Money Matters Nupur Pavan Bang As I walked into the lobby of my apartment block, Mukherjee was waiting for me, sitting on a sofa, with a piece of paper in his hand. The moment he saw me, he jumped up and extended his hand to greet me. Me: How are you Mr. Mukherjee? Mukherjee: I [...]
MADRID: Spain tumbled into recession and European stock markets and the euro fell on Thursday as Greece installed a crisis government and the spectre of a run hung over eurozone banks. However European leaders moved to resolve an emerging split over how to deal with the crisis, agreeing that both growth and cutting budget deficits [...]
Technology is becoming cheap and affordable day by day. India is one of the fastest growing markets for technology adoption from smartphone to PC. People’s income is getting doubled every decade enabling them to move into the next income spectrum. Both factors have increased the affordability of the customer in buying a PC. Today, the [...]
Jyoti Ghosh, General Manager Stressed Asset Management Group (SAMG) and Group Executive (Corporate Banking) has been appointed as Chief General Manager of State Bank of Hyderabad with immediate effect. Jyoti Ghosh joined State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur as probationary officer in 1978. He is posted to State Bank of Indore as General Manager (operations) [...]
NEW YORK: General Motors confirmed that it is pulling its advertising from Facebook because it determined paid ads had little impact on consumers. GM had been spending about $10 million on paid advertising and $30 million on unpaid marketing on Facebook. “We are reassessing our Facebook advertising, but we remain committed to very aggressive social [...]
Real estate industry is facing a tough time with the construction getting slowed down to a standstill in the City with sand prices reaching sky high. This has affected the sales of allied industries like iron and cement which are dependent on the construction activity. However, the demand for manufactured sand (robo sand) is on [...]
SYDNEY: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has warned Mark Zuckerberg about the dangers of going public as Facebook counts down to its eagerly awaited share offering. The world’s leading social network is expected to start trading on the tech-heavy Nasdaq on Friday, although the timetable has not been confirmed. Apple went public in 1980 and Wozniak, [...]
Moscow: Computer giant Apple has contracted specialists from Russian anti-virus company Kaspersky Lab to analyse the vulnerabilities of its Mac OS X operating system and improve its security. The OS X security issue became important in early April, when Dr. Web, a Russian computer security company, reported finding botnets — or networks of compromised computers [...]
Washington: Senior Republican Senator John McCain today made a strong pitch for a free trade agreement with India, as he slammed the Obama administration for failing to aggressively tap America’s trade potential with Asian nations. Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think-tank, the lawmakers said the US should have aimed [...]
You have to dream before your dreams can come true,” said Abdul Kalam. This is what as a young girl, Durga Bhavani did. She dreamt of becoming an entrepreneur. To pursue her dream, she studied charted accountancy and never worked for any company and patiently waited to start business of her own, Universal Medical Corporation [...]
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Women’s ill-health is cause for big concern
The Anonymous Alien A friend of mine was having severe pain. She refused to go to the doctor. I couldn’t figure out why, and insisted that she go. She refused. I basically said you are going whether you like it or not, then called around and got a referral to a gynaecologist at a top [...]
But… Seriously Ajay Hotchandani The theory of the Black Hole states that in the Hole, time and space don’t exist. So if you’ve entered this hole, you can take as long as you want to get ready, and you can store as many suitcases, with clothes you will never wear, above the cupboard (don’t deny [...]
BJP must survive the battle within
The second innings of UPA has been nothing short of tumultuous, marred by massive scams in every sector from rural job schemes to military purchases. When allies themselves are eyeing the jugular of the Centre, relief comes from an unexpected quarters — a divided BJP that is struggling to keep its house in order. The [...]
HR speaks Deepak Karamungikar Workplace politics is a harsh reality in India. When you take up a new role at a well-established organisation, the first few days seem fine. The smiles on everyone’s faces deceive you into believing that all is well. But a few days later, the cracks appear and a few months into [...]
Can England retain their crown?
England’s credibility is on the line as they take on West Indies in the first Test at Lord’s on Thursday. The heavy defeats in the Middle East and the Sub-Continent over the last few months have raised a lot of questions over whether England can sustain their No 1 ranking in the long run. They [...]
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