This is the second consecutive year that India has been recognised as a top improver in World Bank's 'Ease of Doing Business' report. India is the only South Asian country to achieve this distinction two years in a row, and only nine other countries have accomplished this since 2011. What were the factors that led to India's jump in rankings and will this make a difference to India on the world stage? Watch Business Today editor Rajeev Dubey give his insight into the report, the implications of the rankings and where India stands.

Our annual BT 500 issue tracks the stock performance of the top-listed companies in India and also their performance in terms of revenue growth and profit growth, apart from other parameters such as assets and debt.

The survey highlights that 31 per cent respondents expect the financial situation to worsen in the quarter ending December 2018 as compared to 25 per cent in the previous survey.

To borrow from Charles Dickens, these are the best of times, these are the worst of times for Indian businesses. On the one hand, the news on the economic front is not particularly cheerful.

Wipro chairman Azim Premji retained the second spot on the 'Forbes India Rich List 2018', adding $2 billion to his wealth at $21 billion.

Every year, a number of very respectable organisations - management consultancies, wealth managers, tax advisors, property consultants, and media firms - try to find out the number of super wealthy people worldwide and, of course, in individual countries.

Over the next few years, a number of entrepreneurs, who had shot to prominence over the past decade and a half, will either have lost their entire businesses or will see their empires shrink dramatically in size, after losing many of their companies.

There are numerous studies which show that having more women in the workplaces is good for business - not because it is the politically correct thing to do in today's era, but because it is better for the bottom line.

With the rupee depreciating by almost 8% from the level of Rs 63 against the dollar in a short span of six months and the trade tariff war going on between the United States and China, Anand Adhikari, Executive Editor, Business Today, discusses how a possible global currency war is going to affect the world market and the Indian currency as a whole.

When Ratan Tata picked up Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford, he was on an acquisition spree.

The bad loan problem for Indian banks has defied solutions despite multiple efforts by the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) over the years.

Hindustan Unilever can trace its history in India back to the late 19th century.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) has just completed a year, and it has been an eventful journey.

CEO compensation debates in India and abroad are always contentious and have grown more contentious over the past couple of decades as better reporting norms of executive pay have come into effect, as have newer ways of compensating CEOs.

Reserve Bank of India has hiked policy rates for the first time in four years. With lending rates set to increase, Business Today Deputy Editor Anand Adhikari explains how depositors, borrowers and lenders can benefit from the present scenario.

Dipak Kumar Mondal, Senior Associate Editor, Business Today, speaks about government's decision to recognise homebuyers as financial creditors under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy code. This comes as a big relief for thousands of home buyers. Here is how it will impact them.

India recorded $303 billion of exports in merchandise in 2017-18, which was almost 10% growth for the entire fiscal, the fastest growth for exports from India in almost half a decade. But our total exports for 2017-18 are still $16-17 billion lower than what India reported in 2013-14. Watch BusinessToday.In Editor Rajeev Dubey discuss why India is struggling to export more merchandise into the world markets with Prosenjit Datta, Editor, Business Today, and Joe C Mathew, Senior Editor, Business Today.

The US-based retail giant Walmart is paying $16 billion to take a 77 per cent stake in Indian online retailer Flipkart.

After Munjal-Burman bid was announced as the preferred bid by the Fortis Healthcare board, Sunil Kant Munjal and Anand Burman spoke to BusinessToday.In Editor Rajeev Dubey and Business Today, Senior Editor Joe C Mathew about being minority shareholders, investing in Fortis and whether it is an equal investment.