Word: joshi
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...Although I hold no brief for Mittal, the tone of the Europeans in this whole affair is decidedly racist. Let us not forget that "new" India has a civilization several centuries older than "old" Europe's. A little competition seems to bring out the worst in some people! Vandana Joshi Accra, Ghana...
...Although I hold no brief for Mittal, the tone of the Europeans in this whole affair is decidedly racist. Let us not forget that "new" India has a civilization several centuries older than "old" Europe's. A little competition seems to bring out the worst in some people! Vandana Joshi Accra, Ghana...
...faces a new challenge. Dell has become a strong competitor in printing, undercutting HP's pricing. Given that imaging and printing account for 70% of HP's profit, the challenge is significant. "Dell is giving away their printers rather than charging for them," says Vyomesh Joshi, head of HP's printer and PC group. "They're trying to buy the business." HP continues to diversify, presenting rear-projection TV, for instance, as an extension of its innovations in printing. No doubt HP is hoping to avoid a race to the bottom. --By Jeremy Caplan
...craziness will come to an end. That's when a 1995 trade pact called the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, signed by members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), stipulates an end to quotas--and buyers like Joshi will be free to find the best deals anywhere they can. Ghulam Faruq, a Bangladeshi textile exporter, says American and European companies that now buy from about 60 countries might source from only 20 by 2006 and fewer than 10 by 2010. China is expected to be the biggest beneficiary...
...Joshi does not enjoy his packed travel schedule. But a system of quotas--originally put in place in 1974 to regulate a $350 billion-a-year global industry--limits the number of shirts, towels and other textiles any country can export annually to the U.S. and the European Union. As a result, the Children's Place--and every other American retailer--can't buy exclusively from the countries that make them most efficiently and cheaply, such as China, but must also order from less competitive places, such as Burma and Swaziland. "It's crazy: 80% of our clothing comes from...