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...04am: More than ready for the furry comforter awaiting us at the hotel, I find myself instead dozing off on a sidewalk curb. One of our friends has just gotten a flat tire and a drunken five-man team is attempting to fix it. Even the pack of cigarettes I ingested over the past few hours isn't enough to keep me awake through this comedy...
...regulars at Best Price is Rohit Kalia, 29, a restaurateur, who is filling an already overflowing trolley with a 5-kg pack of paneer - the Indian vegetarian's favorite cottage cheese - and 12 tins of baby corn. Kalia says he visits every second day for supplies since he gets many things cheaper here. "This store has certainly expanded my range of choice," he says. "But it's just one more store where I buy supplies from. I still get better prices and more convenience shopping at my usual suppliers." He is cut short by a commotion - the appearance...
...benefiting from its traditional strengths - and even some of its weaknesses. The German firm has a strong position in Latin America, where it is the leading car maker, and in China, where it is ahead of the pack despite intense pressure from GM. Interestingly, the German car maker's weak position in the U.S. market, the world's largest, has turned out to be a blessing in disguise during this crisis. Toyota has been hit hard by falling sales in the U.S. and is closing a manufacturing plant in California, the first closure ever for the world's largest...
...kids across the country with the financial means have left for highly regarded global universities to study. Many never return, taking both their tuition money and their talent overseas. More than 160,000 students are currently studying in schools in the U.S., Australia, Britain and elsewhere. Over 100,000 pack up and head to study abroad every year, spending $7 billion on tuition and housing. (See the 25 best back-to-school gadgets...
...Everyone I met at the park was amazingly nice, to the point that I genuinely believed everyone was a paid plant. At one point in the game, Austin Autry opens a pack of baseball cards, flips through them, then pulls one out of the deck…a Vladimir Guerrero card...