Archive for July 16th, 2008

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India can grow over 8-8.5%

Posted by Dave
July 16, 2008

SIFY
[Confederation of Indian Industry President and ICICI Bank Managing Director K V Kamath ] noted with satisfaction India having a strong savings rate of 34.8 per cent, investment rate of 35.9 per cent and incremental capital-output ratio (ICOR) of four per cent, better than China(4.3 per cent) and Brazil (5.1 per cent). The country had [...]

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Brazil agribusiness wants looser ties to China, India in WTO talks

Posted by Dave
July 16, 2008

AFP
PFAN President Gilman Viana Rodrigues told reporters that that strategy benefited India and China more than Brazil.
It delivered “a certain level of concessions to protectionist countries that are not exporters … and these concessions are going to diminish the ambition of countries like Brazil,” he said.
Brazil’s agricultural sector accounts for 24 percent of gross [...]

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“Kandasamy” Alias “Mallanna” Can Be Found In Around Hyderabad After Mexico

Posted by Dave
July 16, 2008

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Tourist arrivals to Mexico from South India can expect to see a jump once this movie is released.
INDIAN FILMDOM
SUSI GANESAN’s Kandasamy is starring VIKRAM and SHREYA SARAN in the lead. The entire Crew returned to India after a 25 day long shoot in Mexico and are about to start shooting in Hyderabad . [...]

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Year one of AO – After Oil

Posted by Dave
July 16, 2008

The sooner policy makers in India and Latin America begin a “let’s put a man on the moon” effort to massively upgrade urban transit and inter-city rail for their citizens the better.
The Kansas City Post:
I think history will mark history will mark 2008 as year one of AO – After Oil. We are entering [...]

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Brazil: Another reason for high oil prices

Posted by Dave
July 16, 2008

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BloggingStocks
Oil workers at Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company, have gone out on strike. Brazil is a modestly important supplier of crude, but with the recent discovery of large off-shore deposits, its role is likely to grow.
According to Bloomberg, the strike “may cut Brazilian daily oil output by more than half.”
The strike raises two [...]

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India: los secretos de un boom

Posted by Dave
July 16, 2008

Thanks to my friend Martin O’Farrell for the link. From a leading Spanish newspaper out of Buenos Aires. Some highlights:
via lanacion.com
En cambio, hoy prevalece por sobre las diferencias algo parecido al ?orgullo indio?, y eso no es nada casual. ?Vemos los avances todo el tiempo; hemos hecho tantos cambios en tan pocos años…
En los últimos [...]