DCLeaks claimed that it had been "launched by the American hacktivists"—people who were concerned that "the authorities are just lobbying interests of Wall Street fat cats, industrial barons and multinational corporations' representatives who swallow up all resources and subjugate all markets".
On Aug. 2 the group handed out fliers and performed a bit of street theater in Old Town Square, holding a symbolic soccer match between multinational corporations and representatives of the world's poor.
I and 43 fellow MBA students were there to meet representatives of multinational companies, start-ups, cultural institutions and universities.
The multinational cast of 140 representatives attending the meeting will not have much opportunity to meet the locals.
The government's indigenization efforts have altered the ownership situation, although the management and effective control of most large factories have remained in the hands of expatriate representatives of multinational corporations.
"Representatives of multinational companies have told us that a long-term investment framework for science would help them make the case to their global headquarters for locating or remaining in the UK," she told BBC News.
The workshop was also dominated by North American (51%) and European attendees (14.6%) and representatives of multinational corporations (34%).
Media reports, both globally and within India itself, claim that India is one of the top five sources of counterfeit drugs [ 30, 31].4 Representatives of multinational and large Indian companies regularly put forward accusations that the extent of counterfeiting in India is substantial, dangerous to the public and leading to large losses for legitimate producers.
Cameron, who will be the first British prime minister to visit India's commercial capital in more than 20 years, will be accompanied by more than 100 representatives from multinationals, small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and universities.
To enter the market at all, multinationals must maintain representative offices for years before upgrading these to branches.
