5.19.2005

Pepsi's Nooyi points finger at US, draws ire


WASHINGTON: Students graduating from the Columbia Business school MBA class of 2005 may have expected some fizz in a commencement speech by Pepsico President Indra Nooyi, an Indian-American acclaimed as one of the most powerful corporate executives in America and a putative CEO of the soft drink giant.

But a political critique of the United States in course of her remarks has left some conservatives frothing and stoked anti-immigrant sentiments.

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