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Editor's Note
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Manmohan Singh needs an abundance of money to live up to expectations. Running finances are strained, but these five avenues can fill the coffers quickly.
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PE funds are an important source of capital for SMEs. Equally importantly, the many hats they wear can help the business in many ways.
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Adding value is one thing, interfering in the running of the company is quite another. PE funds have to learn to strike the right balance.
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More and more Indian companies are adopting ‘green practices’. It helps the environment, of course. It also helps the business.
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green cars
Despite making huge losses, automakers all over the world are investing heavily in green cars.
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green cars
As eco-friendly cars drive into emerging markets, automakers are finding that each market is a unique challenge.
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Hot Seat
VK Viswanathan’s interview with Kunal N Talgeri.
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enterprise
Men they might be, but they sure seem to know what women
want—in a beauty salon at least.
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real estate
They’re finally able to raise some money. Now, realty companies face a new dilemma: should they repay their mountain of debt or bankroll new projects?
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Auto
When Italian carmaker Fiat says it wants to buy Opel, it raises suspicion and scorn among some quarters in Germany.
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telecom
Even as all mobile telephony players are opting for GSM technology, Sistema has chosen CDMA. It has a plan, but it won’t be easy to pull it off.
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newspapers
Nai Dunia and Dainik Bhaskar got the timing of their ambitious expansion awfully wrong. But small-town India has bailed them out.
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sun tv
South India media mogul Kalanithi Maran is speeding into the Hindi heartland. But can he go the distance?
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internet
After growing handsomely for 16 years without a business plan, Cricinfo now has one. It also has the largest online user base for a cricket website.
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Life: work
More and more, people will rely on technology for work communication. And staying in step makes business sense too.
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Life
From a tiny iPod shuffle to a big blue Mazda, Rishi Khiani, COO of Web18 Software Services, had, at last count, 80 such mechanical things mo ney can buy. Ornella D’Souza spoke to him about his love for gadgetry.
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review
The war against terror creates more terrorists. Modernisation of the financial system results in economic crisis. Look at problems differently, says Joshua Cooper Ramo.
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First
What mattered in the end was good governance. Parties that delivered were rewarded.
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Government
Manmohan’s initial focus: poverty eradication and economic revival.
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Prime mover
He’s tipped to become the PM some day. But what’s his development vision? Amethi, his development lab, offers a peek.
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ranbaxy
Malvinder’s left four years before time. No one’s grieving.
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aviation
They’re trying to occupy the low-cost space with their high-cost structure. Is this the end of the full-service model?
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Q&A
SOMA’s WiMAX contract with BSNL in Gujarat had triggered a row. But its top man tells Anurag Prasad and Smriti Sinha that the technology firm’s records are clean.
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Take One
After a dry spell, India Inc is able to raise money from various sources again.
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Take One
April’s deal numbers were way off last year’s, but at least there are some signs of activity.
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Executive Diary
But in the last month or so, Microsoft has suffered two legal reverses.
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venture capital
If the Ventureast-TeNet Fund experiment succeeds, the entire start-up ecosystem will gain.
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telecom
The Bharti-MTN merger may be a huge deal, but it’s risky.
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retail
Wal-Mart has deferred opening its maiden Indian store.
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