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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

McDonald's tries to keep its head above water with cost cuts

How McDonald's is putting its house (and kitchen) in order to fight inflation and stagnating sales

America's wealthiest families

India Inc is bullish on GST

India Inc is optimistic about the impending bill which is expected to be the country's most vibrant tax reform

Industry must gear up for GST era

Industry sectors are waiting to see when and how GST is implemented, but they should be doing their own share of preparations as well

Nation Watching with Ruchir Sharma

The head of emerging markets and chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley Investment Management talks about his latest book, and why nuance is essential to evaluating a country

Rajya Sabha passes GST Bill: How it will impact various sectors

Implementation of GST will affect various sectors differently. Grant Thornton offers a quick look at how some of them will fare once the new tax regime comes into effect

How the Super 50 companies achieve greatness

While their end objective may be a strong bottom line, what sets Forbes India's Super 50 Companies apart from others is their approach to achieving it. They focus on qualities that 'wow' customers, keep employees happy and, in the process, keep their cash registers ringing

IndusInd Bank's success mantra: Plan. Execute. Repeat

A strong performance culture, clarity of strategy and smart and innovative execution are at the core of IndusInd Bank's success. And much of that can be attributed to MD and CEO Romesh Sobti's leadership skills

By sticking to basics, Pidilite continues to dominate the adhesives market

By staying true to its focus on creating brands that enjoy instant recognition and keeping customers close, Pidilite has ensured a long-time dominance of the adhesives market

How the Amin family scions changed Alembic's fortunes

The gen-next of the Amin family has transformed the legacy business of Alembic Pharma into a generic formulations play and, in the process, put the company on an accelerated growth path

Anil Rai Gupta carries forward QRG's legacy at Havells India

Qimat Rai Gupta's legacy lives on in Havells India. The founder's strategy made the company a household name in electrical gear. Son Anil Rai Gupta is now preoccupied with the next phase of growth

What it takes to be a Super 50 company

Constant innovation backed by quality R&D and strategic acquisitions have propelled some companies ahead of their competitors

Blue Dart: Providing customer satisfaction @express speed

By putting customers first, Blue Dart has turned itself into the largest express courier company in South Asia

Thoughts on competing

The company that has emerged as the biggest smart home player

The house of the future is being sold in the most old-fashioned way imaginable: By pounding the pavement and working the phones. So why are some of Silicon Valley's sharpest investors suddenly interested?

Meet the new moguls of gaming

Thanks to cellphones and the app store, there's a new way to monetise fame. Meet the new moguls of gaming: Kim Kardashian, Ellen DeGeneres and dozens of other bold-faced names have quickly created a $200 million cottage industry around mobile games

Bigbang theory: How K-Pop's top act earned $44 million in a year

Bigbang, the first Korean act to land on our Celeb 100, pulled in $44 million this year, offering a window into the campy K-Pop genre—and a blueprint for making money on music anywhere in the world

Technology giants wage a trillion-dollar war for the Cloud

As the data-intensive Internet of Things becomes a reality, the cloud is shaping up to be the biggest business opportunity in a generation, and Amazon, Microsoft and Google all want to claim the biggest slice

Some lesser-known Olympic trivia

The Olympics are a treasure trove of anecdotes and trivia. Here are some of the lesser-known ones

India's Rio contingent in numbers

As the country sends its largest contingent (of 120) to the 2016 Olympic Games, we offer you interesting insights on its medal hopes

The Games are a reminder of a fractious world and of how amity is possible

The Games have had socio-political ramifications since their inception in 1896. Today, they stand more sanitised but no less significant

Super 50: The formula that makes these companies 'super'

Focus on capital efficiency, innovation and customer centricity characterises the Super 50 companies