newsstands of the upper west side
The brown guys behind the counter probably don’t care precisely what they sell as long as it moves. But it’s fascinating how good they are at matching the area’s demographic. Had only Nehru in the ’50s seen the
newssellers of Manhattan, he’d have abandoned the centrally-planned economy then and there.

outsourcing local news reporting
it can be done from afar now that weekly Pasadena City Council meetings can be watched over the Internet. And he said the idea makes business sense because of India’s lower labor costs.

web 2.0 in germany
Germany is buzzed right now and the biggest question for the startup scene is how the many look-alikes will develop over the next year. You’ll often hear that investors are hesitant to invest in ideas that “haven’t been proven in the US yet” but there are several other factors at work here…

rhinos fund terrorism
According to India’s security services, police, intelligence analysts, local traders and forestry officials, Islamic militants affiliated to al-Qaida are sponsoring poaching in the reserve for profit.

shetty fights the moral police
Shetty, meanwhile, has blamed a “lunatic fringe” for creating the uproar over her allegedly “obscene” behaviour.