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SAY HELLO TO TATA ; Like his devout Zoroastrian ancestors, Ratan Tata avoids conspicuous consumption. Yet he has guided his company through India's economic boom to revenues of more than [pound]10bn a year and his takeover of Corus will make it the fifth largest steel manufacturer in the world. Justin Huggler reports ++ From Parsee priests to profits
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The chances are most Britons have never heard of the Tata Group,
the Indian company which yesterday won its bid to take over
Britain's Corus steelmaker. But though you may not have heard of it,
you've almost certainly drunk Tata tea. Few in Britain might realise
it, but Tata has owned Tetley tea since 2000.
You have probably been on a Tata bus or seen a Tata lorry as
well: in 2004, the Tata Group bought out the commercial vehicles
division of Daewoo. And it is possible even that you m...
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