"I want to express very clearly that I and all of us at MIT are extremely saddened by the death of this promising young man who touched the lives of so many, " he said.
American Express may be launching a quixotic charge at the Justice Department by fighting this case, but clearly it thinks competition means bribing consumers with goodies, not trying to make peace with merchants by reducing the discounts it demands from them.
"Quite clearly, the environment being what it is now, we have put everything on hold, " the Indian Express newspaper quoted Minister of State for Commerce and Power Jairam Ramesh as saying.