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The 2011 edition of the 'India's Most Valuable Companies' offers just one listing of the private firms and PSUs. The most comprehensive ranking reflects a new world where investors reward, or punish, companies in proportion to the value (shareholder wealth) they create or destroy; ownership is incidental.
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Investing overseas, especially in some east Asian countries, could make you richer.
"Any corporate listing is a beauty parade," the very first BT listing
said back in March 1992. If you trawl through the 20 listings we have
published since then, you will get a very good idea of what enduring
"good books" look like.
The backdrop of many successful Hindi films, Punjab takes centrestage with its own string of hits.
Mashelkar sets forth a route map for young scientists.
Starring: Jonty Rhodes, Ajay Chacko, Olivier Bernheim, Joshua Schulman, Steve Felice
Bosch's MD V.K. Viswanathan on his leadership style
Growing mistrust sours yet another joint venture as Unitech and Telenor slug it out in the courts. Unitech Wireless has dragged Telenor to the Company Law Board, a
quasi-judicial body which deals with corporate disputes, alleging
mismanagement of the joint venture's operations.
While travel liberates you, shopping in a foreign land can, at times, be
disconcerting, depending on the strength of the currency in question.
There are advantages in taking up temporary employment.
With the global economy facing the threat
of a slowdown, your cover story (The Rainmaker, Oct 30) is timely for the IT
industry. Hats off to Francisco D'Souza for turning the fortunes of Cognizant
around.
The oldest pro-am in the country - BT-Honda Pro-Am of Champions - hits the road for the 17th year.
Low-cost need not necessarily mean low value. There are some relatively cheap tablets that do not compromise on performance. But unfortunately many low-cost tablets are low-value as well.
India's economic situation today is reminiscent of late 2008 when Lehman
Brothers collapsed. Inflation is high and the interest rate is being
hiked to combat it. If you think this year is bad, wait till the next one comes around.
New wheels for tech town: Bangalore becomes the first city in south India to get a modern metro system. One up on Delhi, the network provides Wi-Fi connectivity on-board, in keeping with the city's image as the one that stole tech jobs from the West.
Self-awareness is needed to turn confrontation into consensus.
