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NOV. 21, 2004

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	The King of Steel With 70 million tonnes of steel capacity, Lakshmi Niwas Mittal becomes the world's newest steel czar with $31 billion in revenues, $7 billion in profits, and 1,65,000 employees in 14 countries. BT SPECIAL The Perfect Workplace Happy employees matter, but that isn't all it takes to be a great company to work for. Read More The Best Companies To Work For In India, 2004 Software companies dominate this year's listing. Read More After The Flood Boutique hotshop, tech-bubble victim, comeback kid...Sasken Communication Technologies has seen it all and, surprise, suprise, kept its employees happy. Read More Still Recuperating... Infosys Technologies was a victim of its inability to manage expectations in last year's survey. Read More

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Family Pride

Thermax proves that sometimes good values and caring is all that employees are looking for.
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Company On Steroids
Push is the rallying cry at hard-charging network management company HCL Comnet, which has gone from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 254 crore. Read More
Keeping It Simple
The HDFC brand and its open culture ensure that few employees check out and almost nobody leaves. Read More
Test Of Faith
Dr. Reddy's Labs must now convince its employees that things aren't as bad as they seem. Read More


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	The Lure Of The Public Sector Power sector giant NTPC doesn't pay top dollar, but it more than makes up by offering a near-idyllic life on its townships. more...		In Search Of Leadership Satyam spent the 90s getting its people processes in place. This decade it wants to focus on getting that system to deliver top-notch leaders—and leadership. more...




	Lessons From The Old School How does such a visibly dour company like Patni Computer Systems succeed in attracting the best talent in IT? more...		To Hell And Back Having survived a near-collapse of its core business, Hughes Software is back in the top 10-but just. more...






	Goodbye IDBI, Hello IDBI Bank Inside story of how a beleaguered financial insti-tution is set to become a universal bank. more...		The Hot New States For Business Tamil Nadu, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh have emerged the new favourites of investors. more...


	60 Minutes G.S. Choi, President and CEO of the Digital Media Division at Samsung Electronics, speaks about the company's transformation and its plans for the Indian market. more...		BT Roundtable BT puts together a panel of leading analysts from Gartner to discuss the extent to which India has entrenched itself in the mind of global tech corporations. more...




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Cities On The Edge Favoured business destinations Gurgaon, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune and Hyderabad could become, thanks to poor infrastructure, victims of their own success. Read in-depth articles on each city. Plus personalised travel logs. Only at www.business-today.com. More Web Exclusives More Net Specials



Moving On Diluting stake in GECIS was like a child growing up and leaving home, feels Scott R. Bayman, President and CEO of GE India. In an exclusive interview with BT, he speaks his mind on a wide range of issues.

The iPod Effect Now you see it, now you don't. All sub-visible phenomena have this mysterious quality to them. Sub-visible not just because Apple's hot new sensation, the handy little iPod, makes its physical presence felt so discreetly. But also because it's an audio wonder more than anything else. Expect more and more handheld gizmos to turn musical.

Panasonic What route other than musical would Panasonic take, even for a phone handset, into consumer mindspace?







	Mid Cap Strategy Mid cap stocks have been rallying peculiarly. And there's still a way to make some money on them. more...		Say Kon-nichiwa To Japan Inc. The Kirloskar Foundation sets up a unique initiative to help Indian and Japanese companies do business with each other better. more...



	Comic Timing A Japanese manga of Warren Buffett, and how the shopfloor can be stripped to its lean basics. more...		For A Few Rupees More Dear reader, we present you with yet another list. The festive season has descended upon India once again and people are out there—spending money. Of course, there are degrees of spending and in case you fall into the hallowed list of big spenders, you could consider materialising a few (and maybe all) of the following pictures. The rest of us will stick to rapid-eye motion at night.. more...




	People Starring Sahara's Subrata Roy and Star TV India's Peter Mukerjea, PepsiCo's Chairman and Chief Executive Steve Reinemund, Neha Jain, sole representative of the College Board in the country and the first Indian to achieve the feat, Naresh Trehan, the most recognisable cardiologist in the country, and the CEO of IBM, Sam Palmisano. more...		Leadership Secrets by Sunanda Das





	India Inc's Sniffles The latest medical report on India Inc. is far from sanguine. more... Lessons For A PM In The Making First heir Rahul Gandhi gets a taste of all that is good and bad with Bangalore. more... Left In The Lurch Despite high decibel histrionics from the communists, the UPA is still calling the shots. more... Licence To Compete Soon, all mega M&As in India will have to be cleared by the Competition Commission. more...		Hunting Far And Wide Recruiters are hiring people in small towns for big city jobs. Here's why. Help, Tarun! High School Hiring Original Undertaking more...


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