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Feb 21, 2009
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This interesting account of how people get ideas buckles under its own premise
Cover Story
Business has been brave enough to trust young leaders, politics hasn’t
These young bureaucrats take initiative, act responsibly, encourage transparency and hold themselves to scrutiny—while functioning in a corrupt and mediocre system
Indian entrepreneurship forums are today confined to showcases, contests and networking. It’s time they think bigger, and turn entrepreneurship into a way of life
Corporate India is incubating young business leaders by the hundreds, if not thousands
Most have ‘inherited’ their places. A few have come up the hard way. The majority are kept out. When will young politicians be able to lead the country?
Today’s second-generation promoters get it easy. But then on, it’s hard—they have to fight old business values inside and a doubting public outside
Economy & Policy
India's brush with this global financial crisis holds out five important monetary policy lessons
Aviation
Four operators banked on soaring air traffic and realty prices. Both have crashed, leaving them short of cash
Enterprise
Come rain or storm, Chennai-based Updater Services keeps the wheels turning in offices across the country
Interviews
Columns
Today’s harsh economic environment is the ideal staging ground for young entrepreneurs
He has seen three crises in 18 years. That’s the basis of the lessons he offers to young scions
The IAS has contributed to India. With these four reforms, it can contribute more­—effectively
Youth is wasted in India. Till date, they haven’t been given a chance to exercise real power
Telecom
It’s not just the government that’s dithering on 3G. Even operators are happy to delay investments
If 3G is to scale up quickly in India, handset prices will have to fall sharply
Industry
Of the five big media deals in the last two years, only one has lived up to its billing
Development
Development projects and illegal salt production are slowly but surely killing India’s largest salt-water lake
Life
Vishal Dhupar, Head, Symantec India
Advertising & Media
The belt-tightening is on. The old guard should come out leaner, but many of the new guns will perish
Take One
In 1984, he was said to be in the running for the country’s top job. Twenty-five years on, he gets it, albeit unofficially
Infosys Technologies and TCS have adopted contrasting forex hedging policies. So, which is better?
Pharma companies have got their forex hedges all wrong. Five of them racked up a collective Rs 1,000 crore forex loss last quarter
The RBI wants banks to cut rates to increase credit flow. Banks want to play it safe. And that’s causing friction between the two
L&T’s AM Naik is bracing himself to launch a bid for Satyam. The market’s verdict: good for Satyam, bad for L&T
Tata Motors’ European centre has one more reason to roll out its ‘green’ applications through a new generation of JLR cars
Dropping its GDP projections has become a habit with this government. It’s lowered it to 7.1%, but even that might elude
The deal will transform Pfizer from a pure pharma play, and give it a diversified healthcare portfolio of biotech drugs
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