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India's corporate optimism has sunk on worries about the global economy and weakening demand, according to a new survey Monday, as the stock market and rupee fell to fresh lows. Some 57 percent of the 348 firms in the cross-sector survey reported Asia's third-largest economy had grown...

CYBER SANTA SHINES LIGHT IN EUROPE’S RETAIL GLOOM London Hindustan Times Santa Claus is as likely to be coming through cyberspace in Europe this year instead of down the chimneystack. Online retail sales are predicted to hit a record high in Europe's three big economies — Germany, France...