Mumbai: Arriving to the hotel at 1 AM, waking up at 630 AM, we were hurtin’ for certain, but still excited to be in India and about the business at hand. We met early with Brother Ramen Pandey, General Organizer for the India National Trade Union Council (INTUC) and head of their youth division. He …
Month: July 2005
Wal-Mart in India
New Orleans The largest company and largest employer in the world is of course Arkansas’ own, Wal-Mart. The business model has a lot of elements — low prices, low wages, large supply, convenience to customers, are among them — but another one is the need to constantly expand whether that means opening 300 or more …
Ending Extreme Poverty
New Orleans: Bono, Paul McCarthney, Madonna, Snoop Dogg, Beyonce, and a mess of others in ten cities and eight countries were singing about it, there was a movie on HBO about it, and the richest countries in the world meeting as the G8 in Scotland are talking about it, so I just have to say …