Anand Mahindra, vice chairman and managing director of Mahindra, says he doesn't regret being trumped by Tata, which had to endure the harrowing fallout of the global recession following its pricey acquisition.

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Those governments will come up with job creation plans that are appropriate to their own unique socioeconomic and fiscal situations, as they seek to deal with the fallout of the global financial crisis.

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Also up there is the fallout from a global economic collapse, possibly resulting from a state of peak oil -- the point where oil production reaches its peak and thereafter goes into freefall.

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