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Tribes say plans by UK-listed mining firm Vedanta to mine on holy land will destroy their way of lifeThe ash spills out across the plain beneath the brooding bulk of Niyamgiri mountain, swamping the trees that once grew here, forming dirty grey-brown drifts around the stems of the now-dead scrub.Every day there is more ash, pouring out of the alumina refinery that squats among the steep-sided, jungle-clad hills of western Orissa, India. The dust hangs in the air and clings to the landscape, settling on the huts of the aboriginal Kondh tribes who call this place home, choking those who breathe it in.Niyamgiri is as remote as any place in the country: 600km from the state capital Bhubaneswar, accessible only by narrow, shattered roads pocked with deep holes, a world away from the economic powerhouse that is 21st-century India.It is a place of quiet beauty, of lush green paddy fields and huge mango trees, where self-sufficient tribes still share the jungle with elephant, tiger and leopard

Student Loans Company boss promises an internal inquiry into processing problems for grants and loans.

Two Americans won the 2009 economics prize in memory of Alfred Nobel : Elinor Ostrom of Indiana University "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons," the prize committee announced today, and Oliver E. Williamson of the University of California, Berkeley, "for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm." Ostrom becomes the first woman ever to win this economics prize. [More]

THE local arm of marketing firm Euro RSCG has become one of the first guinea pigs for the business edition of Microsoft's new Windows 7 software.

PLANS to revive a $75 million IT project in Geelong, Victoria, are still hazy despite Premier John Brumby's recent high-level talks with leading Indian IT firms.

Jean-Francois Theodore, deputy chief executive of NYSE Euronext, said on Monday he wanted to double the number of companies quoted on Alternext, the exchange for small- and mid-sized companies, in the next 18 months.

NEW YORK, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- MS&L, one of the world's leading communications firms, has announced the recipient of the first ever MS&L Be:CAUSE Community Connected Award. MOUSE, an innovative youth development organization that supports students in establishing and managing leading edge technical support help desks in their schools, will receive $100,000 in pro-bono communications service, particularly in the area of digital communications and social media, to help spread the 'word of MOUSE.'

A little-known Chinese machinery manufacturer has begun to seek regulatory approval for its purchase of the distressed Hummer brand from General Motors. It aims to close the deal by early next year. This is the first major foray by the Chinese into the struggling U.S. auto market. Sichuan Tengzhon Heavy Industrial Machinery hopes to turn Hummer into a more fuel efficient, environmentally friendly brand.

FTC alleges credit repair firms marketed their services at real estate seminars.

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