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Artisans Must Balance the Books

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The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Artisans Must Balance the Books 8:12 AM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Ndubuisi Ekekwe | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print The boy was 11 years old when his father took him to live with a kinsman, a businessman with many shops in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Telecom's Competitive Solution: Outsourcing?

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Due to huge capital requirements, these investments could exert considerable pressure on the working capital of the carrier company. Bharti is the largest telecommunications services provider in India. Its market cap has steadily grown over the same period and stood at around US$30 billion as of 2010.