Hints and tips:
...The key takeaway, writes FT director of strategic partnerships James Lamont, is a reminder that “business is about relationships with people, not simply transactions”....
...It kept emperors (Charles V, then Philip II) at suspicious arm’s length but wilted when their stewardship stiffened into close-up domination....
...The US, China, Australia and Canada have all cut rates. Fiscal stimulus plans are under way in South Korea and Japan; Italy is set to follow suit....
...Kidambi has us believe that this was a serious sporting enterprise, not simply a bit of imperial tinsel....
...Days later, they were knighted by George V....
...When David Beckham gently kicked him during England v Argentina at the World Cup in 1998, Simeone played dead, Beckham was sent off and England lost....
...R.V. Kanoria, the president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, said the budget was “not going to stimulate growth in the economy.”...
...It is not surprising that India has taken such a proactive measure to secure itself,” said V.R. Raghavan, a retired general and president of the Centre for Security Analysis....
...Dov Frishberg, New York, NY, US...
...V. Rao Aiyagari may be a scientist but he knows a thing or two about banking....
...It’s not possible for us to pass on the costs to our consumers. We have increased prices a bit but the competition is very tough.”...
...V.K....
...P.V. Naik, head of India’s air force, said the region’s infrastructure was being overhauled to support modern weaponry....
...V. Naik, the head of the IAF, said that one of his priorities was studying India’s “ability to absorb the technology” of fourth-generation fighters....
...To a certain extent the audiences were as interesting a show for us as we were for them....
...Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik, the chief of staff of the Indian air force, said India had the intellectual prowess and industrial expertise to grow its own aircraft manufacturing sector....
...“Labour investment v Tory cuts” no longer seems available, since whoever wins will have to make public spending cuts, but the prime minister’s allies still hope to create some “dividing lines”....
...Commerce Secretary Lamont denies tariff will hurt trade. Notes that 80% of imports are duty-free or will have duty reduced or unchanged under the new tariff....
...Additional reporting by Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt, Norma Cohen in London, Robin Harding in Tokyo, James Lamont in New Delhi and Jamil Anderlini in Beijing...
...The bank’s senior management, led by K.V. Kamath, chief executive, have been at pains to reassure investors and depositors of the financial institution’s health....
...Plaudits have been pouring in for Y.V. Reddy....
..., Old Vic artistic director Kevin Spacey in London, and Joseph V....
...If we have a failure, it can hurt us....
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