In 2013, market capitalisation of conglomerates grew by 13 per cent as against six per cent all the BT 500 companies registered and investors paid almost double the price for these stocks compared to 2012.

If final placements of students is taken as an indicator of how new IIMs are faring, they have managed full placement with a maximum salary of Rs 15 lakh to Rs 27 lakh.

\"Bathrooms are no more seen as a secondary space and are as special as any other area of the house,\" says a leading architect and interior designer.

The tractor was launched at M&M's research hub - Mahindra Research Valley in the outskirts of Chennai. The new platform will have 52 HP (horse power)  and 57 HP variants.

\"In other countries, businesses support each other.\" Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus at Tata Sons, did not stop there. \"Getting 20 business people in a room who do not talk about their own business but take a position on India is difficult,\" he said.

The commercial with the adage \"More Indian than you think\" is indubitably historical for Lufthansa. \"We also wanted to make our India-specific services more visible such as Indian cabin attendants, Indian vegetarian food and local entertainment,\" says Wolfgang Will, Director South Asia, Lufthansa.

N Srinivasan said that cement prices have historically been cyclical. When the prices are low, the builders take full advantage of it and start complaining when the prices get corrected. He also reminded that builders buy in bulk and do not pay market prices.

Once the world's largest mobile phone manufacturing plant, Nokia's Tamil Nadu factory is now terminally ill. It once employed 8,000 permanent employees. Today, a little over 1,000 remain.

The company has recently applied for listing in the Limca Book of Records. Its revenue for 2013/14 stood at Rs 200 crore and it has a four per cent market share in south India.

The man who proved PSUs could also deliver looks back on a remarkable career.

Rajan said the banking regulator is looking at '525 loans' which funds infrastructure projects that take five years to build and are repaid over 25 years and will come out with the details in the next few days.

While infrastructure has been the general thrust area in the Narendra Modi government's maiden budget, extension of the 10-year tax holiday to power projects that are completed by March 31, 2017, is by far the biggest announcement.

Sale of cars has risen slightly in the recent months but it remains to be seen if the various direct tax sops announced will put enough disposable income in the hands of people to buy new cars or replace the existing ones.

Woodland currently earns nearly 60 per cent of its Rs 1,000 crore revenue from footwear, with apparel contributing 30 per cent and accessories the remaining.

The Amma Unavagam project in Tamil Nadu is said to have been a key factor behind the stunning success of Jayalalithaa's AIADMK in the recent Lok Sabha polls. But is it sustainable?

Indian companies have mastered the art of managing with little and finding ingenious ways to overcome shortages. Business Today's Power Breakfast discusses if the Narendra Modi government can bring about a change.

The book - American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company - lets you into the outgoing CEO's mind. Did the conditions at Ford overwhelm him? What made him give up his job at Boeing and take up the challenge at Ford?

A strong panel of corporate honchos at Business Today's Power Breakfast held at Trident Chennai agreed that policy clarity and consistency, long term outlook, improving the ease of doing business and reducing corruption will help India in infrastructure development.

If a senior bureaucrat who is responsible for attracting big-ticket investments into the state is to be believed, 68 projects worth Rs 46,700 crore have come to the state in the past three years.

At Boeing Company he is still cherished as a star and for Ford Motor Company, he is a saviour. Alan Mulally spoke to Business Today on leadership and the secret behind his high motivation levels.