This Week on World Business - 16th October 2009

Cover Story: Power for the People– Karan Singh
The Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.2 percent this year. But this could be derailed because of the country's chronic power shortage. But India is addressing the issue, bringing online an additional 80 gigawatts of capacity in the next 18 months.
After the Fall – Simon Mars
Last year it was apparent that many of the exhibitors at Dubai’s biggest property exhibition, Cityscape, were, at best, in denial. This year, following the crash, the event was, naturally, a much more subdued affair but, still to paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumours of the death of Dubai’s property market have been greatly exaggerated.
A Scarcity of Scientists – Konstantinos Vassilaros  
Science has revolutionised the world. Everything from medicine, to electricity and transport came from science to create the comfortable, safe world we now take for granted. But many schoolchildren now perceive the subject as geeky and difficult and are simply stopping studying science. This is leading to a shortage of scientists and engineers which could have serious implications for the future.
Maritime Madness – Felix Milns
P1 Power boating is considered by many to be the marine version of Formula1. It is fast, exciting and dangerous, but has long suffered from the perception that it is just a rich man's sport. Now P1 has big ambitions to expand the sport beyond its European borders into Asia and turn it into a truly Viable World Championship.

Next week on World Business:
Germany's new government is in the process of crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s on the new coalition.  The pro-business Free Democrats will be joining Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats in the new administration.  But despite her getting the partner she wanted, the FDP may be a much more difficult bedfellow than the previous Social Democrats.

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