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  Budget
      2001-02 Is Sentiment = Growth?
 Consumers are happy; the
      markets are buoyant; and business confidence is up. But can a surfeit of
      positive sentiment translate into growth?
 Interview A
      tete-a-tete with Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha.
 The
      Unfinished Agenda Economist
      T.N. Srinivasan’s take on the budget.
 The Ripple
      Effect How
      the markets will respond in the long-term to the budget.
 Toll's Well The
      budget has been kind to corporates and individuals.
 The Big Six The
      future of the six sectors impacted most by the budget: foods &
      beverages, petrochem, banking & finance, automotive, agriculture, and
      small-scale industries.
 Mamata's
      Budget This
      year’s Railway Budget seems to eschew realism in favour of populism.
 Corporates
      Sony
      Music's Songlines
 A
      growing presence in Hindi soundtracks, new low-end brand, and a
      best-selling international collection have contributed to Sony Music’s
      growth.
 Fertiliser
      DreamsThe
      Murugappa Group is still bullish on the sector as its acquisitive
      tendencies show.
 The
      Race For VSNLA
      clutch of companies, domestic and transnational, express interest in the
      long-distance runner.
 Low-end
      TickersWith
      Swatch articulating its plans for the sub-Rs 1,000 segment of the watch
      market, the action picks up.
 Otto
      B's B2B StrategyThe
      mail-order company reinvents itself as a fulfilment specialist for dotcoms..
 Sterlite
      & BalcoPolitics
      may still scuttle a deal that makes great business sense.
 Where
      There's WiLL......
      there’s a way, demonstrate cellular service providers as they make
      pragmatic plans for life ahead if the courts decide against them.
 The
      MUL Divestment: The PlusesThe
      GoI’s divestment-route may be convoluted but there is a significant
      upside to it.
 Mohan
      Meakin's Cereal AspirationsEmboldened
      by the (limited) success of it cereals, the liquor major eyes processed
      foods.
 This
      Anthem's Coming Back Into VogueAfter
      a few disastrous years, Anthem/TBWA is making a comeback.
 Brick
      Snaps Up ClickTVS
      Finance acquires profitable B2B site Auctionindia as part of a composite
      strategy.
 Personal FinanceNow
      The Cat Is Out Of The Bag
 All
      You Need To Know About Free Holidays
 The
      Best Handsets... The Best PackagesThe
      Smart Way To Go Wireless.
 FeaturesTide's
      In
 Armed
      with India’s largest private internet network, CEO R. Ramaraj believes
      Sify can make a go of it. But the facts are scary: a sluggish topline,
      looming competition in its staple corporate connectivity business, plus
      investors who want to see profits by year end.
 Making
      Sense Of Organised MedicineMost
      healthcare business models have failed because they’ve not approached
      the business from the neighbour-hood-clinic end. Now, two new entrants are
      planning to do just that.
 Case GameThe
      Case Of The Insurance Merger
 Speed or size? What will yield
      a sharper edge in the non-life insurance industry tomorrow? Arthur
      Andersen's Ashwin Parekh, IIM Bangalore's R.
      Vaidyanathan, and General Insurers (Public Sector) Association's
      (GIPSA) T. Lakshmanan discuss.
      Send us your solution which scrutinises the problems in companies like yours. We'll
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  Readings List
 TrendsYour link to the world of policy
      development, corporate happenings, industry news,
      and market trends
 BT
    dot.com Cover Story
 Payment
      gateways are a critical link in e-commerce. BT dot.com looks at the
      dynamics of the business in India.
 What's
      HotKnow
      direct internet access systems; an interview with Anupam Gupta of
      debtonnetindia.com; the emergence of weblabs; and more happening stuff.
 Careers TodayHelp,
      Tarun!!! Building Me-Inc.: Sabbaticals, Executive Tracking
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