Small investors have always found it difficult to approach the authorities if they had a grievance against a company. But now there is hope.

In a market that shoots first and asks questions later, the mere mention of some property in a remote place sends the stock soaring.

But, as they go about raising funds from the public, will these promoters veer around the mistakes made by many of the earlier lot who tapped the primary market?

The fall in market capitalisation hasn’t been brutal and across the board. And a few sectors that were expected to be in the dumps have bucked the slowdown in style. 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

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The recent run-up in stock prices notwithstanding, a host of Indian promoters has little choice but to either sell assets or equity to survive the downturn.

Slowdown is a time to refrain from the adventurous and return to the safe, tried and tested. Here’s a walk through what’s once again in flavour and what’s gone out the window.

For three decades, the three Ks—Kothari, Kampani and Kotak—ruled The Street. Today, Kothari has hung up his gloves, Kampani is in the eye of a storm and Kotak is building a bank—ending an era of home-grown dealmakers. Rachna M. Koppikar goes into the details.

In the boom times, promoters had to just say a price, merchant bankers nodded, and investors blindly lapped up those initial public offerings. Today, however, much of those thousands of crores is either still lying unused or being deployed in areas not indicated in the issue prospectus.

With a fiction to the tune of over Rs 7,000 crore on account of fraud in terms of the overstatement of revenue, profit, and cash on hand, the Satyam fiasco is now being seen as the largest scandal in the history of corporate India. E Kumar Sharma reports.We're commited to serve: Mynampati  'There is some connivance in Satyam fraud' 'Set up management team for Satyam'  Satyam fraud shameful: Prem Chand Gupta  Satyam chief Raju resigns The myth of corporate governanceCorporate goverance: The strange case of SatyamCorporate goverance: Get up, stand up

With the Indian IT market expected to grow at an estimated CAGR of 18 per cent over the next five years, foreign IT giants aren't just dominating the market, they're opening up new segments and setting the agenda for some categories. Rahul Sachitanand and Kushan Mitra tell you about the twists and turns.

The drubbing of real estate stocks may go on some more time.

The stock market’s massive fall has been swift, sharp and painful. Experts believe there’s going to be more pain before it settles down. Yet, predicting its bottom is like catching a falling knife.

Hard-nosed and uber-successful tycoons like Mukesh Ambani,Vijay Mallya and others paid millions for their IPL teams and players. The revenues they earn by way of ticket sales, team sponsorships, merchandising, etc., are expected to rise each year, thus making it easier for them to become profitable as the years go by. BT's Shamni Pande and Tejeesh N.S. Behl report.

The recent round of rate cuts is welcome, but will it rev up housing sales? Should you buy or invest in a house now?

State Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda wants to turn the $30-billion local economy into a $130-billion behemoth in 10 years. Investors are eager, but Haryana has several challenges to overcome. Shalini S. Dagar and Saumya Bhattacharya tell us why the state is by far the best destination in India.

With a strong line-up of public issues, big demand from investors and bullish secondary market, 2008 promises to be another good year for the primary market.

Real estate, financial services and infrastructure firms made hay as the sun shone on Dalal Street. But these may tumble the hardest as markets return closer to fundamentals.

India Inc. is tweaking its equity-linked incentives. The aim: To make them work both for the critical talent as well as themselves.

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.