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/ 12 July 2006

Hunt for clues in India train bombings

Indian police used sniffer dogs and picked through the wreckage for clues on Wednesday after a series of bombs blew apart trains and killed 190 people in the financial capital, Mumbai. The teeming city, symbol of the growing economic power of the world’s largest democracy, was trying to get back to normal a day after the seven apparently coordinated blasts, which also left hundreds wounded.

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/ 12 July 2006

Shopping and living

<i>Two for the Price of One</i> lends the post-modern theme of a detached society a subtle and assessable air by setting it in a supermarket — the epitome of our banal meaningless existence, writes Kate Stegeman.

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/ 12 July 2006

Retailers show value

After the recent sell-off in interest rate-sensitive shares on the JSE, the share prices of retailers and, to a lesser extent, banks, now represent good value on a forward earnings basis. In the past month, the equity market sell-off has hit these sectors particularly hard, with some stocks more than 20% off previous highs.