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This is not like a one-quarter hit; it will take time: PVR chief Ajay Bijli

At a cinema level, we haven't laid off people but senior employees have taken a 50 per cent salary cut while others have taken a cut anywhere between 10 and 25 per cent, the chairman said

Our entire supply chain has been disrupted: Metro Cash & Carry CEO

If the situation doesn't improve we will have shortages throughout the country, says Mediratta

We plan to launch new scooters and bikes above 125cc: Suzuki Motorcycle MD

In a Q&A, Koichiro Hirao says the Indian rider is shifting towards performance motorcycles, and that his firm is well poised to cater to this demand

Our order volume has surged twofold after spread of coronavirus: Hari Menon

HARI MENON, co-founder and CEO of BigBasket, tells Bibhu Ranjan Mishra how the Bengaluru-based unicorn is managing such a huge demand

Coronavirus impact on us relatively limited: Sameer Nagpal CEO Dalmia-OCL

In refractories, the raw material supply chain is very much dependent on China. There have been some minor disruptions but not any major impact on the supply chain side

Udaan co-founders on how their set up earned the fast-growing unicorn tag

Sujeet Kumar, Vaibhav Gupta and Amod Malviya talk to Bibhu Ranjan Mishra about how Udaan took flight

There will be a coronavirus vaccine, likely by 2022-end: Zavaray Poonawalla

Founder-Director Serum Institute of India tells Business Standard that India's social containment of the epidemic so far has been good

We have a strong launch pipeline: Godrej Properties MD Mohit Malhotra

Mohit Malhotra, managing director of the company, tells Business Standard how the company is going ahead with its plans

Mergers take time to evolve, says Wunderman Thompson's Tarun Rai

Merger of Wunderman and J Walter Thompson has allowed us to step into areas we weren't exploring much earlier Rai tells Viveat Susan Pinto

Genpact CEO Tyagarajan explains how he came to be known as 'Tiger'

Tyagarajan tells Nivedita Mookerji why the coronavirus outbreak is a wake-up call for people across the world

2019 was a tough year but optimistic about future: L&T's Subrahmanyan

He said the stoppage of infrastructure projects in multiple states, macroeconomic concerns, and the coronavirus scare have led to the company losing its growth momentum briefly

Tea with BS: Ashoka University's Gautam Menon on getting ready for Covid-19

Menon explains to Rahul Jacob why viruses are "a given of humankind" and why wearing masks as protection is ineffective for most people

BMW will continue to gain segment share despite slowdown: President & CEO

In an interview with T E Narasimhan & Gireesh Babu, Rudratej Singh of BMW Group India says the company has remained competitive despite headwinds

We'll keep investing in India as long as we see opportunities: Blackstone

Schwarzman spoke to Pavan Lall, and fielded questions on concerns about the coronavirus, the next few quarters for the world economy, and doing business in India

The age of integrated planning is upon us, says Essence India MD

'Ad frauds are becoming more and more sophisticated, so are detection tools', says Anand Chakravarthy

Mercedes India CEO on why luxury space is yet to take off in the country

Schwenk talks to Pavan Lall about learning from foreign markets, issues that hold back luxury products sales in India and the route Mercedes takes to integrate with local systems and processes

Wall Street is beginning to see renewed vigour in Cognizant: CEO Humphries

'We have beaten Wall Street estimates for three quarters in a row now', said Brian Humphries

We won't sign MFI code as we already lend responsibly: Bandhan Bank chief

'MFIs need to lend responsibly. We don't do target-based lending', said Ghosh

Brazil can help accelerate India's ethanol blending programme: Raizen CEO

Raizen, one of Brazil's biggest ethanol producers is looking for partnerships with Indian firms, the company's CEO tells Business Standard in an interview

We don't have any plans for listing: Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance MD & CEO

We are disclosing as much and sometimes more than what the listed companies are disclosing