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Some of the biggest gainers on the stock market recently have been companies that most of us have probably never heard of. Which are these companies, what do they do and what’s so hot about them?

Last year, only Unitech made it to the top 100 list. Several real estate companies have listed on the exchanges since then. Backed by apparently endless investor appetite, these companies gained sharply in the market capitalisation sweepstakes, but is this appreciation durable?

Landscaping gets a new twist with fully-grown anytime, anywhere trees.

In a long and freewheeling chat with Business Today’s R. Sridharan and Arnab Mitra, Y.C. Deveshwar discusses this transformation and his plans for the future. Excerpts:

By drawing on ITC’s strengths in businesses as diverse as cigarettes to hotels to agri-business, Chairman Y.C. Deveshwar has built an FMCG machine that’s become the market leader in several segments. Now, it’s eyeing the No. 1 slot.

India is on the threshold of a retail revolution. In fact, it has, in some segments, already traversed some way down that path.

The Godrejs’ property business has the potential to propel the group—so far best known as a maker of soap—into the elite league of India’s most valued businesses.

Newsmakers: Reliance MF raises stake in Indian Hotels, brent crude trades below $37 and more

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By one estimate, some 365 new hotels will open in the country by 2011. As in other industries, many of the announcements will remain just that. But that’s not the only reason why the Oberoi Group, which runs the Oberoi chain of hotels, is taking it cool.

Six months of survey and analysis, 94 final participants, and hundreds of days of reporting is what it took to bring you stories of India's best employers. Best companies in pictures

With the BSE sensex soaring past 17,000, the market is on a roll. Predicting where it will go seems to be futile as foreign inflows continue to prop up the stock market.

The Indian public doesn’t do things in halves — at least when it comes to cricket and cricketers.

Billions of dollars are to be poured into setting up more than 200 integrated townships across the country. While these could be the answer to India’s urban problems, there are several risks that developers and investors must negotiate. A BT-DTZ study.

Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao (GMR), Chairman of the eponymous group, has put in place an ambitious plan to parlay his Rs 1,700-crore group into a Rs 20,000-crore MNC. Here’s a sneak peek into his plans.

From contract farmers to corporate yuppies and even engineers, everyone is clambering on to the winewagon.

There are eight new names on this year's list of Power 25. Their stories are anything but typical.

The online travel industry is on song. According to PhoCusWright, a Connecticutheadquartered travel, tourism and hospitality research firm (with an India office), the sector grew at 126 per cent from a base of $295 million in 2005 to $796 in 2006. In 2007, it is expected to record a 66 per cent growth to $1.3 billion.