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- Women are judged to be less visionary than men in 360-degree feedback. It may be a matter of perception, but it stops women from getting to the top.
- The recession, downturn or whatever you call it, has dented most kinds of lists - lists of billionaires, lists of most valuable companies, lists of top recruiters and so on.
- They may not be running businesses or owning them, but this clutch of women in government influences the course that India Inc. takes.
- They are instrumental in hiring top talent for India Inc. BT profiles the leading ladies of executive search.
- Women are rapidly storming workplaces that were until recently male bastions.
- They have few issues being relegated to the background, and letting their wives climb up to heights that few men have reached before.
- With the courts suggesting maternal intervention as a means to getting the warring Ambani brothers to smoke the peace pipe, Kokilaben D. Ambani may well be the one who determines whether India remains energy-starved or not. Really?
- Be it pushing the envelope at their businesses or throwing themselves into a social venture or getting behind the camera at Bollywood, passion unites these rising daughters in India Inc.
From the Editor
Defining power is a huge challenge. Defining powerful women is a bigger challenge. Having taken on this challenge for seven years, we have reasons to believe that we know more than others about how much women have come to influence and inspire business in India. Indian pharma's search for the magic pill
While MNCs are invading India in a desperate quest for new markets, Indian pharma firms are struggling to expand and rise up the value chain in a tough, competitive environment. The pharma high flier has been hammered by derivative losses and is choking on a mountain of debt. The good news: Some deft financial restructuring has given both promoter and industry hope. Switch from your ritual cup of java to a “healthier” green tea. When this trader turned into a manufacturer of galvanised steel, he had to run around to buy the raw material. Today, Rajinder Miglani has got ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaker, as a stakeholder, co-promoter—and supplier. For ArcelorMittal’s L.N. Mittal, it is the first footprint in India. Across businesses ranging from engineering to personal products, Azim Premji has quietly built a non-IT portfolio that’s worth a billion dollars - that's roughly a fourth of the annual revenues of the infotech flagship.'The world is a much poorer place now'
Last fortnight, the opening bell of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Dalal Street was rung by a surprise guest — Peter T. Grauer, Chairman, Bloomberg L.P.Bid for breakfast with your boss
Bharti Airtel dovetails HR with CSR to come up with a first-of-its-kind employee engagement formula. Come good, to make up for coming late
Our policies have to enable both 3G and BWA for efficient delivery of triple play—voice, data and entertainment.What longer trading hours will mean
The ideal solution would be to have only index futures traded for extended hours while everything else continues with the current schedule.
From 'type & search' to 'talk & search'
Google Voice Search comes for Symbian Series 60 devices. Honestly, though, we're left feeling a little let down after using it. Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has been India's answer to Ashton Kutcher in the role that he has played in popularising the microblogging service, Twitter. Do you need a planner?
Like most people, you may think you don’t but you could be wrong. BT kicks off a three-part series on sound financial planning. In the first, we begin by emphasising the need for a professional planner. A Corporate Fact Base
Your annual BT-500 (BT cover, November 15) is a useful and handy guide to explore the wealth-creating capabilities of India’s most valuable companies. Impersonating on Twitter? It's illegal!
Copying someone’s identity to tweet could land you in trouble. Court can even serve notice on an anonymous person through a networking site or on email, says Shamni Pande.In: Dual-SIM. Out: Portability & brand loyalty
At least half a million dual-SIM mobile phones get bought in India a month as customers cotton on to never-before deals. Brand loyalty and number portability increasingly lose relevance. A recent global survey by McKinsey found that inspirational leadership — that defined expectations from workers and rewarded deserving ones, remained the most sought-after quality in CEOs during and after the crisis.What it takes to get an Indian business visa
Indians always had problems securing visa — specially work visa. After all, we are one of the largest labour exporters in the world. That’s what bankers are telling customers after an RBI report shows a rise in complaints against banks. How do you SMS a business associate who is more comfortable interacting in Hindi? A new software for mobile phones could solve this problem and make conducting business easier.Mobile helpline for the farmer
The hitherto “unconnected” farmer could soon see his cultivation yield better results, thanks to the mobile phone’s increasing reach, says Rahul Sachitanand.Dumped: 13,000 bread slices every day!
And this happens daily. Why? Because British firm Marks & Spencer does not use the crust and the first slice of a loaf to make sandwiches. Rajiv Rao tells more.'India can be a leading player in renewable energy generation'
Gavin Greene, Worldwide head of the electrical division of the energy consultancy firm SgurrEnergy, spoke on the promising growth prospects of renewable energy in India. Though there is finally a deadline for the 3G auction, the timing, quality and speed of 3G service roll-out are still open to questions. Can New Delhi meet the deadline? Kushan Mitra tells more. 
