Business Today's maiden listing of India's PE and VC funds coincides with a change imperative in the industry.

A new avenue of funds emerges from China, but dim sum bonds are not for everyone.

Insistent cost pressures over the past four to six quarters have put pressure on margins. Costs are up and margins are down. And companies have either passed on costs to their customers or bravely tightened their belts. What they need to do is think afresh and innovate, as they wait for sustained demand and better times.

RBI mulls inflation-linked instrument to blunt the bite from price hikes, but uncertainties remain.

Sarkar, now 34, took over as the publisher of Penguin Books India, the largest English trade publisher in the subcontinent. On the anvil are plans for new kinds of books, even ebooks.

Renu Sud Karnad, Managing Director of Housing Development Finance Corporation, often check with her employees if they are having fun working at the company.

Jyotsna Suri, Chairperson and Managing Director, Bharat Hotels, is known for her strong ideas and forthright behaviour.

The serial entrepreneur, and CEO and Managing Director of Pearson Education Services says she has been driven largely by what she calls \"start-up\" energy.

A nominated member of the Rajya Sabha, Shobhana Bhartia also runs one of India's largest media houses. She is Chairperson and Editorial Director of HT Media which had revenues of Rs 1,815 crore in 2010/11.

Kalpana Morparia, 62, CEO, JPMorgan Chase earned a reputation for just that at her previous workplace, ICICI Bank, where she spent more than three decades, and it persists.

Vedika Bhandarkar, 43, Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Credit Suisse in India, says her dream project will be in education that she feels is an opportunity to give back to society.

Individual capacity is vital to a person entering the corner office. But the fact remains that currently the overwhelming majority of people occupying these offices is male. Personal issues also make it difficult, especially for women in the age group of 27 to 32 years.

PNB and BoB have been the best performers among banks that have completed a century.

The Fortis-SRL deal is legally watertight, but the jury is out on whether it is proper or not.

The telecom scam has immeasurably dented the image of the company and the promoters. Stumbling in and out of crises over the past few years, the real estate major faces its biggest challenge as MD Sanjay Chandra is arrested in the 2G scam.

Many of the cities where companies are planning investments are located in states which till recently were loosely called backward states. High population regions, traditionally characterised by poor social indicators, are emerging as consumption hot spots.

eBay founder Pierre Omidyar views his philanthropic investments through the bi-focals of for-profit and sustainability, an idea that seems compelling.

The top pharma companies have a \"people first\" mantra to nurture and retain talent.

Dr Batra has homeopathic treatments for everything from constipation to baldness.

Public sector banks dominate the best banks rankings, with a clutch of them making big gains.