With the implementation of the new packaging norms fast-moving consumer goods companies have indicated that they may go for a fresh round of price hikes

That is what MNCs have on their minds as they devour the opportunities in India's food contract and support services sector.

FMCG giant Hindustan Unilever says it has tied up with Bharti Retail to launch a joint initiative to promote plastic recycling among consumers in the National Capital Region.

Raising the quality bar of Indian ads, Zoozoos, the white animated characters in the Vodafone ads are all set to go abroad to be used in glbal markets.

Several leading corporates have paid more advance tax in Q4 of FY11 compared to the year-ago, indicating their healthy financial performances.

Higher royalty payments by Indian subsidiaries of foreign companies bring in better technologies but can hurt the interests of minority shareholders.

Employees see themselves as brands, make hard choices and want work-life integration. This and more in the 10th Business Today best employers study.

Some 400 million kids below the age of 15 are India's most conspicuous consumers, lapping up not just toys, gadgets, phones and clothes but also counselling parents on big ticket purchases.

Don't shy away from equities because of the slowdown. Here are four investment ideas that could yield rich rewards if you stay put for the long term.

Dipen Sheth predicts more gloom for the stock market, but also spreads a little cheer as he explains why the three stocks for Safe Wealth can be long-term winners.

The only way to master the art of stock investing—low risk and high returns—is to take the time-tested route of long-term investing.

Slowdown may affect demand in other sectors, but nobody is going to cut their grocery bills. R Sree Ram looks at the best bets.

Most of India's smaller cities remain on the fringes of the aviation boom. Regional airlines have been non-starters in India, unlike in Europe, the United States and even China.

With village youth comprising three-fourths of its employee base, BVG India has struck upon a unique — and cost-competitive — business model in facilities management and support services.

Mid-sized fast-moving consumer goods companies, riding on rural volumes, have stolen a march on the big guns.

BT speaks to 11 of the brightest minds on Dalal Street and gets them to identify their favourite long-term value picks in 2009. These stocks are only for long-term investors.

Indian IT firms have largely given products the miss. But now, a host of start-ups are aggressively launching innovative products that are finding a ready market. Can an Indian company one day launch an MS Word? Suman Layak finds out.

The Internet and the mobile phone have opened up new ways for marketers to reach out to consumers. Several large companies, selling everything from manufactured goods to consumer products and services, are crafting innovative strategies around these. BT's Kushan Mitra reports. Internet advertising is all set to explode in IndiaMobile ads are coming of age

Marketers are finding new havens in non-metro India.

It's not as if the recent past has been bad at HUL. In fact, it is quite the opposite: profitability has improved over the past couple of years and, in many of the product categories that the foods, home and personal care marketer operates, it has been able to regain lost market shares.