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...Arcelor to perfume. Within months, Mittal had won out. A century earlier, when Tata founder Jamsetji Tata suggested making steel for the colonial railway system, a British administrator dismissed the idea with barely concealed contempt. Earlier this year, Tata paid almost $14 billion to buy Corus, British Steel's successor. The moral of that story is not lost on India's corporate captains. They say that Western companies had better get used to the idea of Indians taking over...
...estimated at $1 billion, says the break with the past was deliberate: "We had to aspire to global standards, especially if we wanted to attract investors from abroad." When he turned 60 in 2002, Murthy stood down as CEO and moved back to his first, more modest office. His successor, co-founder Nandan Nilekani, retired as CEO in June, although he remains chairman...
...work on the projects she was unable to address during her tenure as GSAS dean—one of which will be following the progress of the Patriots as they make their Superbowl bid, she said with a laugh.And Skocpol had a few words of advice for her successor on Sunday.“You better be able to work hard and you better be able to handle data and making presentations to lots of audiences,” she said. “But that’s typical for any dean.”—Christian...
...full spate. Medvedev has also frequently railed against corruption in Russian public life. He has made a point of saying repeatedly that the country badly needs to protect newly emerging small businesses. His career is apparently devoid of any postings in the Federal Security Service (FSB, the successor to the KGB), whereas several Kremlin leaders, including Putin himself, started their careers in the security agencies. He warmed the hearts of his audience at Davos this year: "We are well aware that there's one simple reason why no nondemocratic state has ever become prosperous: freedom is better than nonfreedom...
Reached at his home tonight, Brandt declined to comment. Theda Skocpol, the current dean of GSAS who announced her resignation in March, also declined to comment. She has continued to hold the deanship during the search for her successor...