Cranes still turn on the construction sites, winching up ever more luxury homes and skyscrapers (even though many developers have been reduced to offering them rent-free in order to lure tenants).
The hosts wasted no time in ripping through the tourists' batting order as their bowling attack proved too strong with Bangladesh reduced to 33-3 by tea.
It will increase competition from mid-sized firms trying will be trying to fill their order books, even at reduced prices, and this will make it even more difficult for smaller firms to offer prices with any hope of profit.
Now, we compromised in order to achieve an overall package that reduced taxes for all Americans, and so I believe -- I continue to believe that was a smart compromise.
India is expected to become a net iron-ore importer in the fiscal year that began April 1 because of reduced output, but Thursday's order could mean a gradual turnaround in the situation.