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A rising tide is heading back home to India
Sandip Roy
Sachin Maheshwari has the American dream in his grasp. A job at a venture capital firm. An MBA from Wharton. A resume filled with name-brand companies. And now this immigrant from India is moving back to his homeland. "...
Sandip Roy on shifting tide of Indian migration
I came to the United States, as did many other Indians, to become a software engineer. For 10 years I worked in Silicon Valley watching waves of Indians moving in. I saw Indian restaurants and grocery stores pop up in...
India a cultural shock for Bay Area returnees
Sandip Roy
Vikas Saxena had spent seven years abroad before he decided to move back to India from San Francisco. "I had this illusion that there'd be some premium attached to me because I was U.S.-returned," said Saxena, sitting...
American ways find a new home in India
Sandip Roy
"We call this area Bangalore, California," said N.V. Ramaswami, referring to about 575 creamy gold villas with red-tiled roofs and the occasional turquoise swimming pool. "Here, you can even drink the water out of the...
Hope of new policies on tribal struggles
Emily Underwood, Sarah Gilman, Marty Durlin
Development: Indian Nations look to Obama for a new era of collaboration What it means: On Dec. 30, a 66-year-old Cheyenne River Sioux man died after a doctor told ambulance drivers to "take him back to his residence or...
Stumped
Marshall Kilduff
1 Who is Stump, the spaniel? A: Official White House pooch B: Hero of Australian wildfires who ran for help through smoke and flames C: Best-in-show winner at Westminster Kennel Club D: Top dope-sniffing hound at San...
A strategy for taming North Korea
Joel Brinkley
President Obama has named a special envoy for the Middle East and another for South Asia. The Obama administration has made rhetorical overtures to Iran, which seems to be working on nuclear weapons. But what about...
Undervalued currency helps, hurts U.S. economy
Peter Navarro
Now that we have an economic stimulus and a bank bailout plan, the next important step in America's economic recovery is to fix its mutually destructive trade imbalance with China. That should be Secretary of State...
How China keeps yuan undervalued (why we care)
Peter Navarro
The United States, Japan and Europe all use a floating currency exchange-rate system so the value of the dollar, the yen and the euro are determined in world currency markets. In contrast, China uses a fixed...
Week's top photos include dragon parade
Vlae Kershner
These SFGate.com articles and photo collections received the most page views during the week ended Thursday at 4 p.m.: Articles 1. S.F. burglary victim killed for going to police 2. Teen girls enticed S.F. man to death...
Calif. budget process is ultimate backroom deal
John Diaz
Sacramento has become so dysfunctional that the framework for an entire fiscal year's budget was put together with the active participation of just four of the 120 legislators. And it was all done behind closed doors....
Get a special, not smarmy Valentine's Day gift
VALENTINE'S DAY: It's hell on people without partners. It puts intense pressure on sweethearts who come up with the right gift. But worst of all, it means that for weeks before Cupid Day, you have to endure weeks of...
Parting shots
GOOD WEEK BAD WEEK The lost art of compromise Not only does Washington come up with a compromise on the stimulus package, but Sacramento leaders finally arrive at a budget deal to present to rank and file. Timothy...
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