Fortunes are made or lost on Dalal Street every day. So, who are the analysts fund managers swear by? BT presents its fifth annual survey of India’s Best Equity Analysts.

IT and ITES companies will step up recruitments, while financial services and telecom firms will hire less.

Advance tax numbers point to a pleasant earnings surprise. The first flush of advance tax numbers for the largecap companies that make up the Sensex indicates that the first quarter profits of these companies may beat estimates of most analysts.

Honda’s new civic hybrid is the first of its kind in India, but priced at over Rs 21 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) the petrolelectric car, which uses regenerated energy from braking, is priced out of reach of all but the wealthiest environmentalists.

Are you one of those who will settle for nothing but the best when it comes to food? Travel with us, then, to the finest restaurants on Earth as we set out on an unforgettable gastronomical journey.

We saw the Pyramids and clicked snaps with the Sphinx. But that’s definitely not all that we did in Tutankhamun’s Egypt.

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.

With a market share of 24 per cent, MRF is the largest player in the Rs 20,000-crore Indian tyre industry. For years that has been the pecking order. But that could soon change. The company anticipates tougher times ahead, but no change.

There are many stocks in the market, but only a select few make it to almost every fund portfolio. Should you invest in them?

The roads here are not properly mapped yet, nor are there any agencies that stream data on traffic conditions. Until that happens, PPS or PGS (people guidance systems) seem to be the best solution instead of GPS.

The Accord has been moving up the evolutionary ladder as well, with each successive generation. With more powerful if not larger engines, with more space and luxury features, it has slowly been inching up the luxury scale and the latest Accord is another step in its upward journey.

What you see at the petrol pump is the finished product of a very long journey, and one where lots of cost gets added. We take a look at the journey.

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.

Key reforms are stuck with states because the onus of implementation lies with them, and not the central government. But the laggard states have to get moving if they want their share of the country’s economic bonanza. BT's Shalini S. Dagar reports.

The famous Ducati bikes are coming to India soon. But they have some good competition as well. Get set for a feast.

Tyre maker Ceat unveils a new logo in a bid to get back on track.

Ravi Singh, CEO & Founder of Election Mall Technologies Inc.; Bharti Airtel’s Gopal Vittal; Ashwin Kapur, Executive Director, Atlas Laboratories & Pharmaceuticals; Ford India’s Michael Boneham; NCDEX CEO & MD R. Ramaseshan and Videocon’s K.R. Kim.

Bill Emmott was in India recently, on his “umpteenth visit”, to promote his latest book, Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan will Shape our Next Decade. He spent some time with BT’s Kushan Mitra in New Delhi dicussing the new Asian power paradigm. Excerpts:

The tea gardens of Assam are faced with an unexpected and severe labour crunch. This is affecting their operations this plucking season that started in April. The reason: the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). BT's Ritwik Mukherjee reports from the Martycherra tea plantation in the Cachar district.

Thanks to the resurgence in the infrastructure sector, the demand for construction managers is on the rise.