Developers are refusing to admit it, but they are in trouble. Smaller developers are also getting affected by the downturn, having been forced to defer their IPOs due to adverse market sentiments.

Starring: Rupert Murdoch, Chairman, News Corp; DMRC’s E. Sreedharan; Mohan Sekar, President and COO, Collabera; Unilever’s Vindi Banga; HUL’s Harish Manwani; NDTV’s Rohini Nilekani; and Commerce Minister Kamal Nath.

With investments of a little over Rs 44,000 crore in 2007-08—up from a meagre Rs 5,400 crore two years ago—the Life Insurance Corporation is easily the single-biggest shopper in Indian stocks. Rachna Monga tells us how the largest and the only public sector life insurance company has been re-inventing itself.

“I don’t think anything so important happens after office hours that cannot wait till tomorrow... If it does, we just stay in office”Sanjiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj FinServ, in Business Standard

Some facts about other management schools in India.

Has B.K. Modi got a toehold into the Sony bouquet? The buy-out has been apparently made via Mcorp Global, the holding company for Modi’s businesses.

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.

India Inc is waking up to nanotechnology, and this promises to change the way you live—whether by arresting the biological ageing process or curing diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and HIV-AIDS, or even bringing out the best from shampoos and airconditioners. A report by Nitya Varadarajan.

Developers are fighting hard to hold their prices, while buyers are betting on a fall. Here's the thing: real estate prices will correct, but you can rule out a crash.

The most innovative companies don't do different things, they just do things differently. And that seems to make all the difference.

A hefty stock price climb and revenue upturn later, PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has been handed a massive pay hike. In her first full year in charge, the Chennai-born Nooyi, 53, got paid $14.74 million, more than double the $6.3 million she earned in 2006 as PepsiCo’s CFO.

Say hello to the brash new kids on Dalal Street. Flush with funds, thanks to till-recently booming primary and secondary markets as well as generous infusions by venture capital and private equity majors, most of these single-service houses (primarily stockbroking) are now planning to get into areas that have been traditionally the preserve of dyed-in-the-wool deal makers. BT's Mahesh Nayak reports.

On Anand Mahindra's birthday, his suggestions for reviving economy

“I would love to be like Reliance” Harsh Goenka, Chairman, RPG, in Business Standard “We aim to have a ‘wow’ impact with our services on international routes”

To Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award, for his outstanding contribution to Indian industry. The award was presented by Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.

The Chairman of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories funds initiatives to alleviate hunger, create livelihoods, provide education and access to safe drinking water and pull back children from hazardous industries. So, how did the man who made his fortune in the ultra-competitive world of the global pharma business and whose first love is still science, morph into one of India’s largest givers? E. Kumar Sharma finds out.

Has the FM done enough to address the potential impact of a US recession on India, exporters reined in by an appreciating rupee and investors caught out by volatile markets?

Here's what leading industrialists have to say about the new Modi govt

The ‘new’ Scorpio has lots of new toys and handles well, but, on the flip side, looks as boxy as before.