From a long list of names, we finally picked 10 that stood out for the uniqueness of their businesses or rapid growth. Our second annual listing of the most happening young ventures.

Caution is back in boardroom discussions in corporate India. There is still optimism, but irrational exuberance—a phrase popularised by Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the US Federal Reserve—has, for all practical purposes, gone out of the picture.

These are extraordinary times, not just for India but the whole world. At no time before in world history has inflation and economic downturn combined to create a “caught-between-ice-and-fire” situation. In India, rising inflation coupled with a moderating economy does signal a cyclical slowdown, but the country’s long-term growth story is still intact. An analysis by BT's Shalini S. Dagar.

The Indian stock market is sneezing because the US has caught a cold. Otherwise, especially at the current prices, D-Street still offers perhaps the best high-growth bet.

Despite its best efforts at keeping prices down, the government is faced with an inflation fire that refuses to die out. The inflation rate based on the wholesale price index shot up to a 13-month high of 6.68 per cent for the week ended March 15.

The government is in a generous mood. Close on the heels of the Rs 60,000-crore farm loan waiver package announced in the 2008-09 Union Budget comes the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission, which are likely to be accepted.

Barriers to innovation remain, but the most innovative companies have realised that \"innovation\" is not just about developing new products and services but, more fundamentally, about discovering new ways to create value. A Business Today-Monitor Group study profiles the most innovative Indian firms.

Global food prices are on a boil as biofuels and freak weather play havoc with the demand-supply equation. Food prices in India too have been inching upwards. How vulnerable are we to food price shocks? 

Business Today honours the winners of the BT-E&Y study of India’s best managed companies at a glittering awards gala.

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P. Chidambaram considers himself a lucky Finance Minister—that is, one who brings luck. And lucky he has been over the last four years as India’s Chief Financial Officer, but not so much because of his government’s policy making as the economic boom across the world.

The economy is slowing down, foreign investors have turned wary, and there is an election to be won next year. So, will Finance Minister P. Chidambaram script Budget 2008 for votes or growth? Shalini S. Dagar tells us what we can expect this year.  Full coverage: Budget 2008-09

There are now unmistakable signals that the Indian economy is losing steam. All indicators seem to point towards a slowdown in the offing.

Days after Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Y.V. Reddy maintained status quo on key interest rates, several banks, led by the state-owned State Bank of India (SBI) slashed their prime lending rates (PLR) by 25 basis points.

How banks performed under RBI's Prompt Corrective Action

The housing finance market is slowing down, but not if you asked HDFC, which is clocking growth rates of 25-30 per cent and even expanding its market share. The inside story of how it has kept running while others around it are stumbling.

Like it is for many other global CEOs, India is an important destination for Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive of London-based Standard Chartered Bank. But Sands, 46, a former McKinsey consultant, has a special connection with the country: His mother, Susan, was born and educated in India.

India is an important destination for Peter Sands, the Group Chief Executive of London-based Standard Chartered Bank. During his recent trip to the country, Sands spoke to BT’s R. Sridharan and Shalini S. Dagar on global financial markets turmoil and the fallout on emerging markets.60 MINUTES IN ARCHIVES India is our 13th largest market: Holliday JrPepsiCo is good in every sense: NooyiOur focus is the key to success: Bart BechtFidelity will be in investing mode: Barry Bateman

SBI to Central Bank of India: 10 largest banks in India by market cap

It can be grim, as the recent credit turmoil in the West indicates. Back home, it’s not time to panic, but to take stock of sticky assets.