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BUSINESS TODAY: January
2003 to June 2003
June 22,
2003
India's
Best Managed Company
India's Best Managed Company has never quite been an ordinary company.
Understanding why involves more than just a look at the numbers. Here's
a close look at a company that has redefined India's notion of both industrial
scale and project management.
June 8,
2003
First
Wives Of India Inc.
The wives of India's high-flying CEOs are more than their hubbies'
better halves. Successes in their own right, they're savvy entrepreneurs,
dedicated social workers, even hotshot professionals. Here's a first-time
ever report on The First Wives of India Inc.
May 25,
2003
CFO's
Day Out
He's no more the storekeeper, the glorified accountant, the backroom
beancounter. Today's finance chief at India's biggest businesses is driving
strategy, closing out deals and is the CEO's right-hand man.
May 11,
2003
New New
Entrepreneurs
The spirit of enterprise. It's booming, and in a much wider swathe
of industries than you'd think. Presenting profiles of 16 Indian entrepreneurs,
from steel to beedis and wine, to watch out for. Here's to the new new
thing.
April
27, 2003
The Great
Services Boom
The services boom has created 33 million new jobs across sectors
such as retail, BPO, and direct selling. That means around Rs 100,000
crore in disposable income.
April
13, 2003
MVA 500:
Wealth Creators
The fourth BT-Stern Stewart survey of India's biggest wealth creators
has a clear message: the focus is back on fundamentals. As investors will
tell you, actual performance counts for most.
March
30, 2003
Sensex
4,000
From its current depths, Sensex at 4,000 looks like an impossible
target. But guess what? A quick, decisive war in the Gulf could actually
catapult it close to that mark.
March
16, 2003
Mister
Feelgood
In a year littered with elections, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh
delivers a budget that makes all happy: consumers have more money to spend
on products that now cost less, industry has no reason to complain, and
foreign investors must be pleased. Will this translate into growth?
March
2, 2003
What's
On Her Mind?
That's exactly what the BT-Indica Consumer Confidence Survey seeks
to answer. What she intends to buy, how much she plans to save and where
she sees prices moving.
February
16, 2003
Can The
Ruias Save Essar?
They have more than Rs 1,700 crore in accumulated losses, their 12-million
tonne per annum refinery project is behind schedule, and they have racked
up a Rs 13,000-crore debt. Will the steel industry's revival be enough
to save the beleaguered group?
February
2, 2003
The Year
Of The Bull
Will 2003 be the year of the primary market's revival? Depends on
the secondary market. And after a long lull, bullish trends have finally
started emerging here. The result: a glittering line-up of planned IPOs.
A BT exclusive.
January
19, 2003
India's
Century: The Making Of A Winner
Despite the general pessimism, India has a lot going for itself in
the new millennium. A look at everything that makes India a winner.
January
5, 2003
Tata's
Crown Jewel
It's the oldest, it's the biggest, and next year it could also be
the most valuable it services company in India, with an estimated market
valuation of Rs 60,000 crore. Small wonder, then, Tata Group chairman
Ratan Tata calls the unlisted Tata Consultancy Services a "jewel"and a
global business. In keeping with that spirit, TCS is aiming high. By 2010,
it wants to be among the world's 10 biggest consulting companies. A BT
exclusive.
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