The ability to project power from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, solidly positioned at the belt buckle of the Western Hemisphere.

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Inveigling his way into prime minister Indira Gandhi's inner circle, Ambani found the power to control yarn prices.

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Keith Wills, retail analyst at Goldman Sachs, says the firm is in a virtuous circle: higher volumes augment its buying power, which in turn drives prices down.

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The feeling that, if this group of 100 is the inner circle, imagine the kind of change this Power Matrix can affect.

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