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...years of relatively sluggish growth, the sector is roaring again. Revenues for India's IT businesses will grow by a heady 40% this year, according to Vijay Baoney, a technology analyst at Indian brokerage house Enam Securities. The problem for companies is finding enough midlevel executives who can train, groom and oversee the influx of raw recruits. "Experienced hires are not there on the scale that the industry needs them," says Hema Ravichandar, head of human resources at Infosys, one of the three largest Indian IT companies...
...puzzle Andrew Krieger, a U.S.-based financial executive, who believes India isn't living up to its potential. He wants to help change that. Krieger, who studied Hindu philosophy, is pouring $120 million into a planned sports facility in the Indian tech hub of Hyderabad, where international coaches will groom future champions in all sports. It will be a replica of IMG Academies, a coaching center in Bradenton, Fla., that has produced the likes of tennis champ Maria Sharapova. India "is a land of entrepreneurs," says Krieger, "and sports is the greatest entrepreneurial system, as it teaches you to invest...
Scientists already know of some moonlets that orbit inside the rings, sweeping areas clean of debris and accounting for at least two conspicuous gaps. Other tiny moons move along the outer rim of rings; these are the so-called shepherding moons that groom the ring edges and keep them sharp...
...ripped jeans to wed a childhood friend six months ago, the nuptials lasted just 55 hours. This time Spears, 22, is undergoing a waiting period--er, engagement--before she gets hitched to boyfriend KEVIN FEDERLINE. Federline, 26, was a backup dancer for Spears' ex, singer Justin Timberlake. The groom-to-be has a 2-year-old daughter and a baby due in July with former Moesha star Shar Jackson, who has trashed the couple in the press since they started dating in April. We wonder if Spears' mother, who orchestrated an annulment last time, has a divorce attorney on speed...
...apparently, and it's ironic since this is also the network that gave us "Forever Eden," "The Littlest Groom," and other shows that would give a surfeit of pleasure to the stupid, if only they could find them. In total, it announced 17 new shows, not counting one - the animated sitcom "Family Guy" - which the network canceled twice before and has un-canceled again. (New episodes return in summer 2005.) A list follows, but be warned: You can either read this list, or you can actually watch TV. There is not enough time in one life to do both...