Tuesday, September 8, 2009

World Today: News HeadLines

News HeadLines         Wednesday, September 09, 2009
 
Top news
Over 20 Indian CEOs will soon be auctioned online. Through an initiative called 'Shadow a CEO', the Hyderabad based Indian School of Business (ISB) will allow its students to bid in an online auction to connect them with their favourite CEO.
Your Facebook posting could come back to haunt you. U.S. President Barack Obama recently warned high school students that they need to be careful about what they post on Facebook.
 
Technology
Tata Docomo, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices, Tuesday launched a short messaging service (SMS), called Diet-SMS, which enables customers to pay on a per-character basis.
Ness Technologies, a provider of IT solutions and services will increase its headcount in India to 5,000 employees. The company currently has a workforce of about 3,000.
 
Business
Aviation insurance companies are experiencing one of their worst years on record due to a number of costly plane crashes, according to information released at a meeting of global reinsurance companies in Monte Carlo.
Jet Airways pilots will skip work for the second day, while the airlines cancelled at least 35 flights across the country scheduled for Wednesday.
 
Finance
To decrease the number of lapsed policies, IRDA has made it tougher for agents to shift the loyalties. IRDA has asked all the agents to submit details of all his policyholders including their contact details before leaving the company.
Looking at the current price of the stock, KRChoksey has recommended a buy rating on Bank of India with a price target of Rs. 390.
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Monday, September 7, 2009

World Today: News HeadLines

News HeadLines        Tuesday, September 08, 2009
 
Top news
With Nasscom, the software industry's apex body advising its members not to go to campuses for recruitment, the placements at engineering colleges has dried up.
You can hear the leaders of Rediff (Venki Nishtala), Syntel (Keshav R Murugesh) and Netmagic Solutions (Sharad Sanghi) recount their experience of starting up in the world of business and learn exactly what it takes to be at the top of the game.
 
Technology
Software outsourcer Tech Mahindra has bagged a Rs.2000 crore deal to provide telecom operator Etisalat DB with IT solutions and infrastructure requirements for its proposed services rollout in 15 telecom circles.
U.S. bank Morgan Stanley is exploring the opportunities to exit its back-office operations in India.
 
Business
For the third year in a row, Andhra Pradesh with its pilgrim spots remains a hit with domestic tourists while Delhi continues to enjoy the tag of the Indian city most visited by foreigners.
Around 300-odd companies have been advised by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to pay the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) a penalty (known as "compounding") for breaching sectoral limits on foreign direct investment (FDI).
 
Finance
Investors are being advised by stock-market analysts to buy Oil India (OIL) shares as a long-term pick and not for the prospect of immediate listing gains, citing the issue's steep pricing as well as the dismal performance of recent IPOs.
AIG World Gold Fund' topped the list of mutual fund schemes in the week ended September 03, 2009. The value of AIG went up by 10.97 percent with the net asset value (NAV) of Rs.11.16.
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Quiz for People Who Know Everything

"Quiz for People Who Know Everything"

This is a quiz for people who know everything! I found out in a hurry that I didn't. These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with straight answers.

1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters 'dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them. {dweeb is not an answer}

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.'

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