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People PepsiCo Chairwoman and CEO Indra K. Nooyi

Source: Wikipedia Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi (born 28 October 1955) is an Indian-born American business executive. She is the current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, the second largest food & beverage business in the world (by net revenue). According to Forbes, she is consistently ranked among World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Early life and career Nooyi was born in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. She was educated at Holy Angels’ Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Madras. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from Madras Christian College in 1974 and a Post Graduate Diploma in...

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Mitt Romney Republican Candidate in 2012 U.S. Presidential Election

Source: Wikipedia Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and politician. He was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and he is the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party for the 2012 presidential election. The son of George W. Romney (former Governor of Michigan) and Lenore Romney, he was raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and during his college years served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France. He married Ann Davies in 1969 and they have five children: Ben, Craig, Josh, Matt and Tagg. He...

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Soccer’s 2015 AFC Asian Cup Faces Competition From Other Sports Events

Source: GG Army – Australia’s Football Fan Network Organizers say that the 2015 AFC Asian Cup soccer tournament, to be participated in by teams from the member countries of the Asian Football Confederation will be held from January 9 to 31 in various places in Australia, can be a ticket sales success despite being held during one of the busiest periods in Australian sports. The Asian Cup finals that year will go head-to-head with the Australian Open tennis tournament, a planned test cricket series against India, and the domestic Twenty20 competition. Australia is also set to host the 2015...

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Cricket Can Bring Pakistan and India Closer Together, Says Azhar Mahmood

Staff Report Pakistan Daily Times ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood believes that cricket has no boundaries and the game can play a part in reviving the ties between India and Pakistan. Mahmood, who now has a British passport, said that the game has brought the two nations closer in the past and the same thing can happen again. “When we toured [India] in 1997, there was a tension between the two nations. But after that tour, tensions eased and the situation improved. The game has no boundary. In the past, it was cricket which brought the two nations...

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Britons Beat Indians in Hockey, But Simon Mantell Sustains an Injury

By Julian O’Shea Metro News Mantell, who set up the second goal in Great Britain’s 4-1 win, suffered a broken fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot after being accidentally hit with a stick by an Indian player. Tournament regulations mean a replacement cannot be called up, so Great Britain will have a squad of just 17 players for Saturday’s game with Australia, where they aim to try and secure a place in Sunday’s final. No timescale has been put on Mantell’s recovery and treatment from his injury, but the Great Britain Olypmic squad is due to be announced...

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