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MDT/PTI 07 November 2012
Obama in this presidential elections campaign had criticised outsourcing of jobs to countries like India saying that US needs to create jobs locally   Bangalore: The re-election of US President Barack Obama is not the best news for IT outsourcing industry, reports PTI quoting Phaneesh...

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Harsh Desai 07 November 2012
Obama has been re-elected as the President of the United States of America. Romney could not get back in the game after several mis-steps. An analysis by Harsh Desai CNN has just called the election and announced that Barack Obama will be elected as the next President of the United...

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MDT/PTI 07 November 2012
The 51-year-old first African-American president was projected by television channel CNN as having won the second term with 274 electoral votes   Washington: Barack Obama won a second term in office overcoming a stiff initial challenge from his Republican challenger Mitt Romney after...

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Harsh Desai 05 November 2012
With just one day to go, Obama and Bruce Springsteen are due to hold a rally while Governor Romney continues to press for his case as President I arrive at Wisconsin late Sunday evening and learnt that President Obama and Bruce Springsteen are to hold an early morning rally in Madison....

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At the end of October the New York Times published an article concerning the “hidden wealth” of China’s prime minister Wen Jiabao’s family. The story provides an excellent example of how business is done in China specifically and in emerging markets in general At the end of October the...

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Harsh Desai 04 November 2012
With the US Presidential Elections frenzy escalating and too close to call, conspiracy theories abound with regard to the voting process   While walking through the campus of Ohio State University (OSU) there is a Buckeyes American football game going on in the afternoon. I scramble to...

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Harsh Desai 03 November 2012
Can just 18 Electoral College votes decide the outcome of the next US President? How confident are the Republicans of the prospects of Governor Mitt Romney winning in Ohio? We drive down on a crispy winter day to Cincinnati, a beautiful city on the banks of the Ohio River with parts of...

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Harsh Desai 02 November 2012
The election battleground of the state of Ohio has become a key focal point of the US elections and its election result could determine the next US President It is quite possible that the election on 6th November, Election Day, may come down to the battleground state of Ohio. The state...

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Harsh Desai 01 November 2012
With Hurricane Sandy having gained massive attention, President Obama has been getting a lot of free ‘advertising’ and will try to woo swing voters in Boulder, Colorado as the presidential campaigns nears its climax     Denver is full of unexpected delights. The sky looks colourful...

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Harsh Desai 31 October 2012
Bill Clinton says that the election outcome might depend on the vote in Adams County. After his speech in Denver, everyone feels that President Obama has a strong case and will prevail and overcome   The rally is at 4pm at Adams High School at Commerce City in Denver, Colorado. I join...

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Harsh Desai 30 October 2012
Indians are the backbone of the US economy and an important chunk of the Democrat support base. It’s not about a few doctors, IT professionals and corner shop owners—the trial and conviction of Rajat Gupta and the ouster of Vikram Pandit, which made world headlines, shows that Indians are now...

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MDT/PTI 30 October 2012
President Obama declared that megastorm Sandy had sparked a major disaster in the states of New York and New Jersey. Stock trading also remain closed in the US for the second day New York: Superstorm Sandy battered the US East Coast on Tuesday with fierce winds and heavy rains, killing...

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MDT/PTI 29 October 2012
The women are thought to have been recruited from the war-torn Russian republic of Chechnya by an al-Qaeda-linked group, with bases in Pakistan and Afghanistan   London: Al-Qaeda has formed an all-female 'Burkha Brigade' whose cadres are being trained to infiltrate and hit military...

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MDT/PTI 29 October 2012
Hurricane Sandy has brought back memories of the hurricane Irene that had pounded the eastern seaboard last August, resulting in similar shutdowns, mass evacuations and power outages for millions New York: The US East Coast braced itself to weather one of the worst storms in decades as...

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Harsh Desai 28 October 2012
Obama may have made a big mistake when he did not lay out a jobs roadmap for his second term Anyway you cut it, Americans have jobs on their mind. You might start a conversation about healthcare but they want to talk about jobs. You talk about the weather; they will want to talk about...

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Harsh Desai 27 October 2012
It is day two of my US trip and 10 days to go before the election. “America is hurting” is what I see   I decide to meet up with the novelist Nayana Currimbhoy (Ms Timmins school For Girls) at her pretty loft in Lower Manhattan where her workspace and residence are cheek-by-jowl and...

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Harsh Desai 26 October 2012
Ready for the last phase of the US presidential elections? Our Special Correspondent will keep you updated on all the latest trends, moves, moods and swings of the Obama-Romney duel   It was good to read the New York Times (NYT) this morning saying that Virginia, Colorado, Ohio and...

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Ramesh S Arunachalam  and   Sushruthi Ramesh 25 October 2012
Rajat Gupta’s case is the tale of a prosperous environment gone terribly wrong and a stark wake up call to correct it, if indeed we are to make an attempt to revive the faltering world economy at all   When the ball finally dropped on Rajat Gupta, it would seem it wasn’t as severe as...

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MDT/PTI 25 October 2012
Rajat Gupta's sentencing comes exactly a year after he was charged with securities and conspiracy fraud and marks a stunning fall from grace for the Indian-American who rose through the ranks to become one of the most prominent titans on Wall Street New York: Rajat Gupta, the fallen...

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Harsh Desai 23 October 2012
Like a boxer who is roughed up by the underdog in the first round and comes out swinging in the second and third round, President Obama hit back in both the second and third debates Like a boxer who is roughed up by the underdog in the first round and comes out swinging in the second and...

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