Desai

/ dɛˈsaɪ /

noun

1. Morarji ( Ranchhodji ) (məˈrɑːdʒɪ). 1896–1995, Indian statesman, noted for his asceticism. He founded the Janata party in opposition to Indira Gandhi, whom he defeated in the 1977 election; prime minister of India (1977–79)

2. Kiran , born 1971, Indian writer; her novel The Inheritance of Loss (2006) won the Man Booker Prize

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Morgan analyst Mark Strouse met with Chief Financial Officer Jayshree Desai last month and notes that she was “quite positive on the multiyear outlook for renewable energy development—particularly in Quanta’s core utility-scale solar and storage markets.”

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As a result, Desai expects “customers to safe harbor projects over the next nine months to lock in credits through 2030,” Strouse writes.

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The title pair of Kiran Desai’s novel—two young people navigating their Indian identities in contemporary America—are each the subject of hapless matchmaking attempts by their respective grandparents.

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This follow-up to Ms. Desai’s “The Inheritance of Loss” was two decades in the making.

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“As long as drugmakers deliver cost savings for American patients through TrumpRx, how they do so is irrelevant,” White House spokesman Kush Desai told Barron’s in a statement.

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