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Indeed, if history is any guide, Indian companies take rebuttal as a challenge. When British-based Indian-born businessman Lakshmi Mittal first bid for French steel maker Arcelor last year, the company's French CEO said he was horrified by the idea of an Indian taking over, likening Mittal Steel to eau de Cologne and 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...
...follows what happens right after a well-known story, “The Trojan War Will Not Take Place,” which will be presented in the Agassiz Theatre only a few blocks away, looks at what happened right before another tale. Written in 1935 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, “The Trojan War Will Not Take Place” takes place the day before the epic Trojan War breaks out between the Trojans and the Greek Mycenaeans. It follows prince Hector’s futile attempts to peacefully end the war. “You?...
...enjoyed bear-baiting. 8. High-heeled, thick-soled loafers. This particular brand of perennially scuffed footwear is popular among the women of Harvard. I don’t really understand this. The last time I saw this pair of shoes outside Harvard was when I watched “French Kiss” with Meg Ryan. I was 10. 7. Glitter makeup. This trend makes quite a resurgence during the holiday season. No one, however, looks good with blue glitter splayed all over their forehead. This is just common sense. What works in Ibiza does not necessarily translate to Puritan...
...French officials and the country's top defense executives vowed at a press conference on Thursday to boost the country's arms exports, by fast-tracking deals and aggressively seeking new business. Rare, considering the usually secretive nexus of government defense bureaucrats and the arms industry, French defense minister Hervé Morin met reporters for an hour, surrounded by top officials from Dassault Aviation and Thales, two of France's biggest defense companies, and told them that it was "a priority to revive our arms exports...
...Gaddafi's plane had barely touched the ground in Paris on Monday when the verbal ammunition among French politicians began flying over why President Sarkozy had chosen to host him during a five-day visit. France's junior minister for human rights Rama Yade blasted her government, saying that the visit would allow the Libyan leader to "wipe off the blood of his crimes." Unwilling to play the polite guest, Gaddafi spat back on Tuesday, saying said France had human-rights problems of its own in its treatment of immigrants, who include millions of North Africans...