He's made tentative investments in the energy and steel sectors, via joint ventures and acquisitions, but the big bang will clearly come when the chairman of the world's largest steel company freezes his plans to set up a mega-steel unit in the country. So, what's stopping him?

The US-based science giant DuPont will need to scale up its manufacturing efforts if it has to squeeze more growth out of an opportunity filled Indian market.

A clutch of third-party manufacturers made it big in the downturn, as organised retail fought for better margins and customers looked for bargains. What next?

From the humble moped, to the then-trendy gearless scooter, to supplying critical components for the Tata Nano, the Kinetic Group has survived rapid changes and intense competition by reinventing itself.

Harrisons Malayalam is transforming from a pure play plantation company to an FMCG player in search of growth. Can it succeed in making this sea change?

PricewaterhouseCoopers faces its toughest test in its 138 years in India—partners pulling away as it builds back its cred. Here's how it is at the inner circle of India's top audit firm.

Eight years after Tata Finance came apart, the Tata Group is ready with the first phase of its second wind in financial services with a former group company CFO at the helm.

When this trader turned into a manufacturer of galvanised steel, he had to run around to buy the raw material. Today, Rajinder Miglani has got ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaker, as a stakeholder, co-promoter—and supplier. For ArcelorMittal’s L.N. Mittal, it is the first footprint in India.

The recession, downturn or whatever you call it, has dented most kinds of lists - lists of billionaires, lists of most valuable companies, lists of top recruiters and so on.

In a year in which growth wasn’t easy, some of India’s biggest groups restructured their businesses to unshackle value. Will such re-jigs work in the long run? Virendra Verma tells more.Performance of companies The industry leaders Most valuable pvt sector companies - 1 to 500 Most valuable pvt sector companies - 501 to 1,000 India's most valuable companies - public sector Index of companies ranked Methodology

Private-equity honchos are putting their oars into the companies they’ve invested in to ensure they survive the downturn.

Our fifth annual survey of the companies who have managed to put a smile on their shareholders’ faces and delighted them the most.

Soaring inflation hasn’t quite transformed mall rats into house mice—not yet.

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Hindustan Unilever is on a roll again. That HUL has been finally able to stoke up the growth embers, improve profitability, regain market shares, and grow fledgling markets in the past three years, are significant indicators of its business success. But that doesn't make new CEO Nitin Paranjpe's mandate—to pump up HUL's mojo in highly competitive markets—any easier. Business Today's Brian Carvalho reports.

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It has nudged ahead of the competition in the foreign banks arena, but there's more to Citigroup in India than just banking.