It’s obvious to all but the dolts that India is missing the broadband revolution. For a country of about 1.2 billion people to have a mere 5.45 million broadband subscribers is beyond pathetic. We think the twin culprits are the government and the Broadband Internet Service Providers for not making it cheaper (and thereby making […]
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 […]
Here comes yet another instalment of Incredible India featuring those only-in-India stories. * Checking adulterants for adulteration. Apparently, there is so much adulteration of gold in India that the prices of adulterants have shot up, leaving jewelers worried about adulteration of the adulterants. Read this excerpt: It is paradoxical, but both iridium and ruthenium have […]
ITI Ltd, easily one of the most incompetent Indian public sector units, put out its begging bowl and the Government of India has given it Rs 125 crore in the form of an interest-free loan. The Bangalore-based ITI, with units in other parts of the country, is in dire straits and not in a position […]
After universal condemnation and ridicule, the Vikram Pandit-headed Citigroup cancelled the order for its new $50 million corporate jet. Hooray! Sorry, Vikram. Not for You Asked about the luxury jet, President Barack Obama’s spokesman Robert Gibbs said the President “doesn’t believe that is the best use of money at this point.” Besides President Obama, the […]
Indian IT crook Satyam Computer Services is telling employees that they will receive their salaries for January. That means all ye Satyam employees can pay your mortgages, car loans and next month’s credit card bills. Hey guys, who knows what will happen with your February salary. So, go slow on splurging. At its meeting today, […]