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Sudin Apte, Senior Analyst & Country Head (India Operations), Forrester Research
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Adrian Lim, Fund Manager, Aberdeen Asset Management
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VS Raju, Independent Director, Satyam
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If 2008 was the year of big moves for these nine companies, 2009 will be the year of reckoning
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Mercedes for one set of farmers, penury for another. The contrasts of the land acquisition experience in India are telling
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The world is in the midst of a slowdown, and everyone’s looking to cut costs. That is good news for these five technologies, which are certain to take off in 2009
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In a cataclysmic year, these words acquired new meaning
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If China grows, the world will grow with it. If it doesn’t, it’ll get by, but the world won’t
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It might be in the throes of a severe cash crunch, but its spirit of ideas and entrepreneur-ship is very much alive and kicking
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The US was built on the principles of a free market. Obama has to strike a balance between government intervention and those free market principles
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At about 8% of GDP, the deficit is about four times of what was promised
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The IMF has lowered its estimate to 6.3% for 2009. The World Bank says 5.8%
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The WPI is expected to fall to 4% in 2009-10. It could even dip to 2-3%
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Banks may not agree with the RBI on the quantum or timing of rate cuts
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Merrill Lynch says crude could fall to $25 if the recession reaches China
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The rupee is expected to stay in the late-forties, and not fall alarmingly
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Expectations are modest and a quick recovery is all
but ruled out
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Demand has slumped and inventories are piling up. Companies have to cut costs and improve efficiencies to live to drive another day
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Flying less is not the solution. If anything, airlines will have to find
a way to fly more while keeping costs down
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Here comes the shakeout. Entrepreneurs will have to prove their business models all over again. It will take a special kind to survive
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For IT companies, everything is under the scanner: from markets to clients, from pricing to nature of contracts, from employee usage to salaries
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Be it prices, land holdings or expectations, developers have to come down to earth. Only then can they hope to live
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The magic mantra for retailers: give more value for money to customers and derive more value from their own assets
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Who will lead India next? It is anyone's guess
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After scaling a global peak, many Indian companies are finding themselves on shaky ground. For them, 2009 won’t be about climbing, but about surviving
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Most business leaders want better governance. One wants older employees to retire. A sampling of India Inc’s hopes for the year ahead
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Seven technologies that will leave an imprint on our lives in the years to come
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Ten titles to bookmark in 2009
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In India, they will get smaller and more fuel-efficient. Abroad, the push is towards hybrids
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Former Satyam customer Upaid’s CEO claims his billion-dollar court case is the real reason behind Raju’s shocking move
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Why and how institutional investors must demand a management change even though Ramalinga Raju has relented
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What does it take to truly improve board-level governance
in India?
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Naresh Goyal is making a habit of taking a decision—and then taking it back
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She takes over as CEO of ICICI Bank at a difficult time. But she’s the best person to fill KV Kamath’s shoes
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