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New Paths Into India Offer Alternative Indexing Strategies By Murray Coleman Index Universe, NY Wednesday, 06 February 2008 With stocks in India's major indexes compounding at an annualized rate topping more than 20% in the past decade, it's not surprising that the exchange-traded...

The right questions on India and China By Tunku Varadarajan Financial Times, UK February 6 2008 Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India are reshaping their future and yours By Tarun Khanna Harvard Business School Press, $29.95, £16.99 On finishing this earnest and...

Germany's SAP sees India growth on robust economy Sumeet Chatterjee, Mark Williams Wed Feb 6, 2008 Feb 6 (Reuters) - German software firm SAP AG (SAPG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) sees better growth in India, as small and medium-sized firms and public sector companies spend more on...

India May Attract More Global Investment Due To US Slowdown RTT News, NY 2/6/2008 5:03:17 AM Global investments in India will likely surge if the anticipated US slowdown materializes, the Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said Wednesday. This is mainly due to a shift in...

6. HYDERABAD Growth rate: 7.8% Hyderabad, the financial capital of Andhra Pradesh, is also known as the city of pearls. With an estimated population of 7 million, the city is the biggest contributor to Andhra Pradesh's gross domestic product, state tax and excise revenues. As per...

India's 10 fastest growing cities Rediff February 06, 2008 A lot has been said about India's robust economic growth with economists predicting a bright future for the country. But few know of the booming Indian cities that are adding to the nation's growth. So which are the country's...

The new Indian market iAfrica.com, South Africa Tue, 05 Feb 2008 Golf is among the fastest growing sports in India and the movers and shakers of the Asian and European Tours see huge potential to cash in. This week, the country becomes the 37th destination visited by the European Tour...

Rising rupee reflects strong economy: IMF Arun Kumar, Indo-Asian News Service Washington, February 05, 2008 12:07 IST(5/2/2008) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) views the rising rupee as reflecting the strength in the Indian economy, amongst the world's fastest growing economies...

Dream a dreamless dream Builders blame the government and the government blames the builders. But ordinary folk can only look at enticing billboards and luxurious ads and wonder if their dream of owning a modest house will ever come true. Surely, this is one possibility that can never happen...

IMF Cautions India On Further Capital Restrictions Ruth David, 02.05.08, 5:45 AM ET MUMBAI - The International Monetary Fund has cautioned India against tightening capital restrictions to deal with a surge of foreign inflows into the country that is fueling inflation. The rupee...

Employment increases in unorganised sector 5 Feb, 2008, 2204 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: The population below poverty line has come down with the rise in workers in unorganised sector, a report submitted by National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector said. In January 2005, the...

Hardware boom: PC sales up 11% 6 Feb 2008, 0021 hrs IST,TNN NEW DELHI: A rising rupee and slowdown in US economy may have affected sentiments in the Indian software sector, but the mood in the hardware sector is upbeat. What's adding to their smile is a rise in the overall PC sales, which...

Boon for job seekers Daily News, Sri Lanka 06 Feb 2008 Prospective Lankan overseas job seekers are in luck's way as India has opened its employment market to Sri Lankans. It is offering Dubai type salaries to the would be recruits. Faced with an acute shortage of skilled labour, our...

Shifting the balance Chinese and Indian capitalism Jan 24th 2008 The Economist, UK FIVE years ago, Tarun Khanna, an Indian-born professor at Harvard Business School, grabbed attention with an article in Foreign Policy magazine speculating that India might eventually overtake China...

Tata Motors Thinks Big With Its Nano By Heide B. Malhotra Epoch Times Washington D.C. Staff Feb 06, 2008 WASHINGTON—With a population of 1.1 billion, an expanding economy, and a rapidly growing middle class, India seems to be the perfect market to introduce an inexpensive automobile...

Here is the launch video. Looks more like a ballistic missile. Real test will come with a payload. [url= - Iran launches rocket into space[/url]

Tourist arrivals peak at 5 million in 2007 13 Jan, 2008, 0143 hrs IST,Raja Awasthi, TNN NEW DELHI: It could never have been better than this for the travel and tourism industry. In 2007 the tourist arrivals have touched 5 million as against 4.45 million in the same period last year...

Program to bring students from India to PSU By JILL WHALEN Staff Writer Sunday, 03 February 2008 As early as next year, Penn State Hazleton will begin welcoming students from India as part of a new exchange student program. Through the India Initiative, up to 25 students...

We'd buy it in a Nano second By JULIAN BELTRAME Toronto Sun, Canada Sun, February 3, 2008 It may not be available in Canada for years, if ever, but Canadians have already fallen in love with Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car. With 105 km/h top speed, a 33-horsepower engine and the...

Don't wallow in mayoral scandal By TOM WALSH Detroit Free Press, United States February 3, 2008 When Gov. Jennifer Granholm spoke Thursday to a breakfast crowd of businesspeople at the MGM Grand hotel in Detroit, the room was abuzz with chatter about Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's televised...