Sunday, July 12, 1998
Under Strobe lights
Strobe Talbott is the epitome of a policy wonk. A balding, brooding, bespectacled man of forbidding intellectual comportment, the US deputy secretary of state defines the term wonk, synonym for nerd, and a fashionable and current American argot for a someone of intense and obsessive academic pursuit.
India may buy stake in Qatari gas project
India may become a partner in one of Qatar's liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects if it signs a long-term contract to take Qatari gas, a Qatari Minister said late on Friday.
Pakistan Re plummets further
The Pakistan rupee ended 1.0 down at 60 to the dollar in the kerb on Saturday on concerns about the country's economy in the wake of international sanctions for its nuclear tests, dealers said. Dealers said uncertainty grips the market amid reports that the country could seek a moratorium on its external debt worth $ 30 billion.
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