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BT speaks to 11 of the brightest minds on Dalal Street and gets them to identify their favourite long-term value picks in 2009. These stocks are only for long-term investors.

Car sales have skidded to a halt with overall numbers showing negative growth for the first time in many years.

An economic slowdown can actually be a good time for launching new products or businesses. Some of the world’s most successful organisations—Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, GE and Hyatt Corp.—were born during economic slumps. As India and the world go through a period of economic gloom, some firms are going ahead with much-hyped launches.

BT asks the who’s who of India’s corporate world—as well as some professionals and leaders from other fields for good measure—to jog their memory and recall the best advice they ever got. What the advice was, who gave it to them and when, and how it helped them.

Despite a call from the FM, industry leaders say cutting production is a better way to deal with recession.

From toilet soaps to Rum cocktails, Mahesh Madhavan, CEO, Bacardi, found the easy life the hard way.

They were once overpriced and boringly designed, now they’re trendy, utilitarian and even sporty. It’s time to take another look at the estate.

Even as it seeks to attract new classes of buyers, Maruti Suzuki India is taking a close look at its cost structure.

They were once overpriced and boringly designed, now they’re trendy, utilitarian and even sporty. It’s time to take another look at the estate.

A day after the society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) released monthly sales and production figures, the country’s largest car maker, Maruti-Suzuki (MSIL), issued a release pointing out that some data was wrong.

As inflation figures rage, marketers have a huge challenge on their hands—to keep the price-value equation just right for consumers. BT's Rachna Monga & A. Subramanian report.

Risen: By 38.6 per cent, direct tax collections during the first quarter of 2008-09, to Rs 57,373 crore, compared to 28 per cent and Rs 41,391 crore for the corresponding period last year.

The sheer amount of manufacturing activity taking place in small towns of India is mindboggling. Shops are being set up at breakneck speed and there is massive expansion. Where are these clusters located, and can they really deliver on their promise? Here is what Business Today discovered.

While India Inc. had managed to avert a sharp deceleration in its topline and bottomline growth in the first three quarters of fiscal 2008, it’s the last quarter that perhaps gives a clear picture of where they are headed. Hit by higher input prices and interest rates, corporate earnings growth was down sharply in the last quarter of 2007-08. Now with derivatives losses growing, India Inc. faces anxious times ahead.

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.

Rising prices and interest rates have raised the total cost of ownership by around 10 per cent over the last one year. Luckily for Goenka, demand has been fairly elastic over the past few months despite price increases.

Can information technology be transformational? Without doubt, yes. And here are 20 examples to prove it. Our annual listing of the most IT-savvy outfits in the country.

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