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India to Surpass Japan as No. 2 Asian Car Market by 2016

A worker inspects a Land Rover Discovery on the production line at their Production Facility in Solihull
India will surpass Japan as the No. 2 vehicle market in Asia by 2016, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal based on data and research from IHS Automotive. The report also says that auto sales in China, Asia and the world's largest market, will continue to grow steadily through the rest of the decade.
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Ajmal Kasab: Pak Judicial Panel Arrives in India Today, ITBP Slaps Bill of Rs. 20 Crore for Kasab's Security

A Pakistani judicial panel will be arriving in India on Wednesday. The four-day visit of the panel is a part of the probe into the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, wherein, the panel members will be taking down the statements of the officials involved in the 26/11 Mumbai killing probe. The state of Maharashtra has been slapped with a bill of Rs 8.62 crore by the director general of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) for providing security to Ajmal Kasab outside the Arthur Road jail. The outstanding...
Ducati MotoGP rider Hayden of the U.S. performs a wheelie.

Audi in Talks to Buy Ducati

Audi AG, Volkswagen AG’s luxury unit, is in talks to buy Ducati, the storied Italian motorbike company from its private equity owner, Investindustrial Holdings Ltd., London, CAR magazine reported Monday.
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US Futures Gain On Euro-Area Optimism, Fed Eyed

Stock index futures advanced on Tuesday ahead of data that could provide clues about the intensity of consumer spending and before a monetary policy announcement from the Federal Reserve.
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Futures gain on euro-area optimism, Fed eyed

Stock index futures advanced on Tuesday ahead of data that could provide clues about the intensity of consumer spending and before a monetary policy announcement from the Federal Reserve.
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Stock Index Futures Signal Gains Ahead Of Fed

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.56 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.45 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.54 percent at 0949 GMT.
Mass Marriage and Engagement in the Prostitution Village

India's 'Prostitute Village' Hosts Mass Weddings to End Sex Trade

The village of Vadia, situated in the northern district of Banaskantha, is notorious for forcing girls, some young as 12 years old into prostitution. Women from the community, who were once dancers and singers for the local war lords during pre-Independence era, were later roped into the sex trade as a means to make easy money. With their reputation tarnished, many community girls were considered unsuitable for marriage and prostitution began to thrive in these regions.
A trader checks stacked boxes of cotton inside a cotton processing unit at Kadi

India Partially Lifts Cotton Export Ban

Indian cotton shipments will resume for previously registered sales, but the government ban on new cotton exports will remain in effect until a review within the next two weeks.
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi

PepsiCo Shake-Up: Ex-Exec To Run Food Unit

The hiring of Wal-Mart's Brian Cornell to run the Americas food unit and promotion of longtime executive John Compton to the new post of president might be seen as attempts to find a successor to Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi, who has been mentioned in media reports as a potential candidate for World Bank president.

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