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...around, too. Dell Computer recently announced its intention to build a factory in India, joining those it already has in China and Malaysia. In fact, the Indian manufacturing sector expanded 9% last year, a key reason why the country posted economic growth of 8.4%. A 2004 report by consulting firm McKinsey & Co. and the Confederation of Indian Industry says that manufactured exports from India can potentially increase to $300 billion by 2015. "'Made in India' could become the next big manufacturing exports story," the report said...
...probably not be the first choice at one of Britain's state schools - their databases are portfolios of fictional shares they manage during the term to see who can make the most money. But Maxwell, who arrived two years ago after running the IT department of a large recruiting firm, has no patience for the self-pleased. "I tell the boys that 30% of them are going to work for a Chinese or Indian company," he says. "They're going to be judged on what they are and can do, not where they came from. Being an Old Etonian...
...When the school was faced with the double loss of its junior-school headmistress and senior-school headmaster last year, the London Dulwich shipped out an acting headmaster to replace them. There's no sign of Dulwich dialing back on its overseas expansion. The franchise owners - an education-management firm linked to Dulwich, London, by alumnus and two-time Thailand Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun - will open two more schools in China: a junior school in Suzhou in 2007 and an upper-school joint venture with a leading Chinese high school in Beijing in 2008. Dulwich has plans for India...
...debate. A master of the Senate's rules and precedents, Byrd hustles through an endless round of meetings with committee chairmen, powerful Senate barons and rebellious mavericks, trying to head off trouble ... During last year's session, Byrd's first as majority leader, he ran the chamber with a firm and sure hand that had not been seen since the days when Lyndon Johnson was majority leader. Byrd has an intense devotion and dedication to the Senate, and for nearly 20 years he has worked tirelessly and uncomplainingly in its service. In many ways, he personifies its transformation and that...
...more than a century, Congo has endured slavery, poverty and destruction. And the end is not in sight. Along with humanitarian aid, there must be diplomatic reconciliation between Congo's east and west, scholarships for young Congolese people to study in Europe and the U.S., and firm agreements among Congo's neighboring nations to keep their armies away. As the story noted, elections will be nearly impossible at this juncture. But at least we can now appreciate the full extent of the horror these people have experienced all their lives. As we debate U.S. involvement in Sudan, perhaps...