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The dollar has been on a yo-yo movement in the last year: appreciating almost 20% at the height of the financial crisis, and since March, sliding almost 12% against most currencies, writes Shalini S. Dagar.

Dipen Sheth tries to guess which companies and sectors will make it to the Top 20 slots 10 years from now.

The first and worst hit by the downturn, the financial services sector has started to grow and hire. Healthcare, IT and ITES also get into the hiring mode.

Wim Elfrink wants to radically transform Cisco’s business and thinks India can lead the way in this makeover.

ITC is prototyping a new script for its e-Choupal initiative to take engagement with farmers to the next level-co-creating with farmers and harnessing their entrepreneurship.

Though still small in numbers, buyers are back in the property market convinced that prices and interest rates have stopped falling.

Aggressive pricing and attractive alternatives—for both investors and promoters—to public issues may halt a primary market boom that’s only just begun.

“With free trade warehousing zones, one European client will double its imports to $6 billion”

Here's a look at words of wisdom from some of the prominent personalities.

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.

A few wholly-owned subsidiaries of Larsen & Toubro have been quietly mopping up chunky stakes in businesses that are related to those of the group.

M. Thiagarajan is a contrarian who is expanding his fleet and adding destinations as bigger rivals do the reverse. Has Paramount Airways’ growth reached its limit?

The years of burning cash to get traction are over: players across sectors are busy cutting costs and looking for efficient distribution models as they focus on renewals instead of growth.

It takes a special kind of genius to keep things simple. Uday Kotak has this quality in heaping measure.

Don’t focus only on the finer points of saving taxes in your post-Budget investment plans. Instead, channel the savings to build wealth.

Here are the excerpts from a free-wheeling interview with Kotak Mahindra Group founder Uday Kotak.

He used a combination of timing and talent to build a powerhouse. He’s got plenty going for him. Can he make the big leap to take on mightier competitors? Rachna M. Koppikar tells more.