Business Today (Dec 14) articles

Cover Story
Fighting the bad times
K. R. Balasubramanyam and Kushan Mitra
Vijay Mallya’s aviation business has landed in a sea of red. Mallya has a survival plan, but he may need to look at drastic options to stay afloat. K. R. Balasubramanyam and Kushan Mitra go into the details.
‘‘We can wipe out our losses in three years”
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Reporter's Diary
The ground reality
BT reporters go incognito across five cities to find out what’s the best deal your money can buy against a developer’s listed price.

Policy Watch
The fight gets real
Puja Mehra
The global crisis has spilled from the international financial system into the real sector. Here’s what the UPA government’s game plan for dealing with it is looking like at the moment.

People
Walking the talk with Obama
Named one of the most powerful women in the world, Nancy M. Barry, 59, the Founder and President of Enterprise Solutions to Poverty and former President of the New York-based Women’s World Banking, is no stranger to the limelight.

Special
Messiah or merchant?
E Kumar Sharma
Vikram Akula has revolutionised Indian microfinance by building SKS—one of the biggest brands in rural India. His critics feel that he has ignored the very people he should be helping.
Poverty's new saviour
“India needs game changers In microfinance
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60 MINUTES
'New house numbers in the US have fallen to lowest since WW II'
United Technologies (UTC), the $54.8-billion (Rs 2,74,000 crore) diversified industrial conglomerate, and its 51-year-old President and CEO Louis R. Chênevert, are no strangers to India.

Money
Coping with an uncertain market
Manu Kaushik
The market meltdown has cleaned up nearly 60 per cent of investor wealth. How are investors trying to cope with their losses? We take a look.
The art of living frugally

Trends
Time for a price cut?
Virendra Verma
Despite a call from the FM, industry leaders say cutting production is a better way to deal with recession.
‘‘Firms in UK and China are looking for investment opportunities”
Ecomomy watch
Ranked
Market meltdown continues
‘‘India remains a robust market’’
Instan tip
Numbers of note
‘Impossible to be risk proof’
The generosity index
The sWaP phone
Heathrow-on-sea
The fight gets real
To be precise
Passports get smart
China’s 10-point bailout
Banking on a change
A spirited upswing

Noted
Ranked
Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani, with a net worth of $20.8 billion, is the richest Indian in the world. Ambani has displaced Lakshmi Mittal, according to a list of the nation’s 40 richest people compiled by the Forbes.

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