India is slowly dismantling its deeply entrenched caste system. Miranda Kennedy has the story of one Untouchable who's bucked the constraints of social hierarchy.
Two top executives at European aircraft maker Airbus and its parent company have quit, forced out of office two weeks after announcing delays in the company's new super jumbo jet A380. Stephen Beard reports.
It will likely be a couple days before we know who won Mexico's presidential election. Marketplace Americas Desk correspondent Dan Grech talks to host Mark Austin Thomas from Mexico City.
Some of the hottest American real estate these days is the nation's tollway system. Indiana announced this week a 75-year lease of its toll roads to foreign investors for $3.8 billion. Chicago Public Radio's Diantha Parker reports.
NEWS ANALYSIS: The visit of President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi to Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion brings to light The King's views on economic policy. Reporter Kim Green explains to Tess Vigeland.
India's growing call center industry offers help with computers and Internet use, but relatively few Indians have access to that technology themselves. But as Miranda Kennedy reports, that's starting to change.
A British supermarket owned by Wal-Mart has avoided a strike planned to coincide with England playing in the World Cup tomorrow. Analysts say it's the kind of deal Wal-Mart would never do in the US. Stephen Beard reports.
China launches the world's highest altitude train tomorrow. The government says the train bound for Tibet will help the local economy by bringing in lots of tourists. But Jocelyn Ford tells us many Tibetans worry they won't benefit financially.
The Tour de France begins Saturday without marquee cyclist Lance Armstrong. Alex Cohen looks at whether his absence with hurt the event's draw in the US and its TV ad revenue.
