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...best-laid plans. When Reliance, which has interests in oil and petrochemicals and opened its first retail store only last November, began exploring the possibility of a nationwide chain of grocery stores-it wants to open 2,000 by next April-it quickly realized that it would need to build its own distribution network almost from scratch. "If we are putting up a pan-Indian business in terms of the front end, then we needed to put up a pan-Indian business in terms of the procurement," says Sanjeev Asthana, president of Reliance's agri-and-food supply chain. Because...
...highway system, but thanks to a swelling middle class and booming car sales, the roads are filling up faster than they can be built. For now, Reliance plans to buy mostly from farmers located within a couple of hours of major cities to shorten transport times. The company will build up its own fleet of trucks, but will also outsource some of its transport needs. Eventually, trucks will be fitted with radio or satellite transmitters that will allow a central control room to track locations and cargo-a far cry from the bullock carts and rusty trucks that currently link...
...Interior Minister, ordered shut a Red Cross refugee center in the Calais suburb of Sangatte after British officials complained that thousands were using it as a base to organize crossings to England by jumping on trucks or walking through the Eurotunnel. Sarkozy, whose tough stance against illegal immigration helped build his career and win him the French presidency, claimed that Calais would soon be empty of would-be immigrants. Relief groups decried the move as inhumane and said Sarkozy's initiative would not deter desperate people...
...stability in West Africa." American warships already patrol off West Africa, and U.S. energy and security experts have repeatedly called for a permanent military base in the region, possibly on São Tomé and Principe. The American diplomat is dismissive. "The notion that we're going to build a base on São Tomé, like Guantánamo or Diego Garcia, is unrealistic," he says, but he adds that the U.S. is talking to several countries around the region about a permanent U.S. naval presence. The formation of Africom, a separate African command that's currently...
When both right and left, big business and the ultragreens are worried about what he's up to, call it a Dingell moment. He doesn't like ideologues. Extreme purity annoys him. "I write legislation from the middle," he explained. "I want to build a bill that will have broad bipartisan support that will have the public's confidence." And finally, "a bill that can be signed by the President...