O.C.T. Mami, China's leading maternity wear brand, has to balance online and offline sales, so that they complement each other rather than compete.

The Insurance Bill is all set to benefit consumers, who may witness an increase in choice with the entry of newer players as well as increase in the sector's competitiveness.

The new age CFO must now realise that he is no longer expected to linger in the background and surface every time the results are to be announced.

\"We are in a unique position today. We are the largest coalition program and we have no existing competitors who operate in the same space\", says Rahul Rana, CEO of PAYBACK India.

Today, every fourth truck sold in India is a Tata Ace. It has created an all-new segment, that of the small light commercial vehicle, forcing competitors to follow in its footsteps. Tata Ace has transformed both Tata Motors and the commercial vehicle industry.

As the name, suggests the aim of the fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation by primarily investing into stocks focus being emerging companies i.e. at least 50% in small-cap stocks, up to 35% into other companies including foreign securities and upto 35% in debt securities.

India's largest IT services exporter topped market expectations, growing its net profits for the June quarter by 5.5 per cent to Rs 3,796 crore, or Rs 19.40 a share, over the previous quarter. 

The information technology and IT-enabled services sectors are expected to grow 12-14 per cent and clock export revenues of $84-87 billion in the next fiscal, industry body Nasscom said on Tuesday.

Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma is now spoken of as a strong contender for the job of India's finance minister if Pranab Mukherjee goes up Raisina Hill to Rashtrapati Bhavan. He met Business Today the day before a trip to Brazil. Excerpts from the interview:

Retail in India is a complex business, where a stockpile of cash is a big advantage. A new store takes time to stabilise and break even, so companies must balance the number of stable, profit-making stores and new ones. A fat pile of cash can make the ride shorter and smoother.

Former Nasscom President Kiran Karnik says the second infotech revolution is pushing IT body Nasscom to focus on creating the right environment for young Indians.

A FICCI-KPMG report is optimistic about the growth of the Indian media & entertainment (M&E) sector in general. According to the yet to be released report,  the M&E industry has registered a growth of 12 per cent over 2010 to reach Rs 72,800 crore..

Wipro's hard-driving CEO T.K. Kurien, who has revived the company's fortunes, speaks to Goutam Das and Josey Puliyenthuruthel.

J. Hari Narayan, 63, Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, or IRDA, has to travel incessantly on work. During a brief halt in Mumbai, on his way to Hyderabad, where IRDA is headquartered, JHN - as he is known in the industry - a 1973 batch IAS officer and classical music enthusiast, spoke to Anand Adhikari on the current state of the general insurance business in the country. Edited excerpts:

Changing needs and discerning buyers have forced the property market to become innovative, finds Pritam P Hans.

Kumar Mangalam Birla likes to express himself in short andsimple sentences. He does not throw a lot of numbers at the interviewer and isoften happy to answer a question with a single sentence. He spent a lot of timespeaking to Business Today editor Chaitanya Kalbag, executive editor Suveen K Sinhaand senior editor Suman Layak overtwo sessions in Mumbai and Delhi.

The chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, Kumar Mangalam Birla, comes across as a very modest, self-effacing person. He spoke candidly and disarmingly about his empire, his business philosophy, and the way he runs his work and his life.

Bimal Jalan, who chaired the committee on market infrastructure institutions (MIIs), talks to Sarbajeet K. Sen on what the panel's report means for investors.

The year 2007 was remarkable for virtually every asset class. Money Today reached out to experts on stocks, real estate, mutual funds and commodities for their views on the way the markets will pan out in the coming times.

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