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...Real change began four years ago with the arrival of German retail giant Metro Cash & Carry. Foreign companies are still barred from setting up multi-brand retail outlets in India (single-brand shops, such as Nike and McDonald's, are allowed), but Metro was able to start a wholesaling business and sell directly to mom-and-pop shops, hotels, hospitals and other companies. But because the law still forced Metro to buy produce through the mandi system, there was little chance for improvements. Then Metro convinced the southern state of Karnataka, home to high-tech hub Bangalore, to change...
...summit, Germany has proposed a comprehensive agenda for world leaders ranging from more aid to Africa to persuading the U.S. to agree to a timetable for addressing climate change. But the meeting will also stress the importance of lowering existing barriers to investment and trade worldwide, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressing in the runup to the summit that "it is about mutuality, reciprocity." These are virtues that the freewheeling Baltic Sea countries pioneered in the 1200s and now embody once again...
...films tagged as front-runners - 4 Months, Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, Carlos Reygadas' Stellet Licht, Fatih Akim's German-Turkish family drama The Edge of Heaven and the Coens' adaptation of a Cormac McCarthy novel - all but one was lauded tonight. The one you might be looking forward to: the Coen movie...
...Korean Secret Sunshine, and Asia Argento, in An Old Mistress, give just the sort of passionate, showy performances that win Best Actress awards. And there are other films, esteemed by the critics, that might also appeal to the Jury. One is The Edge of Heaven, by the German-born Turkish director Fatih Akim. Here are notes on two other popular contenders...
...REACTION : Jewish leaders and historians criticized the speech, and commentators wondered why the German Pope did not mention his own experience during...