<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.it"	xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166"	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss"><channel><description>Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day. Part of this analysis extracts entities and entity related information from clusters of stories.The selection and placement of stories are determined automatically by a computer program.
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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material.</description><link>http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer/entities/en/55161.html</link><language>en</language><title>EMM Entities: News about Montek Singh Ahluwalia</title><item><title>Inflation-plagued India set to hike interest rates again</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/india/2010/07/26/266098/Inflation-plagued-India.htm</link><emm:origLink>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/india/2010/07/26/266098/Inflation-plagued-India.htm</emm:origLink><description>(ChinaPost.com.tw) - India looks set this week to hike borrowing costs for a second time in a month as it battles the highest inflation among the leading Group of 20 economic powers, analysts say.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ChinaPost-4859f402f414468a2a16d190cdad376b</guid><source url="null">ChinaPost</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>India launches rupee symbol as economy booms</title><link>http://www.haveeru.com.mv/english/details/31469/India_launches_rupee_symbol_as_economy_booms</link><emm:origLink>http://www.haveeru.com.mv/english/details/31469/India_launches_rupee_symbol_as_economy_booms</emm:origLink><description>NEW DELHI, June 24, 2010 (AFP) - India unveiled Thursday a symbol for its rupee currency that it hopes will become as globally recognised as signs for the dollar, the yen, the pound and the euro. 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, the UK-listed emerging markets bank, expects profits in India to surpass those from its core Hong Kong market for the first time next year, Richard Meddings, finance director, told the Financial Times.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ft-cfe5bb5b9d045288ef5c1dcfe2bd891e</guid><source url="null">ft</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Bahrain to chair Arab Labour Organisation</title><link>http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=277582</link><emm:origLink>http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=277582</emm:origLink><description>MANAMA: Bahrain was yesterday elected to chair the Arab Labour Organisation (ALO). Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi was elected chairman of the ALO at its 73rd general meeting held at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel and Spa yesterday. 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monetary policy no answer to inflation: Montek</title><link>http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Food-prices-to-cool-by-Jan-monetary-policy-no-answer-to-inflation-Montek/557896/</link><emm:origLink>http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Food-prices-to-cool-by-Jan-monetary-policy-no-answer-to-inflation-Montek/557896/</emm:origLink><description>Amid concerns that 10-year high food price inflation is likely to surge by almost 20% by December, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said food prices are...</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">financialexpress-db6735db15c5793929c0c49f7fa577c8</guid><source url="null">financialexpress</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>India GDP growth beats forecasts</title><link>http://english.aljazeera.net/business/2009/11/2009113081523316194.html</link><emm:origLink>http://english.aljazeera.net/business/2009/11/2009113081523316194.html</emm:origLink><description>India has reported its best growth figures in more than a year, beating economists&#39; 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Japanese businesses were pessimistic about their prospects for the first time in five years, according to the Bank of Japan’s September Tankan survey, which underscored the impact of the global downturn on business sentiment.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ft-0adce0ae6f31c8ea5a4a852fce6d611f</guid><source url="null">ft</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Japan’s stake in M Stanley ‘an alliance’</title><link>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a90acc26-8e7d-11dd-9b46-0000779fd18c.html</link><emm:origLink>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a90acc26-8e7d-11dd-9b46-0000779fd18c.html</emm:origLink><description>By Greg Farrell and Henny Sender in New York and Michiyo Nakamoto in Tokyo Published: September 30 2008 02:48 | Last updated: September 30 2008 02:48

Just a week after reconstituting itself as a bank holding company,

announced details of the deal that will see

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sarvottam , meaning “foremost” or “highest”, and Sevottam , which combines the Sanskrit words for “service” and “best”. Apologies.

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