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`The Internet Is The Great Equalizer' - Bloomberg

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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Americas+1 212 318 2000 EMEA+44 20 7330 7500 Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000 In the winding roads of northwestern Connecticut, where the suburbs give way to countryside, browsers traipse through the boutiques that dot Kent's quiet main street. But every day, 7,000 people--twice the town's population--arrive from around the world to visit one shop: a tiny computer store wedged in the back of a sleepy shopping center. The awning says Cyberian Outpost, but nobody's walking in the door. They're coming instead by the Internet--and spending $1 million a month on computers, peripherals, and software. US Bars Microsoft, Indian Firms From Visa Program in Blow UPS Worker Missed Email, Letting China Get F-35 Parts India Scraps Key Tax Relief for Gold Imports, Raising Costs Reliance May Be a Cheaper Way to Buy Ji

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