A growing number of U.S. entrepreneurs are reversing the outsourcing trend and exporting their own products to India. With the world's fourth-largest economy in terms of purchasing power and a huge export market ($7.96 billion in 2005, according to the U.S. Commercial Service), India is ripe with opportunity for the right products. Here's what's hot and how to use online resources to expand your reach into India.
In response to an Airline Quality Rating report released yesterday that found that instances of delayed flights and lost baggage were up last year over 2005, the Air Transport Association, the trade group representing the major airlines, released a statement yesterday.
Speaking to reporters this morning in the Rose Garden, President Bush once again scolded Democrats for attaching a troop withdrawal deadline to the emergency supplemental spending bill for Iraq. He renewed his threat of a presidential veto and said that further delay in funding will hurt in various ways, including forcing the Pentagon to extend current deployments beyond the planned end dates and by reducing the time soldiers get at home between overseas deployments.
AP - Britain called for direct talks with Iran to resolve a dispute over 15 captive Britons Tuesday after its first contact with the chief Iranian negotiator. The announcement followed the sudden release of an Iranian diplomat in Iraq that raised new hope for resolving the standoff.
AP - President Bush denounced "irresponsible" Democrats on Tuesday for going on spring break without approving money for the Iraq war with no strings. He condemned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria, too, accusing her of encouraging a terrorism sponsor.
AP - Democrats should pressure President Bush to agree to a withdrawal of troops from Iraq rather than concede that he will veto such a plan, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday.
Witnesses say Clara Riddles was struggling to get away from her ex-boyfriend when he shot her at point-blank range inside the CNN Center complex in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday. Riddles died of her wounds. The suspect, Arthur Mann, was shot by a security guard and is in stable condition. He will face a murder charge, police say.
Sen. Hillary Clinton's double-digit lead in the key primary state of New Hampshire has eroded substantially since February, while John Edwards has moved closer, according to a poll released Tuesday.