Word: jute
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...meets a distant cousin immigrant who introduces him to the city's Chinatown. Tom learns to squat on the balls of his feet, wins money at a smoky mah-jongg club, and starts to fall for Li Jian, the cute girl whose karaoke version of "Hey, Jude" is "Hey, Jute." She teaches him to read the fruit merchant's signs that give lower prices in Chinese than in English. (I knew...
...Bombay and elsewhere, the Marwari are a tight-knit clan, often linked by marriage. They had few qualms about trading stocks among each other on the basis of a handshake. Finance for trades could be had from a number of Marwari lenders holding small fortunes, usually acquired from trading jute, but also from other Marwari-controlled businesses, such as real estate and movie-making. More than 75% of the stocks bought on Calcutta's exchange were thought to be financed by unofficial lenders. If bothersome regulators did require documentation, brokers could always use Maya Guha, the professional forger...