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June 17, 2007

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COVER STORY Card Trick  In the last two years, cardholders have been plagued by  onerous new terms, shoddy grievance redressal and continued strong-arm recovery tactics, finds Sucheta Dalal
STOCKS How Venture Capitalists Think Venture capitalists make risky bets so that technological breakthroughs become possible. Shreedhar Kanetkar narrates one such case
CAREERS “We are only beginning. I don’t want to be the biggest; I want to set up a good organisation”  GM Rao narrates his story of starting dozens of businesses - from trading in commodities to jute mills, banking to roads and airports
SUCHETA’S SOLUTIONS    Band Bajaya This case of HDFC Bank shows that customers have yet another reason to worry that they may have to pay the price for a bank’s mistake, over-zealousness or stubbornness
STREET BEAT - Cairn Energy, an oil exploration company that made a mega issue last year, is yet to make its mark in the Indian market - Ramkrishna Forging forges ahead - Does the price of Godrej Industries reflect the sum of its businesses?

WELLNESS Combating Asthma  New research finding on the minimum therapy needed for good asthma control is good news for patients, says Tanushree Kar

EARNING CURVE Forecasting Blunders A recent study shows that finance heads, who confidently forecast stock movements, are often wrong

BEYOND MONEY For Those Who Have Nobody The story of an auto-rickshaw driver who runs a home for the destitute

FUNDS Clear Risk, Unclear Return Franklin Templeton has come out with a fund that will aggressively invest in high-growth companies. There are already proven growth funds in India Large Fund, Large Stocks What kind of risks are the largest funds taking? One way to find out is to check their exposure to stocks of different sizes