IndusInd Bank's Romesh Sobti and his team transform a staid bank into a winner. In the BT-KPMG Best Bank Study 2011, the 17-year-old bank has emerged the overall winner in the mid-sized category of lenders with a balance sheet size of less than Rs 50,000 crore.

Four-and-a-half years ago, when Francisco D'souza was appointed CEO at Cognizant Technology Solutions, he was, perhaps, the youngest management professional holding that position.

Like any listed company, a rating agency must deliver consistent revenue growth and keep its shareholders happy. Many in the industry argue that, given the lack of a sizeable debt market, agencies look beyond their core business and end up grading business schools, IPOs, MFIs, real estate projects and even hospitals. Is the lack of a vibrant debt market in the country spelling trouble for the industry?

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 303.68 points to close at 10,992.13. The Standard & Poor's 500 fell 31.67 to 1,154.23. The Nasdaq composite fell 61.15 to 2,467.99.

Hero would fondly remember Honda. That may be because Hero got a true sweetheart deal as it can launch products with Honda technology till June 2014 and can continue to sell them for as long as it wants. They have begun on a good note, but a good divorce settlement can ensure only short-term happiness.

Times have seldom been as tough for home buyers. Lenders have increased interest rates a number of times in recent months. On another front, the land acquisition issue is becoming too hot to handle.

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only captain in the world to have tasted success in all formats of cricket, and that too in just four years. The Team India skipper likes to keep it simple, relying on instinct and self-belief to bring home the laurels.

Is India's nuclear establishment prepared to deal with a Fukushima-type crisis?

The RBI's renewed offer to foreign banks to expand in India gets lukewarm response.

The Indian commodity futures landscape has been evolving and the national commodity exchanges have made a big headway since their inception, with volumes surging with every passing year.

ICICI Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Accenture, and HCL Tech rise sharply in the Business Today's 'Best Company to Work For' survey. What makes them stand out? We find out...

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Realising 'right-fit' leaders are critical to sustaining growth, companies scurry to build a robust leadership pipeline - and some of them are succeeding.

With outsourcing on the rebound, the Indian IT and BPO industry is in the midst of an ambitious transformation. Rahul Sachitanand joins the dots.

After two years of pink slips and lay-offs, 2010 may be the year of the employee as companies recovering from the slowdown go on a hiring spree.

In developing software for corporates, Rajesh Varrier ran into reams of daunting data. He tapped the tedium of analysing it, and with six partners, rolled out activecubes.

Struck by the slowdown, those in the 25-35-year age group have shown surprising resilience. These children of good times have restrategised their finances so well that all investors can learn from them.