If any man deserves to be called a man of letters, it’s Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. This 17th century patron of literature owes much of his posthumous reputation to the series of letters he wrote to his illegitimate son in which he bestowed worldly wisdom as he saw it. Here’s an excerpt from one […]
Disgraced Indian IT services provider Satyam Computer has named A.S.Murty, a long-time insider, as its new CEO effective immediately. Murty has been with Satyam since January 1994. He was previously Chief Delivery Officer and also responsible for optimal utilization of Human Resources. Prior to this, Murty was Head of Human Resources and Head of Insurance vertical. An […]
These are troubled times for mobile phone vendors. In Q4 of 2008, mobile phones shipped were down 12.6% over the same period in 2007 to 289 million units, according to market researcher IDC. This is what Senior IDC analyst Ramon Llamas had to say about the mobile phones business in the last quarter and its […]
Wonderful. Wonderful. Our President Barack Obama today said that top executives at companies receiving financial assistance from the tax-payers cannot be paid more than $500,000 per annum. A long overdue reform, if you ask us. Obama Screws Greedy Execs Folks, it’s the greedy and incompetent executives of Wall Street that have brought the country to […]
If Danny Boyle had made Salaam Bombay, would the movie have been subjected to the same venomous attacks that some members of the Bollywood ignorati have heaped upon his new award-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire. Most likely, yes. A lot of calumnies would have been heaped upon Danny. After all, Danny is a gora, a westerner from the […]
Naan Kadavul Review – Kadavule Kapathu Here are the showtimes for Naan Kadavul Tamil movie, which is scheduled to release on February 6 in the U.S. Directed by Bala, Naan Kadavul features Arya and Puja. Naan Kadavul Movie Showtimes in Bay Area Milipitas, CA Serra Theatres – Read the Review 200 Serra Way #37 Milipitas, […]