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India may be an emerging world leader in high-tech innovation, but you wouldn't know that while shopping for household items in New Delhi. My wife and kids land here in a week, and that has prompted me to try and make things look as homey as possible in our rented house. But as a newcomer to this country, I've discovered that filling the cupboards with groceries and household basics is not as simple as heading to the mall or the supermarket...
...Harvard Management Company, the head of the household walked out last year for a new life at a start-up hedge fund. A wealthy and well dressed outsider took his place. One might say that life among the University’s endowment managers has come to resemble a Spanish-language soap opera. Now, the University’s own holdings are moving that way as well. Harvard’s investment in Univision Communications Inc., the Spanish-language broadcaster, swelled during the fiscal quarter that ended Sept. 30 to become its 13th largest stake in a publicly traded company...
...without a homegrown star to inspire the masses, basketball officials fear that the sport won't gain traction. "[Cricket legend] Sachin Tendulkar is a household name, whereas hardly anyone out there knows me," complains 6-ft. 5-in. Jaishankar Menon, a former standout on the Indian national team. Another foot would surely help him. "What we need now is a Yao Ming," says Sharma, the Indian roundball raja. "Once Yao played in the NBA, the color of China changed. It became a basketball nation. If we have an Indian playing in the NBA, the color of this country will change...
Authorities in Beijing think it may. Last week they announced a one-dog-per-household law in an effort to eradicate a deadly rabies outbreak by curbing the population. China is not alone: this is just the latest measure governments around the globe have recently taken to cut the number of certain unruly animals...
...author, with her brother Frank Gilbreth Jr., of the wry best seller Cheaper by the Dozen, an affectionate account of growing up in a family with 12 children; in Fresno, Calif. Warmly received for the homage it pays to the eccentric Gilbreth parents--who ran a charmingly chaotic household that felt like a "newspaper on election night"--the book spawned a 1950 film and a 2003 remake starring Steve Martin...