Microsoft's research lab in India, more so than its five counterparts around the world, has become the company's locus for ideas on how to use technology to bridge the developing world's digital divide and make some money along the way.

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That is partly because the locus of the world's largest religion is shifting to hotter (in several senses) parts of the world.

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In the same way that mass production moved the locus of industry from small shops to huge factories, today's mutations have the potential to shift us away from business models based on economies of scale, asset intensification, concentration and central control.

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"The results included in the CSPI study were significantly higher than our findings, " said Maureen Locus, spokeswoman for Brinker International, the parent company of Chili's and Maggiano's.

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