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...Britain before returning home as an officer in the Indian army. By the time he joined his father-in-law's business in 1960, real estate development work had dried up completely. Instead the company tied up with two U.S. firms to manufacture electric motors and automotive batteries. The joint ventures eventually foundered, but by 1980, Singh had hit upon a new scheme. "I was hungry," he says. "And the best things in life are done when you are hungry for more business...
...because of low manufacturing costs in developing countries. Tata and other Indian automakers estimate that their engineering costs alone are about half what they would be in Europe or the U.S. At the same time Tata has tapped the skills of Italy's Fiat, with which it has a joint venture in India, and engine designers in Britain's West Midlands region, some of whom were jobless after closures in Britain's auto industry over the past few years. Indian producers are relentless cost-cutters. Many, including Tata, now buy parts through Internet auctions to get the best price. Industry...
Nevertheless, like troops, robots can be wounded - and even damaged beyond repair. Some end up at Baghdad's Camp Victory, at the Joint Robotics Repair Facility. "A lot of times, they send this guy down and the insurgents are waiting," says one of the guys who fixes them. "They shoot at it because they know it is effective." But robots, thankfully, have no next...
...center, which launched in October of last year, is a joint venture between the Graduate School of Education, the School of Public Health and the Children’s Hospital in Boston...
Wagamama, the hit British-based noodle joint whose name translates to a “willful” or “naughty child,” will open a restaurant in Harvard Square on Monday, next to Staples on JFK Street...