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Twitter hack raised questions on Security of web tools

Posted by: shaila11 on: August 6, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO — You might think your password protects the confidential information stored on Web sites. But as Twitter executives discovered, that is a dangerous assumption. The recent hacking of a Twitter employee’s personal e-mail account is raising questions about the security of storing personal information and business data on the Internet. The Web was [...]

Shame on Racist Air France!

Posted by: shaila11 on: May 12, 2009

Indian passengers flying Air France allege racial bias Mumbai, INDIA:Over 50 Indian passengers flying Air France had a “harrowing” time at Paris airport after their aircraft developed a technical problem and complained on Tuesday on reaching here that they were victims of “racial” profiling. The passengers, who spent 28 hours in Paris, said they were [...]

Google’s 1st TVC -4- Chrome!

Posted by: shaila11 on: May 11, 2009

Web giant Google rolls out first ad campaign on US networks to promote web browser Chrome Google has launched its first television advertising campaign across a range of US networks. The company’s TV adverts are an attempt to draw the public’s attention to Chrome, the web browser that it launched last year in an attempt [...]

Hitler a management guru?

Posted by: shaila11 on: May 7, 2009

Adolf Hitler is seen as a management guru by business students who are lapping up the Nazi dictator’s autobiography ‘Mein Kampf’ for inspiration, a news report revealed. The Nazi leader’s autobiography is flying off the shelves at Indian book stores as some students regard the former dictator as a business strategy role model, the Daily [...]

Lucky Briton wins the “best job in the world”

Posted by: shaila11 on: May 6, 2009

British charity fundraiser Ben Southall won the “best job in the world” on Wednesday – caretaker of an Australia tropical island – after an innovative marketing campaign that highlighted the power of social media. Southall, 34, was picked from 16 final contestants in a highly publicised contest by Tourism Queensland which attracted 34,684 video entries [...]

Mass Layoffs Still on the Rise

Posted by: shaila11 on: April 24, 2009

Large-scale U.S. layoffs rose again in March & early April 09, according to Labor Department data on Thursday, as the economy struggles with what many expect will be the country’s worst post-World War II recession. With the number of people filing for unemployment in March surpassing that from the prior month, and the total number [...]

Getting out of the doomed Economy

Posted by: shaila11 on: February 28, 2008

As some of you may be aware of our US Prez has announced his stoopid statement that “the US economy is in a slowdown but not headed into a recession”. I thought, the US Prez will announce his stoopid stimulus package part II, so I’ll just wait until Tuesday to see how the markets react, [...]

The Walmart Story – Birth of discount Retailing

Posted by: shaila11 on: February 18, 2008

Many trace discount retailing’s birth to 1962, the first year of operation for Kmart, Target and Wal-Mart. But by that time, Sam Walton’s tiny chain of variety stores in Arkansas and Kansas was already facing competition from regional discount chains. Sam traveled the country to study this radical, new retailing concept and was convinced it [...]


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