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...changes aren't really about dictating what a card company can or can't charge borrowers. There's a way to do that: impose interest-rate caps, as many states' usury laws do. That isn't what Congress is on track to do. Instead, the new law, which would build on regulations issued by the Federal Reserve and other agencies at the end of last year, would, above all else, inject transparency and fairness into credit-card contracts...
...stealth approach, industry experts expect Wal-Mart, known for squeezing efficiencies out of suppliers and supply chains, to have an impact on India's $375 billion retail market, which is dominated by mom-and-pop businesses and outmoded distribution networks. "We can learn the science of retailing, how to build scale and efficiencies," says Kishore Biyani, chairman of Pantaloon Retail, India's largest homegrown retailer with 114 hypermarkets...
...attached to my project like all parents who want to see the success of their children. That's why I suffer every time when things don't come out as I've expected. This is the dharma principle that I hold to be my mentor these days. As I build, I also practice dharma." (See Time.com/Travel for city guides, stories and advice...
Harvard's taken the more conservative route in planning to gut out current Houses from the inside rather than build entirely new ones--which is convenient in retrospect, they wouldn't have been able to pay for shuttle service to and from those new Houses anyway. But when this "House renewal" project will emerge is unclear. First the plan was to launch the renewal as early as 2011. Then the promise changed to "as early as 2012." In an interview on Monday, Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith emphasized the uncertainty embedded in that promise...
...Strategic analysts stress there's nothing wrong with emerging nations like India and China improving their naval prowess to match their heightened role in world affairs. "It is logical that these countries will build navies and project their power," says Raja Mohan. "The question is how does this all get managed?" As of yet, there is no regional treaty alliance in place, no new diplomatic structures like NATO in Europe, for example, that could reflect or bring order to the shifting power lines of the Asian 21st century. Last year, Japanese prime minister Taro Aso floated the idea...