The multicoloured American Dream
US Census 2000 reports are just out and reveal that the country is now a truly "immigrant society". More and more Americans now list themselves as being ethnically of more than one race.



Dil hai Hindustani
The dismantling of quantitative restrictions (QRs) on 715 more items of imports brings India closer to the world market.



It's time for a spot of stock taking
There is a surreal quality to the current scandals in the financial market which comes from the throwback to 1992 and the way contagion is spreading like wildfire through the whole financial system.



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