President Bush visited agricultural university in Hyderabad

President Bush has been to Hyderabad in southern Indian on the last day of his visit to the country. Hyderabad is one of India's most important economic centres and the headquarters of many US companies are based there. This report from Mark Dummett:

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Addressing young business leaders, President Bush said the increasing wealth of cities like Hyderabad presented huge possibilities for US firms. He said he wanted them to sell more goods to India's estimated three hundred million middle class consumers. He said improved trade would compensate for the jobs lost to competition from India's world beating out-sourcing and computer software industries.

His comments were warmly welcomed but many of Hyderabad's large Muslim population closed their shops today, in protest at the President's visit.

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destination
place where he is going

symbolises
represents

a hi-tech boom town
a city where the number of companies using the most advanced and developed equipment (technology) is growing very quickly

biotech
abbreviation of biotechnology; the use of cells, bacteria and other living things for industrial developments

IT firms
Information Technology companies, companies that specialise in computers

an ever-expanding
a continually growing

Addressing
Speaking to

consumers
customers, people who buy goods or services for their own use

compensate for
make amends for, lessen the negative effects of

world beating out-sourcing
the best country in the world for companies from foreign countries to make deals to have some of their work done, e.g. telephone answering services

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