The rural Indian economy, growing at 8-10 per cent every year, will be adding $90-100 billion of new consumption in the next five years, over the current base of $240-250 billion.

Mahindra Satyam moved higher after the company signed a contract with the Commonwealth of Kentucky for design and delivery of a document-management system for a child-support system.

The rising prices of raw materials like milk, sugar and cereals may prompt the FMCG companies, especially manufacturers of packaged foods like Nestle, Britannia and ITC, to raise prices over the next one or two quarters.

The acquisition of some global brands and firms by Indian entities has been disastrous for shareholders. We tell you how to size up such deals.

The Budget may have shaken the markets, but you can still pick some gems from the infrastructure, FMCG, auto and pharmaceutical sectors.

Corporate earnings are likely to fall this year. Money Today studies the top companies and sectors to examine their performance over the next few quarters.

Apart from the M&A activity, which saw the birth of JetLite and Kingfisher Red, many carriers are signing agreements with regional players, like the GoAir-MDLR Airlines pact.

Slowdown may affect demand in other sectors, but nobody is going to cut their grocery bills. R Sree Ram looks at the best bets.

Here we take a look at different companies doing well in the FMCG sector. ICICI Securities is upbeat on the consumer non-durables sector.

India has a market share of 12% of the offshore market of $10-15 billion. By 2020, Nasscom estimates that as much as 25-30% of the $150-225 billion market for offshore engineering services could belong to India, yielding $40 billion in annual revenues.

They say they touch more consumers than any other Indian company — and it's not just with soaps, locks and cupboards.

Godrej Consumer Products has always been an investor's delight-and it didn't disappoint during the downturn, either.

As farmers graduate from mere cultivators to investors, it will change what they grow and what we eat.

The core business was under attack. Solution: Spend more on advertising to increase brand loyalty, capture lower price points.

How much you gain from the recovery will depend on two things—the strength and shape of the revival and your company’s deeds during the downturn.

Mid-sized fast-moving consumer goods companies, riding on rural volumes, have stolen a march on the big guns.

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.

Away from the arclights, Wipro’s Consumer Care & Lighting division is expanding its market share and challenging the established players in the business. K.R. Balasubramanyam reports.

Hindustan Unilever is on a roll again. That HUL has been finally able to stoke up the growth embers, improve profitability, regain market shares, and grow fledgling markets in the past three years, are significant indicators of its business success. But that doesn't make new CEO Nitin Paranjpe's mandate—to pump up HUL's mojo in highly competitive markets—any easier. Business Today's Brian Carvalho reports.

The economy is slowing down, foreign investors have turned wary, and there is an election to be won next year. So, will Finance Minister P. Chidambaram script Budget 2008 for votes or growth? Shalini S. Dagar tells us what we can expect this year.  Full coverage: Budget 2008-09