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La Inflaci?n Golpea Este a?o m?s a las Familias de Menos Ingresos

Los aumentos en alimentos, salud y vestimenta son mayores en la base de la pir?mide. La inflaci?n en el primer semestre del a?o golpe? m?s fuerte a los estratos m?s bajos de la poblaci?n con un alza de precios acumulada de hasta 4,4%, inform? ayer el Instituto Nacional de Estad?stica y Censos (Indec). La inflaci?n promedio para Capital Federal y Gran Buenos Aires desde enero calculada por el organismo fue de 3,9%. El Indec considera para el 20% de la poblaci?n m?s rica la variaci?n de ...

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La Prensa (Argentina) (link opens in a new window)

“Push for Innovation” is the New Mantra for IIT Graduates

Pointing out that there would be a much greater premium on innovation in India in future than has been the case so far, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Saturday hoped that the students graduating from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, will push for innovation. Entrepreneurs NEW DELHI: Pointing out that there would be a much greater premium on innovation in India in future than has been the case so far, Planning Commission Deputy...

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The Hindu (link opens in a new window)

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South Asia

India Has The Brains, But Where’s The Beef?

India is full of smart, highly-trained, English-speaking computer wizards, thanks to the legendary Indian Institutes of Technology. All it needs is decent infrastructure--code for airports, highways and the reliable supply of utilities--and its full potential is ready to be realized. Sound familiar? That’s the shibboleth that many Western executives and journalists buy into, fed by quick fact-finding trips and endlessly repeated media myths. In India, critic...

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Forbes (link opens in a new window)

Innovating for the Bottom of the Pyramid

How Indian Industry is managing quality? ? A major objective of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Mission for Innovation in Manufacturing is to sensitise the business community to look at the bottom of the pyramid, where innovations are really required. For the upper and middle sections of the society innovative products will always be available from the West. ? However, these products can not be and will not be used by the bottom of the pyramid. To ensure the partic...

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Business Standard (link opens in a new window)

HSBC India Goes in for a Down-to-Earth Transformation

Think of HSBC Bank in India and you may have this impression of a stiff upper lip, British style-bank, with bankers attired in classy suits, catering to the high and mighty in clipped English accent! That’s an image undergoing change. Chennai, Aug. 13. Think of HSBC Bank in India and you may have this impression of a stiff upper lip, British style-bank, with bankers attired in classy suits, catering to the high and mighty in clipped English accent! That’s an image undergoing change...

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Business Line (link opens in a new window)

Empowering Mothers Around the World

A family lives in a small village by a river-a mother, two girls and a boy. The water isn’t clean, but the children play in it avoiding dead fish whose pale bellies roll on the surface. There’s a mill or refinery or food processing plant several kilometers upstream that spews thick raw sludge into the river. The plant’s smoke stacks send opaque plumes of gaseous toxins skyward; flakes the color of slate settle on the roofs and sills and the mother’s struggling crops of...

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The Louisiana Weekley (link opens in a new window)

Can the Banks Fight Poverty?

Recently, I was at a friend’s office in Lagos and we were discussing issues bordering on the economy and business. We were analysing the business climate in Nigeria vis-?-vis the prevailing government policies, especially with regard to banks. My friend is managing a medium sized private business in the aviation sector, which is apparently doing well with prospects for growth. He is looking forward to expanding and making the business bigger. We were also discussing the prospects of one star...

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The Guardian (link opens in a new window)

Mobile Phone Charges Ripe for Free-Fall Phase

When Communications Commission of Kenya director-general Joseph Waweru told journalists last November that mobile phone call tariffs would drop by half in the next 12 months, very few believed such a feat was achievable. Then, the average cost of a wireless call within one network stood at a high of Sh30 per minute, while calls across networks were priced at as high as Sh50 per minute. Aug 13, 2007 (Business Daily/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- When Communications Commission of Kenya dir...

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Calibre Macro*World- Business Daily (link opens in a new window)