Business and Economy - 'Cover Story'

Outliers!

• The B&E Power 100
Sixteen sectors, with only Three showing profits growth, and hundred companies in all!

• Know your leaders!

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• Total companies jumped by our ceos

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• A SWIFT STRATEGY!

the indian Automotive sector as a whole faced tremendous slowdown in demand but market leader Maruti Suzuki posted mind-boggling numbers. B&E Pawan chabra finds out what the company did differently in the last fiscal to achieve this feat

• “Consumers trust maruti”

Shinzo Nakanishi, MD, Maruti Suzuki

• Africa is just an ‘mtn’ away

Having achieved 100 million customers in the Indian market, Sunil Mittal is betting big on the MTN deal to create a Global Conglomerate, says Surbhi Chawla

• “Ours is a tough industry”

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• How the good became the greatest

ONGC has to still find a way to beat the oil volatility cycle without the help of subsidies, says ratan bhagat

• “E&P still is a challenge”

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• Game for the premium Prize?

this volume player stunned market watchers with its aggressive attack. pawan chabra finds out how hero honda achieved more than what was expected of it

• The doctor checks in at #44!

low-priced buyouts, cost control & ensuring sustainable revenues, did the trick for sun pharma. what next? STEVEN PHILIP WARNER answers…

• “Marketing was critical...”
UDAY BALDOTA, VP - INVESTOR RELATIONS, SUN PHARMA

• It’s how you look at it, finally

infosys has been definitely hit by the global slowdown, but it is also learning valuable lessons for its future, say virat bahri & arun roy of B&E

• “Our work will speak...”

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• Why one bird in hand is better!

k. m. birla is at a crossroads – to combine or not to combine is the question. neha saraiya states the raison d’être behind the best possible option...

• ‘Steel’ing the forward march!

NMDC has often borne the double edged sword of ore prices. forward integration could be the desired solution, say virat bahri and deepak ranjan patra

• The unsolved brand dilemma

andhra bank is trying to establish itself in the big league. but first, it needs to change its brand image if it really has national aspirations, says deepak patra

• Thank heavens for the power trip!

Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. has been able to comfortably manage the recession on the basis of sound strategies and its investments in the power sector, by VIRAT BAHRI

• “We focussed on cost cutting and creativity”

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• Next year, a new year. will you be there?

from hedging on commodity exchanges to intelligent buying of raw material, Dabur has done it all... except make it to the B&E Power 100 list; angshuman paul gives his take

• “Seven key states is the focus”

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• The 3 who made it!

through the inveterate glass ceiling, that is. india inc.

• Hold your horses; this is the baby ‘bust’!

The current recession could actually take much longer than most analysts predict

• Don’t miss the light at the end of the tunnel!

Extensive focus on cost cutting will not be enough for businesses in these times

• Playing on topline
Ranking of companies based on total revenue generated during FY 2009

• The ‘D’ companies
Ranking of companies according to dividend paid (% of share face value)