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...Challenge In "India without the Slogans," Simon Robinson complained about being let down by the "Incredible India" marketing campaign, since so many problems remain [June 4]. No one claims India is without troubles, but we're working to fix them. Unfortunately, Robinson does not see the opportunities in each challenge and the enormous impatience of 1 billion people seething to take the country forward. We are doing it on our terms and in our time. Vandana Chatterjee, Herzliya Pituach, Israel...
...proposed revisions could hurt the U.S. venture-capital industry, which helps small companies get big and is the envy of the world. Private-equity firms--which buy companies with mostly borrowed money, fix them up or pare them down, then sell them--are more controversial but have perhaps made corporate America more efficient and competitive. Ramping up taxes on these guys could lead to unpleasant consequences: think about the next Google going unfunded because money was diverted to pay taxes. Losing such opportunities might far outweigh the few billion dollars in annual revenue the tax change would bring...
...Challenge In "India without the slogans," Simon Robinson complained about being let down by the "Incredible India" marketing campaign, since so many problems remain [June 4]. No one claims India is without troubles, but we're working to fix them. Unfortunately, Robinson does not see the opportunities in each challenge and the enormous impatience of 1 billion people seething to take the country forward. We are doing it on our terms and in our time. Vandana Chatterjee, HERZLIYA PITUACH, ISRAEL...
...theaters across the country where Sicko is shown in a campaign called "Scrubs for Sicko." The film is "not just an indictment of an indefensible healthcare industry in the U.S.," says CAN's executive director Rose Ann DeMoro. "It's a rejoinder for those who think we can fix the soulless monster by tinkering with an unconscionable system that puts us further in thrall to those who created the crisis...
...96—teacher of Harvard’s most popular course in the spring semester of 2006—claims to possess the knowledge necessary to live a happier, more fulfilling life. But unlike many other self-help books, "Happier" does not claim to have a quick fix, instead making a more realistic promise: by using the hardback as a workbook, one may develop the habits and attitudes that lead to happiness...