Managers are racking their brains for strategies to beat the slowdown. But hotshots remain hotshots. We present 5th listing of India's young and happening executives.

...without sacking them. Corporates are increasingly putting in place telecommuting policies to cut costs and increase productivity.

While the good old rules of work, such as high aptitude for learning, innovative mindset and sound functional knowledge never went out of fashion, this is the time to go the extra mile to stick to them. Report by Saumya Bhattacharya & Tejaswi Shekhawat.

Industry observers say that India Inc. is in much worse shape than it currently appears. Bloated with debt and hobbled by a severe slowdown, Indian firms need rapid cash generation.

BT asks the who’s who of India’s corporate world—as well as some professionals and leaders from other fields for good measure—to jog their memory and recall the best advice they ever got. What the advice was, who gave it to them and when, and how it helped them.

The Mumbai terror attacks punctured business sentiment already deflated by a spreading slowdown. The economic stimulus now needed is not just of liquidity but of foolproof security and targeted expenditure.

For many families, loan repayments can get rough and uneasy. So, how can one manage one’s loans better.

Indian IT companies are scrambling to get into the media and entertainment space.

The crash of the stock markets, coupled with the liquidity crisis, may have put paid to the plans of many entrepreneurs. But venture capitalists believe that the present times of adversity will lead to opportunities as also a brutal Darwinian selection of the most robust new businesses. Kushan Mitra and Shalini S. Dagar report.

More than half of the world’s economy appears to be shrinking. It’s bad news for India.

Second only to Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts' Chairman and CEO Isadore Sharp, Kathleen Taylor is responsible for Global Operations since being promoted to President & COO in 2007. In her nearly two decades with the company, she has played a key role in the expansion of its portfolio. Anusha Subramanian spoke to her recently in Mumbai. Excerpts from the interview:

They span generations and are there in every field, from biscuits to banking, from HR to hospitals. Denied entry into a male bastion, they create another industry. They are the most powerful women in the corporate world.

An India that's home to 30 of Fortune 100 companies, the world’s largest pool of technically-trained manpower, and Nobel Prize winners in arts, science and literature? That’s management guru C.K. Prahalad’s dream for India@75, and he’s got a plan how to get there. A Business Today exclusive.

Every month, we bring you a listing of the biggest deals struck by Indian companies in India and abroad. Our partner: global professional services firm Ernst & Young. Here are the deals that were struck in July 2008.

Banks are proliferating at a rapid pace in the Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu. Over the last two years, 28 new branches have been opened and five more are likely to commence operations soon. N. Madhavan checks out if this would improve the quality of life of the people in this district.

Following the strategic sale by the Singh family to Daiichi Sankyo, Ranbaxy Laboratories falls into a regulatory imbroglio with multiple agencies in the US.

Six years since ISRO launched a national telemedicine project to reach quality healthcare to rural India, there are four states that have “wired up” all their district hospitals. So, what has been the impact on the lives of the poor in these states?

The truth is, no one knows. But there are certain key indicators you should watch for an early signal.

Fortunes are made or lost on Dalal Street every day. So, who are the analysts fund managers swear by? BT presents its fifth annual survey of India’s Best Equity Analysts.

“I don’t think anything so important happens after office hours that cannot wait till tomorrow... If it does, we just stay in office”Sanjiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj FinServ, in Business Standard