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...frantic struggle to make it to the top, few higher-income Indians-journalists included-concern themselves with the plight of the poor. Nowhere is that more evident than in Noida, where servants in the extravagant new suburban mansions commute from the squalor of the shantytown next door. When the CEO's son was kidnapped, it dominated the national news, whereas the disappearance of slum children was ignored by the press until their bodies started to be recovered...
...best time in our history," says Sten Tamkivi, Skype's Estonian operations manager. Skype has 250 people in Estonia and reckons that it will have exhausted the local labor market once it gets to 350. Employers are extra nice. "Every evening I'm almost standing at the door and asking everyone as they leave, 'Did you enjoy yourself, and can I expect to see you tomorrow?'" says Teet Jagomagi, not entirely joking. He runs a mapping-software company in Tartu, the second largest city...
...very wonderful, caring, outgoing person,” said next-door neighbor Richard A. Morris. “Both of them were always happy and cheerful and jovial and glad to meet people all the time...
...Ironically, the carmaker at the forefront of hybrid technology, Toyota, was more keen on talking about its new full-size pickup, Tundra. The truck is launching next month and Toyota used its press conference to unveil the massive four-door CrewMax version, touting the vehicle's payload, towing capacity and other manly features (like really big brakes). In the evening, Toyota unveiled a hybrid concept sports car, FT-HS, a sculpted angular beauty with a scalloped hood and retractable roof panel. Considering the Tundra extravaganza, however, it seemed like an afterthought...
What happens when the little guy plots revenge? Over New Year's Day, tiny Belarus caved in to Russia, its gigantic gas supplier and next-door neighbor, agreeing to a steep rise in prices. On Jan. 3, however, Belarus' neo-Stalinist President Alexander Lukashenko - and formerly a professed ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin - said on television that his government officials should "feel free getting oil supplies at your discretion, wherever you can" at non-extortionist prices. "Oil refineries must be supplied. Otherwise, our chemical/petroleum industries, that account for half of our economy, will stop, which means millions of people...