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...acquisitions sector. So far this year, U.S. companies have announced deals worth five times as much as during the same period last year. But the real cliffhanger involves AT&T Wireless, the U.S.'s troubled No. 3 carrier. It wants to merge, and Arun Sarin, chief executive of British mobile giant Vodafone, has said he wants to bid. Assuming it could outbid the No. 2 player, Cingular (which upped its bid last week), Vodafone would be buying a firm that's losing market share. The bid deadline was Friday, but no one would confirm a Vodafone offer; some...
...trip to Bangkok is complete without a tour of the city's opulent wats, or Buddhist temples. Tourists are awed by the Emerald Buddha at Wat Phra Kaeo and marvel at Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn . But for those who know where to look, Bangkok and its environs also offer a selection of weirder wats. Consider Wat Hua Krabu, an unassuming temple in the seaside suburb of Bang Kunthien. Stacked amid the incense and amulets are more than 5,000 buffalo skulls, deposited by Thais in the hope of speeding their favorite beasts of burden to a happy reincarnation...
...thing in many other films to date. Rai's hit movies have succeeded on the strength of their songs and the presence of other bankable stars. She is very beautiful, which is something glossy Indian film magazines have been gushing over for years. Now TIME has joined the chorus. Arun Nair Bombay...
...small forum provided for a lot of interaction between students and speakers,” said Arun Bhoumik, co-president of the HLS Democrats. “Doing something for the first time means you don’t have a lot of credibility to start. It makes it hard to convince people that it’s going to be a worthwhile event...
...India's crime capital has been dramatic. From two a week at the height of the violence in the early 1990s, intergang gun battles are down to two a month. Once almighty syndicates are losing scores of men and millions of dollars because of the disruption to their businesses. Arun Gawli, who describes himself as a former Mafia don, sees himself as a virtual prisoner in his own mansion, living behind a phalanx of armed guards, CCTV and four separate locked gates, out of fear of what he calls "police contract killings." "In a democracy, these sorts of killings...