“I don’t see anybody in Washington or anywhere else saying, look, this energy crisis is the biggest one we’ve had, let’s really put the best people to work on figuring out how to reduce the country’s dependence on oil”Indra Nooyi, Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo, in Reuters.com

Are you one of those who will settle for nothing but the best when it comes to food? Travel with us, then, to the finest restaurants on Earth as we set out on an unforgettable gastronomical journey.

Will they be able to ramp up revenues five-fold to $50 billion by 2012? BT-Nasscom round table finds the answer.

Airline companies can justifiably feel aggrieved that they are being made to pay for the massive subsidies that oil marketing companies are doling out at the petrol pump. In fact, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) points out that average ATF prices in India are 20 per cent higher than elsewhere in the world.

Despite the recent price hikes in India, oil is a ticking time bomb that will be defused only by a sharp drop in demand and, in the long run, alternative sources of energy. Meanwhile, brace up for the coming pain. Business Today's Rishi Joshi reports.

There are two ways to tame the oil monster: One is to become more energy efficient and the other is to develop new energy sources.

Elgi Equipments, the second-largest player in the Indian air compressor market and a leader in the reciprocating compressor segment is not happy being a 'big fish in a small pond'. So, it is mastering the technology, tweaking its production processes and quality levels to foray into the global market. N. Madhavan reports.

All asset classes don’t move in tandem. The trick is to diversify portfolio across assets and cut risks. Find out how to create an optimal portfolio.

Farmers in Barabanki have turned successful mentha entrepreneurs with a little help from a technology institute. They have found in methanol mint a crop that is ideal for plugging the gap between rabi crop (wheat or potatoes) and kharif crop (rise). Almost 70 per cent of the total arable land in the district is being used to cultivate the \"bonus\" cash crop in addition to the traditional food crops. A report by Kapil Bajaj.

Balkrishan Gopiram Goenka, the vice chairman and managing director of the Welspun Group, has drastically altered its profile over the past few years by making Welspun Gujarat—a part of the $3-billion Welspun Group and the second-largest manufacturer of large-diameter pipes in the world—the growth spearhead. A report by Anand Adhikari.

Don’t order a ‘Burrito’ when in Mexico.You might get a little donkey to ride on instead of the tortilla you expect! There’s a lot about Mexican cuisine that we don’t know. Let’s find out.

What you see at the petrol pump is the finished product of a very long journey, and one where lots of cost gets added. We take a look at the journey.

Business Today presents an annual listing of India Inc.'s fastest growing large, mid-size and small companies based on their revenues.

Companies with revenues between Rs 1,000 crore and Rs 2,000 crore that grew the fastest in 2007.

“One cannot say each week that the government must take some measures to bring down prices or have some solutions because you must recognise that even in a normal year, prices do rise seasonally between May and September”Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, to Agencies

Much has been said about how India's top executives take home large salaries. We take a glance at the top companies by market capitalization in the world's top economies and see what their bosses make.

The government has banned futures trading in eight commodities and is planning to extend this to some more items. However, the available data on futures trading does not show any evidence that it has either reduced or increased volatility of spot prices. Is it a wrong move? BT's Rohit Viswanath finds out.

Organised food retailing is going to be huge, but it will be nothing without a back end, and a backbone. That’s where the logistics sector comes into play—right from state-of-the-art warehouses to the entire gamut of cold chain infrastructure. BT's Anand Adhikari says that companies in India and abroad have shown a keen interest to invest in this sector.

It has been a good recovery for the stock markets so far. Whether stock markets rise or fall, smart money will always chase sound stocks. Here’s what you should keep an eye on.

Rs 8,000 crore: Cost of the 27-storey skyscraper being built in Mumbai by Mukesh Ambani. Once completed, this will be the world’s largest and costliest privately-owned home, according to Forbes