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DEC. 31,2006
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Retail's Coming
Face-off
One wants to be India's Wal-Mart and the other is (Bharti-) Wal-Mart. With both set to battle, the Rs 14,00,000-crore retail market will never be the same again. But how will the retail wars
play out?

BT SPECIAL
Money That Mends
Microfinance can be a powerful tool in lifting millions
of Indians out of poverty. What's required is a
regulatory framework that balances the interests
of both the lenders and the borrowers.
Read More

Serving The Underserved
There are more than 70 million households in India
earning less than $1 a day. To make a living, they need as much as Rs 1 lakh crore in credit.
Read More

The Microfinance Champs
Meet the people behind some of the biggest and most successful private microfinance institutions in India.
Read More
BT SPECIA

Credit Out of the Box

MFIs are leveraging both information technology and know-how to come up with new products and new ways of delivering micro loans.
Read More

REPORTER'S DIARY
Open For Business
Open source advocates, who gathered under FOSS.IN,
had trouble connecting with
end-users.
Read More

FEATURES
Young, Rich & Restless
Roughly 40 million Indian
youth in the 15-21 age
bracket are splurging like
there's no tomorrow.
 Read More

Shining Bright
Kalanithi Maran's Sun Network has a stranglehold on southern markets, but where does his print-to-radio-to- TV empire
go from here? Read More

The FII Goliaths on Dalal Street
Taking stock of the global investors stoking
the bull run.
 more...
  

  A $9-billion Blast
The Indo-US N-deal is done, and American companies are busy casing out the
Indian market. more...

Destination India
For a clutch of global banking majors, an India sojourn may have only just begun.
more...
   

  The Scramble for Spectrum
There are seven mobile phone operators vying for five 3G slots being vacated by the armed forces. So, how should the spectrum be priced? more...

60 Minutes
Erich Stamminger, President & CEO, adidas brand, adidas, speaks to BT on the company's marketing and brand strategy for smaller markets like India. more...
  

   Boom At The Bottom
Junior management salaries are soaring, with automotive, FMCG and telecom companies doling out the biggest salaries. A BT-Omam Consultants survey. more...
MONEY  
The Focus Right
 Funds are vying to manage your money, but their sheer numbers are turning fund selection into a complex exercise. more...		   Connecting Across Cultures
The workplace is becoming increasingly multi-ethnic and multi-cultural.
 more...
 
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Flying High
 The Indian aviation industry is growing at a rapid pace, thanks to air transport deregulation, emergence of new operators, lower fares and large untapped demand for air travel. The numbers tell an interesting story: India will require an estimated 1,100 aircraft. The average annual passenger traffic growth in India through 2025 is estimated at 7.7 per cent, well above the world average of 4.8 per cent and China's 7.2 per cent.
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Bars Of Gold
 The global gold industry is flourishing, largely fuelled by Asian demand and a weak US dollar. The boom is probably only halfway through since prices bottomed out in ../2000. Since 1800, the boom and bust cycles have averaged about 10 years. While production is down, the value of gold purchased today is up 47 per cent from a year ago. The super-cycle of high metal prices is seen to be spurred largely by demand from China and India. An analysis.
Trading With Neighbour
 There are no takers for Hu Jintao's bid for a free trade agreement (FTA) with India, but the Chinese President's recent visit has come at a time when Chinese companies are aggressively eyeing opportunities in India. China and India signed a pact on investment promotion and protection. The two sides also set a target of raising the annual volume of their bilateral trade to $40 billion by 2010. An analysis of Hu's visit and the impact on bilateral trade.
The New Prescription
 The clinical research industry is poised for big growth. From a negligible share in the late nineties, the market grew to $70 million in ../2002 and is now valued at $100-150 million. The industry is set to garner $1-1.5 billion in revenues by 2010, says a McKinsey report. Amidst the euphoria over explosive growth, the sector is reporting a massive dearth of experienced clinical research employees. In other words, scaling up is a challenge.
 
 

Banking Legend
The story of how Sandy Weill rose from nothing to create the world's biggest bank.
more...
 

P For Performance
Ever driven a Porsche? If you haven't, and even if you have, let BT describe the experience for you.
more...

People
Starring Sandip Das, Deputy Managing Director, Hutchison Essar; Karan Bhatia, US Deputy Trade Representative; Ispat Industries' Pramod Mittal; O&M's Piyush Pandey; GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare's Zubair Ahmed; and P.N.C. Menon, Chairman, Sobha Developers.
 more...
 

Leadership Spotlight B. Ramalinga Raju
Founder-chairman, Satyam Computers
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Rushing Into Defence
Private sector participation can add 2 per cent to India's GDP growth.
more...

IIM-A's Class of Entrepreneurs
R. Subramanian of Subhiksha has no clue about what inspired his batch from IIM Ahmedabad to become so entrepreneurial. more...

Top Of Mind
 Focus on a new Computer Aided Selection of Scrutiny (CASS) system to scrutinise I-T returns; and congestion surcharge.
more...

Newsmaker
 This fortnight's hero is Nusli Wadia,
who's in the midst of a battle with
Groupe Danone. more...

Virtue of Value
Is Hutch Essar, along with its Hong Kong parent, up for sale? more...

Build or Buy?
 Anil Ambani may have another route to be
big in GSM. more...

Banking in Old Blighty
ICICI Bank UK is busy pocketing non-Indian customers. more...

Fight to the Finish...
Or can Groupe Danone and the Wadias smoke the peace pipe? more...

Freedom, but at a Cost
The soon-to-be freed general insurance sector isn't rejoicing. more...

Bid or Blink?
Tata and CSN slug it out for British steel
major Corus. more...

Fossil Fashions an India Foray
 The global brand acquires Oyzterbay, ties up with Rajesh Exports. more...

Going Against the Book
 Reprints meant for the region are being sold for a song in the West. more...

Go Back, Tata
 Will his Rs 1 lakh car roll out of
West Bengal? more...

Hot Flicks and Food
 Pack in a meal after catching the latest hit
(or a flop show). more...

Very Crowded Skies!
 Airbus predicts the need for 1,100 more
planes by 2025. more...

VCs Go to School
 Manipal Group gets $70m for its education initiatives. more...

Hinglish in the Hinterland
 Brace yourself for an English-cum-Devanagari tabloid. more...

New Medium & Message
Now, display screens in malls may influence
what you buy. more...

Return of the Prodigals
BPOs are realigning brand names
with parents'. more...

Winning, the Cescau Way
The Unilever Group CEO has huge
expectations from India. more...

Here Comes the Sun
 A Moser Baer subsidiary is betting big
on solar energy. more...

Go Forth and Multiply
 Ad agencies are pitching for conflicting
clients and how. more...

Hot Seat Just Got Hotter
 Can KBC III rake in the ratings like
before? more...

Fresh Fuel for Reva
 The car run on alternative fuel finds
investors to fund growth. more...
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