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...undertaking some globalization of its own. In search of new sources of rapid growth, the country's outsourcing giants are aggressively expanding beyond their usual stomping grounds into the developing world, setting up programming centers, chasing new clients and hiring local talent from Santiago in Chile to China's far-west metropolis of Chengdu. Through geographic diversification, Indian companies hope to regain some momentum after a dismal year, at the same time becoming even tougher competitors to IBM, Accenture and other industry leaders. India's companies "clearly realize that if we want to be global players, we need a presence...
...today is by far the largest party of Switzerland. The participation in the vote was 54%, and your statement is an insult to 57% of the voters who said yes to the ban. They are not far right. They are simply Swiss and proud of it. Franz A. Salamon, THÔNEX, SWITZERLAND...
...between men and women is widening, while the glass ceiling remains as resilient as ever. Today, we may be looking to the positive role that women can play in regions such as the Middle East. But the fight for true equality is a global one, and it is far from won. Cherie Blair is a human-rights lawyer and founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women...
...mastery is rooted in a "deep intuitive sense no computer can teach" and that his pupil "has a natural feel for where to place the pieces." According to Kasparov, Carlsen has a knack for sensing the potential energy in each move, even if its ultimate effect is too far away for anyone - even a computer - to calculate. In the grand-master commentary room, where chess's clerisy gather to analyze play, the experts did not even consider several of Carlsen's moves during his game with Kramnik until they saw them and realized they were perfect. "It's hard...
Thanks to a month-long break from play jammed in the middle of the Harvard women’s hockey team’s schedule, the Crimson’s 2009-10 campaign can appropriately be described as a tale of two seasons. And thus far, the trajectory of the second seems to be mirroring that of the first...