A company with the largest market share may also be a good stock to pick if you know what other parameters to look for before you buy.

The next time you want to get a property registered, you might not have to run around applying for stamp papers and then match different denomination of stamp papers to add up to the total amount.

There’s nothing like chugging through the countryside. And the Railways has a host of packages to suit almost every tourist and every pocket, says Sushmita Choudhury.

You might have an account with a wellknown bank that gives you great service—but which has only a handful of ATMs in your city.  The lack of ATMs can be a limitation, especially when you see State Bank of India or ICICI Bank ATMs on almost every street.

It is easy to prove that the Indian economy would do better if Indians had to pay less tax.

Initial Public Offerings have created enormous wealth in the past three years. An analysis of what makes them so special.

This selection of research reports gives information and opinions on companies and industries. Such reports are often filled with jargon, which we must reluctantly inflict on readers since excerpts are verbatim. Six such terms occur in these extracts: EBITDA = Earnings Before Interest,Tax, Depreciation,Amortisation, EV = Enterprise Value, EPS = Earnings Per Share, PE = Price-Earnings, PAT = Profit After Tax and YoY= Year-on-Year.

When low cost carriers appeared on the Indian aviation scene in the late 1990s, they heralded the start of a trend towards cheaper air travel.

The industry can grow by over 20 per cent a year-if key infrastructure projects are done in time.

With a tight rein on costs, low cost airlines IndiGo and SpiceJet show their full service rivals how to make money in the airline business. Is this model sustainable?

With three years of profits, Paramount Airways, an all-business class carrier, was the poster boy in Indian aviation. But, a flawed business model has left it with just one flying aircraft.

The path is clear cut as more and more finance heads move beyond number-crunching to dictating strategy and becoming the point person for dealing with key stakeholders. Pics

Air travel is growing at a record clip. Most airlines are losing less than they were last year. Airport projects are heading to completion. Will 2010 be the turnaround year for aviation?

Improved connectivity and proactive tourism boards have led to the birth of new holiday destinations—from Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh to Agatti in Lakshadweep. But a lot more needs to be done.

New highways and consumer preference for comfort are powering demand for these new buses. But will prohibitive pricing and a stronger railway network crimp growth?

The misfiring auto parts giant is counting on India to prime it back to growth.

The next time you fly, you could be carrying your boarding pass in your mobile phone. A software from Mumbai-based Hexaware Technologies can generate 2D bar-coded boarding passes (BCBP) for passengers.

Martin Studer of EMEIA and Ram Sarvepalli of E&Y speak to Dhiman Chattopadhyay on why internal audit process and composition of boards in most Indian firms need to change.

At the close of the UPA’s last term in April, BT rated its top economic ministers. Our conclusion: the good, the not-so-good and the bad individual performances collectively drew a zero. Still, voters handed it another—stronger—mandate. Here’s where the new ministers stand for earning a 10 for UPA’s second tenure.

The slowdown has forced Indian companies and international foundations to slash funding to NGOs in India, threatening the survival of some and endangering vital social programmes in the country.