration has banned the sale of
Coca-Cola and Pepsi and Microsoft too appears set for the boot.
more...
  
MONEY  
Balance Is Key
In an uncertain market, balanced funds
could be your best way to temper returns
with safety.
 more...		   Rolling Stones or Solid Rocks?
Do job-hoppers rise up the corporate
ladder faster than the stayers? Well, there's
no clear trend line, and the decision to hop
or stay depends on your unique
conditions. more...
 
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The Building Boom
Is an asset price bubble building up in the real estate market? Flats in posh Mumbai areas sell at the rate of Rs 50,000-70,000 a sq. ft. and housing plots in Gurgaon are going for Rs 1 lakh a sq. yard. This may sound like music to those who have been clinging on to their assets, it portends danger to buyers. The high real estate prices keep the majority out of the housing market and make the dream of owning a house more distant.
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The Learning Curve
 India's investment in education-as a percentage of GDP-is lower than not just of countries in the West but also some of the emerging economies, including China. The percentage of population in the relevant age group enrolled in higher education too is the lowest among countries with which it must compete. Clearly, there is a need to scale up substantially the physical infrastructure and attract better faculty by offering market wages.
Change In Climate
Industrialised nations' emissions of greenhouse gases edged up to their highest levels in more than a decade in ../2004 despite efforts to fight global warming. The figures, based on submissions to the UN Climate Secretariat in Bonn, indicate many countries will have to do more to meet the goals for 2012 set by the UN's Kyoto Protocol. What are the implications for the world at large?
Flying High
 Asia, led by India, will fly high. The region will witness the second highest growth in international air traffic till ../2009, says a report by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA). West Asia (which the report treats as distinct from the rest of Asia) is projected to grow the fastest. The report estimated a worldwide growth of around 5 per cent. In India, the number of international passengers is expected to grow 20 per cent.
 
 

The China Factor
China is forcing economies around the world-and the corporations within them-to reinvent their business models.
 more...
 

i-CEOs
The world, they say, can be divided into those who use iPods and those who don't. India Inc. is no different.
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People
Starring Venture Capitalist Ashish Dhawan; M.A. Alagappan, Vice Chairman, Murugappa group; Sundaram Brake Linings' K. Mahesh; Union Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav; Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar; Klaus Jacobs, Chairman, Adecco; and Ishan Raina, Non-executive Chairman and Partner, Euro-RSCG.
 more...
 

Leadership Spotlight Anil Ambani
CMD, R-ADAG
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Free Trade or Fair
India Inc. is discovering that there is a thin line between dumping and free trade.
more...

Shopping Abroad
India Inc. cannot have enough of global acquisitions.
more...

Top Of Mind
 Focus on Microsoft's updated online search engine, and HCL's partnership with GE.
more...

Newsmaker
 This fortnight's hero is Sachin Tendulkar,
whose stock among advertisers and marketers
is set to soar.
 more...

Divvying Up Daewoo
After the Tatas,Videocon gets a piece of the defunct chaebol. more...

Suzuki Makes A Splash
 Its new small car may make the Swift
look dull. more...

Instruments Of Alarm
 Don't ban participatory notes, just regulate
them better. more...

Fuel For Thought
 A crucial competitive bid in the power sector comes a cropper. more...

The Price Of Freedom
 Higher premium or reduced cover? Maybe a
bit of both. more...

Fossilised State
 Full-fledged reforms in the coal sector are
needed fast. more...

12k Revisited
Despite a more cheery outlook, the upside
looks limited. more...

Kolkata Without Chaos?
The eastern metro may just get a much-
needed facelift. more...

You Are In Queue...
 Now it's B.K. Modi's Spice Telecom's turn to think pan-India. more...

Going In At Deep End
Global tech giants are upbeat on Indian engineers. more...

Free, But Not Cheap
The TMT sector is attracting global buyers. more...

China Tech Town
 The central kingdom's Kolkata connection is revived. more...

Rising Tide, Sunk Boat
 LML is sick in an industry growing in
double digits. more...

On The Waterfront
A clutch of companies is betting big on shipbuilding. more...

Betting The House
 Indian acquirers are forking out huge sums for overseas buys. more...

SemIndia: Hype & After
 If you can't afford to make chips, just test them. more...

Psst...Looking for a Buyout?
 India's biggest cross-border deals are thanks to PE firms. more...

Vee Cee Returns
 Sequoia Capital-like hundreds of VCs-can't
ignore India. more...

Drugstore Cowboys
 The fragmented pharma retailing is the
next big thing. more...

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