With a market value of Rs 29,000 crore and a net worth of Rs 8,000 crore, the eight-year-old Indiabulls group has sky-high ambitions. Property development and consumer finance are the current thrust areas. Retailing, insurance, banking, mutual funds, power and telecom are on the cards.

The market for semiconductors in India will almost double to $5.49 billion by 2009, says a new Frost & Sullivan report. What does that mean for the local chip industry? BT brought together a panel of experts to get the answers.

It’s all happening out there — declining interest rates, tumbling stock markets and gold and real estate prices going nowhere. It’s uncertain times now, and a multiple-whammy for the middle class. Is there a safe haven?

Our fourth annual survey of companies that have delighted their shareholders the most. They aren't the biggest by revenue, profits, or market cap. But they are the biggest by consistency of returns, reporting and respect for their investors.

Videocon's Venugopal Dhoot is thinking really big. He is diversifying into new areas such as SEZs, real estate, telecom and retail. The target: more than treble revenues to $10 billion over next five years.

The traditional suitcase-style lobbyist is alive and kicking, but the deregulated economy has spawned a new variety that believes in using 'case law-style' advocacy to effect policy changes.