Maoists step up pressure on firms
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Another 35 companies close operations in Nepal after Maoist rebels issue new threats.
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But the step could risk social unrest if heavily indebted state companies respond by laying off more workers.
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Business & money: PM-in-waiting challenged to curb private equity.
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Maoists in Nepal on Tuesday lifted the weeklong economic blockade that had virtually paralysed Kathmandu. A joint statement issued by the six organisations affiliated to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist
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A rift between the Ambani brothers who run the country&#39;s business conglomerate - the Reliance Group - today spilled into the board room of power utility Reliance Energy Ltd.
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Monetary policy experts have started putting pressure on the Reserve Bank of India to stem the rupeeâs rise.
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After an H.P. employee was raped and killed by a driver the company employed, Indiaâs highest court may force international firms to do more to guard local workersâ safety.
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Maoist rebels in Nepal impose restrictions on two key highways linking the capital to the rest of the country.
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As chain stores move to capitalize on India's emerging middle class, opposition is growing from its legions of small shopkeepers and state governments
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Problems in the bond markets put pressure on financial firms' shares.
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President Bush yesterday ratcheted up pressure on the military junta in Burma in response to its violent crackdown on democracy protests, imposing a new round of sanctions and calling on China, India and other regional powers to help force the ruling generals to "stop their vicious persecution."
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The weekend decision by the Reserve Bank of India to drain banks' surplus funds to contain inflation may be a warning that demand pressures are building up in a fast-growing economy.
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The number and scale of protests have been rising because of conflicts between different interest groups in China's quasi market economy.
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Opposition parties in the Nepalese capital call a general strike over a petrol price rises.
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The Indian consulting firm continues to battle wage pressures and a higher currency.
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Pressure on French advertising group Havas mounted yesterday as it emerged that corporate raider and dissident shareholder Vincent Bollore has asked for seats on the company&#39;s board.
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Increases to the minimum wage are beginning to be cause for concern for businesses, the CBI says.