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India’s Nuclear “Explosion” a Cash Generator for Global Energy Companies

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By Jason Simpkins Managing EditorMoney Morning After being locked out of global nuclear trade for more than three decades, India is looking to lock up some major energy deals. Large global energy companies are lining up in droves to make sure that happens. India launched its first nuclear test in 1974, but the country refused […]

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News Corp. Expands Presence in India with $100 Million Investment

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By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor News Corp. (NWS), the media giant owned by Rupert Murdoch, will strengthen its presence in India with the creation of six regional television channels. Murdoch has in the past warned that an advertising slowdown in the newspaper and television industries would have a decidedly negative impact on U.S. media businesses. […]

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India Fuels Inflation by Bailing Out Refineries

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By Jason SimpkinsAssociate Editor Soaring oil prices have forced Indian authorities to raise subsidized fuel prices and risk propelling inflation that is already running at a three-year high.  The Indian government subsidizes most fuel costs, meaning state oil firms are forced to sell fuel at hugely discounted rates to shield consumers from inflation. But with […]

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India and Other Emerging Economies Continue to Struggle With Inflation

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By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor India's wholesale price index rose 7.82% for in the week ended May 10, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry reported. It marked the 13th straight week that the inflation rate has been above the central bank's 5.5% target, highlighting the increased pressures many developing nations are under given soaring commodities […]

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Investors Leaving India's Market Aren't Thinking Long-Term

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By Mike Caggeso Associate Editor Of the emerging BRIC (Brazil, Russia, China and India) nations, India's stocks are priced the cheapest as government measures to curb inflation have turned away investors, Bloomberg News reported using its own compiled data. Making matters worse, India has the fewest natural commodities of the four-nation bloc – meaning it's […]

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India and Iran Plan Move Gas Project Forward Despite U.S. Reservations

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By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor After a visit to Sri Lanka, Iranian Prime Minister Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stopped off in India yesterday (Tuesday) to put the finishing touches on an agreement that will bring Iranian gas to Pakistan and India through a $7.6 billion pipeline. The 1,615-mile pipeline will transport 30 million cubic meters of natural […]

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With Strong Growth Prospects at Home and Increasing Influence Abroad, India is a Profit Play Investors Need to Make Now

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By Martin Hutchinson Contributing Editor The Indian market as measured by the Mumbai Sensex Index is down 22% this year, about 25% below its all-time high reached in January. That's not very surprising: China is down further (about 35%) and most other emerging stock markets have also fallen. Growth in 2008 seems likely to be […]

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In India, Mobile TV Offers Greater Potential Than Similar Service in the U.S. Market, Study Says

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By William Patalon III Executive EditorMoney Morning/The Money Map Report The market for mobile TV services in India will reach $360 million this year, as an estimated 12 million consumers sign up for this new entertainment offering in its first year of existence, market researcher Springboard Research announced in a new study released this week. […]

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India Embraces Africa, Opens the Door to Competition with China

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By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor The first ever India-Africa summit concluded yesterday (Wednesday), having laid the groundwork for future cooperation between the regions. In the years ahead, India will be competing with China for influence in a resource-rich continent that boasts strong supplies of gold, silver, cotton, cocoa, and copper and aluminum ore. The two-day […]

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India's Strong IT Sector So Far Unaffected by U.S. Turmoil

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By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor The U.S. financial services sector has been devastated by the widespread collapse of mortgage-backed assets, but banking, financial, services, and insurance (BFSI) operations in India have been markedly less affected. The BFSI segment has historically been the highest spender on technology and accounts for a substantial portion of revenues generated […]

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Analysts Cut India's 2008 GDP Forecast; Businesses Still Attracted to the Market

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By Mike Caggeso Associate Editor India's poor domestic infrastructure, high population and threatening levels of unemployment will slow the country's real gross domestic product [GDP] growth, Moody's Economy.com said in a report. It forecasted India's real GDP to slow to 8.0% in 2008, down from the 8.8% it posted in 2007, Thomson Financial reported. Other […]

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India's Demand for Telecom Growth Fuels Competition, $10 Billion IPO

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By Mike Caggeso Associate Editor India's biggest telecommunications company, state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., or BSNL, plans to raise $10 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) sometime next year. Such a price tag would make the IPO India's largest ever, even though it would only amount to a 10% divestment of the company, currently […]

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Auto Industry moves to India and China

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By Martin Hutchinson Contributing Editor India's Tata Motors Ltd. (TTM) last week unveiled its "one lakh' Tata Nano, an automobile that will sell for one lakh [100,000 rupees], or just over $2,500. That price undercuts Tata's Indian competition by about 30%, and is certain to add to the company's market share even as it causes […]

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Outlook 2008: Five Ways to Profit Even If India's Growth Slows in the New Year

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Editor's Note: This is the Ninth Installment of an Ongoing Series Highlighting the Global Investing Outlook for 2008. By Martin Hutchinson Contributing Editor Over the past five years, India has demonstrated it is a growth economy rivaling that of China. But, unlike China, India is a democracy, so it's far less likely the economy will […]

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India Forecasts 9% GDP Growth and $30 Billion in Overseas Investment in 2008

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By Mike Caggeso Associate Editor Despite the rocky start forecasted in U.S. markets, analysts and government officials in India are calling for 9% GDP growth and $30 billion of overseas investment by the end of 2008. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH) said India's economy – the second-fastest growing major economy – is at the "take-off […]

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