Last year, reports of an impending famine in Niger did little to rouse action within the global giving community. Though thousands have died from the predicted food shortage, many thousands have been saved, thanks to the work of one woman's company. Until recently, Fatchima Cissé ran a small...
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Aishwarya Rai is one of Bollywood's most celebrated stars, and her current quest: To land a mainstream crossover film. "Although the buzz is that she is India's best bet to cross over and become an international star like China's Zhang Ziyi," writes Outlook India...
Aishwarya Rai and Mallika Sherawat are on the red carpet at the Cannes film festival this month. Shekhar Kapur will be directing the sequel to Elizabeth. And Hollywood films like Marigold with Salman Khan in the lead...
The debate over benefits of outsourcing centers to companies and to a country’s economy versus its cost to displaced workers at home, has heated up in France. As France struggles to compete in the global economy, the authors suggest that it should strive to take full advantage of outsourcing. They...
When it comes to offshoring, France is a newcomer compared with the United States, the United Kingdom, and even Germany.1 From 2002 to 2004, offshoring accounted for only 4 percent of all jobs lost in France, and most...
China and India have the world’s most rapidly expanding economies, and any trade partnerships between the two serve as powerful counterweights to the other’s ties with the US. Some in India, however, are wary of Chinese incursion into strategic industries. India’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board...
BANGALORE, India – Some of the world's best-known technology companies are investing billions of dollars to build modern campuses in this traffic-choked city. China's Huawei Technologies Co. wanted to join the rush...
Criticizing big initiatives and relationships is easy, but developing a big fix is much more difficult, as the United Kingdom discovers in its attempt to exit the European Union. Members of parliament once again rejected a deal she made with EU officials, 344 to 286, despite her offer to resign in...
The loose monetary policy applied by the US Federal Reserve, crafted to stimulate the economy after the 2007-2008 global debt crisis, may have also contributed to the shale oil boom and recent bust. The policy of reduced rates and borrowing costs may have encouraged speculative behavior as...
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