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JSW Steel promoter Sajjan Jindal aims for pole position

India's second-largest steel maker wants to be among the top cement and power producers as well, even though his flagship steel business is under stress

Vijay Mallya leaves Diageo: Sweet Rs 500 crore deal shames banks, politicians

Even now, as Mallya gets ready to leave for the UK, banks are remarkably silent on what to do with the man who racked up such debts and drove the airline into virtual bankruptcy

As Mallya steps out, M K Sharma to take over as new USL chairman

Mallya's exit from the board of USL ended a long-drawn tussle between him and the majority owner, UK's Diageo

Lunch With BS: Sandeep Goyal

His five-year non-compete clause with Japanese advertising giant Dentsu may be over, but Goyal tells Shailesh Dobhal he is in no hurry to return to the 'traditional' ad business

Newsmaker: Mohit Goel

Making a big splash

Newsmaker: Mukesh Bansal

Reinventing fashion

Subhash Chandra: The serial entrepreneur

Vision and risk have defined Subhash Chandra's journey from an 18-year-old trader to the head of a somewhat eclectic $3 bn business empire

Repair shop to Quick Heal IPO, a long journey for Katkar brothers

Founder Kailash and Sanjay Katkar complete their over 20-year-old journey from hardware repair shop to Dalal Street

Blue Star appoints Vir S Advani as MD

B Thiagarajan to take charge as Joint Managing Director

Newsmaker: Wang Jianlin

Chinese movie mogul's big bet on Haryana

Entrepreneur achievers head Padma list

Dhirubhai Ambani gets Padma Vibhushan; Pallonji Mistry, R C Bhargava and ex-CAG Vinod Rai get Padma Bhushan

Newsmaker: Guenter Butschek

Aiming for a global appeal

Ram Manohar Reddy: Editor of the socialist journal who accepted change

Reddy quit as the editor of Economic and Political Weekly after a decade with the journal

Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg donates $31 mn to charity

Majority of the $31 million donation will go to women's empowerment groups

Newsmaker: Radhika Aggarwal & Sanjay Sethi

Clued in on e-commerce

Azim Premji most generous Indian for third year running

He is followed by Nandan Nilekani and Narayana Murthy in Hurun India Philanthropy List

A B Khare named CMD of Madras Fertilzers

He was previously working with Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers as Chief General Manager

Vishal Suri is new MD of Kuoni India

Replaces Rajeev Wagle who quit; top management changes come a month after Thomas Cook buys the company

Anoop Sharma appointed Managing Director of Essar Shipping

Sharma joined Essar in 2008 and until recently, served as CEO & wholetime director on the company's board

Ratan Tata waxes eloquent on UP, Akhilesh

Says UP misunderstood and underplayed