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Olympus: a blurry financial picture

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Japanese camera-maker Olympus is not smiling for the picture, as it is engulfed in a messy and expensive scandal. Meanwhile, China’s Confucius prize winner this year is Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. However, the laureate himself did not make the trip to claim his award. Finally, we head to India to discover the story of an Indian cobbler who has become the untouchable with the Midas touch.

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