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Queens Boulevard, Signature Theatre, New York (06 December 11:10) |
| Most classic comedies end with a wedding; Queens Boulevard, now off-Broadway, starts with the nuptial feast. Vijay, resplendent in white, enters with his lovely bride, Shizuko. Soon, he stea... |
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Is there value to be found in commodities? (06 December 05:50) |
| Commodities have seen very strong growth over the last few years, underpinned by demand from the fast developing economies of China, India, Brazil and others. |
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Engaging India: Vital remittances (06 December 07:15) |
| Engaging India is an online column analysing the issues, trends and forces behind the business and politics shaping India and its impact on the world, which appears on FT.com India, a dedica... |
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Indian airline privatisation faces uphill battle (06 December 01:30) |
| If you do a web search on the terms "privatisation" and "India," the resulting headlines say it all: "Reserve Bank of India employees plan strike", "Protest against privatisation of ordnance... |
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The utopian myth of India's double dividend (06 December 12:25) |
| Sheila Dikshit, chief minister of the Indian capital territory of Delhi, looks neither fat nor nervous, but she was disarmingly frank this week about the difficulties of coping with an annua... |
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Islamic banking: Race is on to provide shariah products (05 December 01:10) |
| About 350m Muslims live in the rapidly-expanding economies of India, Indonesia and Malaysia, and there are many more in other countries such as Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand. Deali... |
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Germans shun investing in UK (05 December 08:55) |
| German high-technology companies are much more likely to invest in China, India or eastern Europe than Britain, and have a low opinion of its research capabilities, according to a British go... |
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Cash-rich platinum producer shrugs off risks (05 December 08:15) |
| For Impala Platinum, the world's second largest producer, leaving Zimbabwe is not an option. |
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China and India resist emissions cap calls (05 December 12:00) |
| Anyone in doubt about the pivotal position played by China and India at this month's global climate change talks in Bali should glance through the latest forecasts from the International Ene... |
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Asian oil subsidies (04 December 02:55) |
| Plus ça change. In recent years, Asian governments have scrapped or relaxed fuel subsidies and liberalised controlled pricing regimes - but the region still squeaks loudest when oil prices ... |
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The environment: South-western city offers taste of green future (04 December 10:45) |
| For many people in Germany and beyond, Freiburg stands as a vision for a more environment-friendly future. The picturesque city of 200,000 people in Germany's south-west is a magnet for visi... |
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Leisure groups hit by downturn fears (03 December 06:35) |
| Further signs of weakening UK consumer spending came on Monday after Clapham House, the restaurant group, and Regent Inns, the pub and diner group, warned profits would come under pressure t... |
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Clapham House shares plunge (03 December 06:20) |
| Further signs of weakening UK consumer spending came from Clapham House, the restaurant group, which warned on Monday that profits in the current and next financial years would be "significa... |
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Clapham House shares plunge on warning (03 December 04:35) |
| Further signs of weakening consumer spending came from Clapham House the restaurant group which warned profits in the current and next financial year would be "significantly" below its origi... |
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Discrimination rife in Indian economy (03 December 10:10) |
| Male graduates applying for private sector jobs in India are far more likely to progress to the next round if they have high-caste Hindu names than if they have surnames associated with dali... |
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Tata Steel joins 'coal rush' in Mozambique (03 December 02:25) |
| Tata Steel has bought a stake in a coking coal mining project in Mozambique as part of an emerging overseas "coal rush" by India's steel and power companies keen to secure scarce raw materia... |
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Sony flops in Bollywood (03 December 01:55) |
| Hollywood's first big foray into Bollywood has received a bruising reception in India with websites that track box-office sales branding it a flop. |
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First Person: Jagdeesh Singh (01 December 06:20) |
| On December 19 1998, my sister Surjit didn't arrive home as planned from a last-minute holiday to India. At the time, her marriage had acrimoniously collapsed and divorce lawyers had been in... |
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Mistress (01 December 06:05) |
| MistressBy Anita NairArcadia Books £11.99FT bookshop price: £9.59 |
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Lunch with the FT: Rajendra Pachauri (30 November 09:25) |
| As I arrive at Rajendra Pachauri's office in a leafy part of New Delhi, my host also sweeps in, mid-conversation with another visitor. This overlap is typical for Pachauri, who juggles two h... |
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The future for business education in Europe (30 November 09:20) |
| With demand for management education soaring, particularly from China and India, what are the challenges facing Europe's many business schools in the coming decade? |
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Curb lifted on Mumbai development (30 November 05:35) |
| Indian legislators have scrapped a law that has held back development in the financial capital of Mumbai, boosting shares of developers, construction companies and land-rich groups. |
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French foray into Spain provokes Botn backlash (30 November 04:35) |
| Crédit Agricole's first foray into the Spanish retail banking market is facing stiff resistance from the country's all-powerful banking family, the Botíns. And it looks as if it could turn... |
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Enough mobiles for 'half the world' (29 November 07:50) |
| There are now an estimated 3.3bn mobile phone connections around the world, enough to cover half of the world's population, according to Informa Telecoms and Media, the research group. |
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Prudential outsourcing deal has a cold logic (29 November 02:45) |
| Prudential's announcement that it will outsource much of its UK back office to Capita earned a rare pat on the back from the unions and set a new record for misuse of the words "deliver" and... |
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DLF buys into chain of luxury hotels (28 November 10:35) |
| DLF, India's largest listed property developer, has bought one of the world's premium hotel chains in the latest move by the country's companies to extend their overseas acquisition drive to... |
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Facts and figures: East's M&A still bouyant (28 November 12:35) |
| Given the scale and intensity of the crisis that has gripped large parts of the financial system, it can be easy to forget that not all activity has ground to a halt. In large parts of the c... |
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Business warns against CO2 curbs (28 November 07:00) |
| Business representatives attending the CBI's annual conference in London have warned that precipitate moves to strengthen curbs on carbon emissions could damage the competitiveness of Britis... |
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Goldman targets Asean opportunities (28 November 03:50) |
| Goldman Sachs GS has appointed a senior executive to a new role as head of its south-east Asian operations, a move that signals the bank's bullish view of the region's growth prospects. |
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Remittance dilemma (28 November 02:50) |
| Central banks are obliged to keep an ear attuned to the gripes of exporters and banks. Should they also heed growing angst among amahs and construction workers? |
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UN focuses carbon burden (28 November 01:15) |
| China and India should be spared the full burden of fighting climate change, the United Nations said on Tuesday in an agenda-setting report published just days ahead of an intergovernmental ... |
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Private equity sees lower returns from India (27 November 09:40) |
| Global private equity firms are expecting lower returns from India in the next six months as a booming economy and stock market drive up valuations, a new study shows. |
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Rio Tinto to sell $30bn of assets (27 November 03:55) |
| Mining group Rio Tinto on Monday attempted to bolster its defences against a proposed £64bn ($133bn) takeover by rival BHP Billiton BHP, promising to sell up to $30bn of non-core assets and... |
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IPO values Mundra Port at $4.5bn (26 November 11:00) |
| Shares in one of India's few privately owned deepwater ports will start trading on Tuesday after an initial public offering valuing the equity of Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone at about... |
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India's looming power struggle (26 November 04:50) |
| Amulya Charan is sitting in the lobby of the stately Taj Bengal hotel in Kolkata when his phone rings: a small contractor is trying to sell him a 10-megawatt power plant. |
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Delhi looks at foreign coal companies (26 November 04:50) |
| India is launching a government-owned investment company to buy stakes in overseas coal producers and secure future supplies of vital raw materials for its booming steel and power industries... |
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Carrefour eyes two-pronged India strategy (26 November 03:45) |
| SCOOPCarrefour will begin its expected assault on the Indian market next year through a two-pronged attack that will see the world's second-biggest retailer open both retail stores and whole... |
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Malaysian police crush rally by Indians (25 November 10:55) |
| Malaysia on Sunday faced its second big anti-government demonstration this month after nearly a decade's absence of such protests, raising fears about whether the multi-ethnic country's deep... |
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Same difference (24 November 06:02) |
| "Life's not fair," my parents always used to say. Bill Gates and the Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim each have fortunes of about $60bn, according to the rich-list boffins at Forbes. A 1... |
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