Former HP executive Atul Malhotra has pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Malhotra, a former VP of imaging and printing services at HP, is said to have shared IBM trade secrets after joining HP from IBM in May 2006. Malhotra faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a […]
Today’s New York Times has an interesting piece on Amma a.k.a. MÄtÄ AmritanandamayÄ« Devi and originally as Sudhamani. Amma, who hails from the South Indian state of Kerala, is also known as the Hugging Saint, a reference to this oddball’s penchant for hugging people. According to the NYT story, the 54-year-old Amma hugged over 8,000 people […]
What a shame. Desi butcher and Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, who’s been butchering Citi jobs even while feeding like a greedy pig at the trough, has to suffer the ignominy of seeing his hedge fund Old Lane shut down following a mediocre performance. Vikram Pandit Here’s what the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports on […]
Statistic of the Day – Desis in Spelling Bee 2009 15 Desis Make it to Spelling Bee Semifinals Desis Fare Well in Spelling Bee 2009 Early Rounds Indian-American Sameer Mishra has won the 2008 Spelling Bee competition. Sameer Mishra is a 13-year-old, 8th grade student at the West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School in West Lafayette, […]
Sanjaya Malakar, an interesting former contestant on American Idol will feature in a new ad for insurance and financial services company Nationwide. Sanjaya will be the next star in the Life Comes at You Fast campaign, which has previously included Kevin Federline, Fabio and MC Hammer. In the Nationwide ad, Sanjaya visits a monastery in […]
Supply chain software house i2 Technologies has named Pallab Chatterjee CEO. Chatterjee has been interim CEO of i2 Technologies since July 31, 2007. Chatterjee joined i2 Technologies in January 2000 as Chief Operating Officer. From 1976 until joining i2 Technologies, Chatterjee held key positions with TI, including president of the company’s $1 billion Personal Productivity […]