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...While Mexico patches itself up, at least the security options are better today than in 1986. There is both the political will and the technology to make enforcement a serious part of any amnesty plan. National ID cards, real employer verification, high-tech border controls can all aid in making sure that this would be the last amnesty of this size...
...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 its laws to allow the company to deal with farmers directly. Within months, the federal government was leaning on other states to follow suit. A huge opportunity had arrived...
...attacks began the day Estonian authorities removed a controversial Soviet war memorial from a park in the capital, Tallinn. Estonia has stepped back from directly accusing the Kremlin of exacting high-tech revenge, and Moscow has denied any role. But Estonian officials claim to have traced many of the attacks to computers in Russia. Whoever the perpetrators were, the sophistication of the bombardment was unprecedented, and it marked the first time the power centers of an entire nation were targeted simultaneously...
...while personal service is the name of the game for well-heeled travelers, some hotels are testing new and revolutionary high-tech services. Wireless Internet connections are nothing new, but how about ordering a sandwich from your poolside lounge chair without having to summon a waiter? The W Los Angeles will test a service in June that allows guests to place an order for food, drinks, late checkout or anything else via touch-screen technology on pool furniture. Once the order is placed, it is wirelessly transmitted to the desired destination and someone delivers the requested item right...
With its dark furniture, high-tech gadgets and model jet plane, Philip Green's London office feels like the work space of an investment banker or hedge-fund manager. On the wall behind his enormous desk, there's even a photograph of Wall Street antihero Gordon Gekko. But on this May morning, the daytime television show flickering on his sleek, flat-screen set betrays his role as a master of an entirely different universe: women's fashion...