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...problems at home, such as pervasive poverty and obsolete, overtaxed transportation and power networks, India's most successful companies have in some ways already outrun the Indian economy and are now simply spreading their bets. "I will apply my money where my judgment thinks it can make the maximum return," says Videocon chairman Venugopal Dhoot. "Business is business everywhere...
...convicted only of membership in a terrorist organization, and released - that charge carries only a two-year sentence. El-Motassadeq will now likely be rearrested pending sentencing. Hamburg authorities have said they will deport him back to his native Morocco after he has served his time. He faces a maximum sentence of 15 years after being found guilty of being an accessory in the murders of the 246 who died in the planes, but not in the killing of the victims in the towers. That, say experts, means that the judges had enough evidence to determine that he knew planes...
...dealing a victory to law enforcement groups and mom and pop shops that opposed the measure. The proposed initiative, listed as Question 1, would have allowed licensing boards to issue as many as 2,800 additional wine permits to food stores. Under current state law, companies can hold a maximum of three liquor licenses—a rule that prevents many supermarket chains from selling beer, wine, and spirits. With 96 percent of precincts reporting early this morning, “no” votes outnumbered “yes” ballots by a 12 percentage point margin...
...completed in 1994 on the outskirts of town, is a virtual theme park of penal experiences, ranging from a minimum-security camp for inside-traders and small-time pot dealers to the concrete fortress that was built to be the most secure prison in the country: the Administrative Maximum U.S. Penitentiary, or ADX for short. The inmates in ADX Florence include drug kingpins, gang leaders, hit men, snipers and, lately, more and more, international terrorists, including al-Qaeda shoe bomber Richard Reid; mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing Ramzi Yousef and at least seven of his accomplices...
...wish: to get our team as well prepared as possible to go into the final game with as much confidence and as much talent to win.”Eyeing the NCAA championship, Harvard will use the competition within the team to push every player to her maximum potential.Although the Crimson is not No. 1, with the returning Olympic players and strong leadership from the captains, Harvard should not yet be discounted. After all, underdog status has not stopped it before. Surprising the rest of the country is something that Sifers has grown accostumed to in her four years with...