IBM to manage infrastructure technology budget of "la Caixa"

IBM to manage infrastructure technology budget of "la Caixa"
Computer Business Review
Spanish savings bank "la Caixa" has signed a ten-year strategic services agreement with IBM to manage the infrastructure technology budget of "la Caixa" of more than 2 billion euro over ten years. Through Serveis Informatics la Caixa, SA (Silk), ...
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Chavez: Could US have technology to cause cancer?

Chavez: Could US have technology to cause cancer?
Newsday
Nation Newsday > News > Nation Chavez: Could US have technology to cause cancer? Originally published: December 28, 2011 3:16 PM Updated: December 28, 2011 3:26 PM By The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela - (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is ...
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Technology, philosophies alter farmworking conditions

Technology, philosophies alter farmworking conditions
Yuma Sun
While many farming jobs remain physically and personally demanding, technology and hiring philosophies of some in the agriculture business have dramatically altered the working conditions and way of life for thousands of area laborers. ...
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Vardi Says US Technology Firms Seek Israeli Startups

Vardi Says US Technology Firms Seek Israeli Startups
Washington Post
30 (Bloomberg) -- Startup investor and Digital Life Design conference organizer Yossi Vardi discusses the growing interest in Israel's technology industry from large US companies. He spoke Nov. 6 in Tel Aviv with Bloomberg's Gwen Ackerman. ...
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Not a dirty picture after all

It’s a final wrap for Bollywood’s scene this year. Rajiv Vijayakar looks back at 2011,only to conclude that it has been quite a good year for Hindi cinema.


With Milan Luthria’s The Dirty Picture as the year’s latest bonanza, 2011 has been quite a good year for Hindi cinema. If 2008 (Ghajini) and 2009 (3 Idiots) saw a film each that did business over a Rs 100 crore, and 2010 saw Dabangg and Golmaal 3, this year, there were four films that crossed that new magical benchmark — Ready, Singham and Bodyguard, followed by RA.One.


From top to bottom


The flipside was that while all the above-mentioned films costed a maximum of Rs 50 crore to make and market, movies like RA.One made money only for producer Shah Rukh Khan and the co-producers and co-distributors, Eros. However, the total loss for most of the distributors came to over Rs 30 crore, mainly due to the exorbitant pricing. When such is the case, a film is officially a flop, especially when the ord-of-mouth is negative. The pricing factor also became a bane for Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s Force and Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar.


Without doubt, the biggest casualties of the year were, according to different trade sources, either Mausam or Rascals. Patiala House, Game, Thank You, Aarakshan and 7 Khoon Maaf were the other big losers. 


Huge box-office revenues are possible now, thanks to advertising within films, multiple rights and a rapidly broadening cinematic base that include overseas destinations and inflated ticket rates at multiplexes. The only sensible criterion remains the cost-to-profit ratio that is calculated on the basis of expenditure and revenue. 


By that criterion, the biggest hit of the year is likely to be Milan Luthria’s pathbreaking universal hit, The Dirty Picture (TDP), which still appears to be going strong. Cutting across all audience demographics and barriers, and pleasing critics as well, this sex-laden film made a clean sweep of the accolades as well as the moolah. Whether TDP makes the Rs 100-crore grade remains to be seen, but without doubt, it will emerge as the biggest film of the year as far as ‘return of investment’ is concerned. The trade website, boxofficekings.com, reveals that as of now, Mohit Suri’s Murder 2 is leading the roster, followed by the Deols’ Yamla Pagla Deewana, Vikram Bhatt’s Haunted 3D, Balaji Telefilms’ erotic-horror film Ragini MMS,   and Rajkumar Gupta’s No One Killed Jessica.


Other films that did brisk business among the modestly budgeted films were Mere Brother Ki Dulhan from the Yash Raj Films’ stable, Aamir Khan’s Delhi Belly and Dhobi Ghat as well as Aanand Rai’s Tanu Weds Manu. Making modest profits for their respective and varied production costs were Chalo Dilli, Chillar Party, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, F.A.L.T.U., Pyar Ka Punch-Nama Read more

Getting paid to teach how to speak

Getting paid to teach how to speak
Economic Times
As a voice and accent (V&A) trainer, my job is to improve people's quality of speech. V&A emerged as a niche profession when the BPO revolution took India by storm. But now this aspect of "personnel grooming" has gone beyond call centres. ...
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What Are the Positions of Presidential Candidates on Trade?

What Are the Positions of Presidential Candidates on Trade?
Huffington Post (blog)
India's embrace of capitalism and China's bizarre combination of Marxist-Leninist government and free market initiatives will create a future where one-fourth of the world's markets will be controlled by these countries. Those who advocate economic ...
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IBM Advances Analytics Skills Program to Universities Globally

IBM Advances Analytics Skills Program to Universities Globally
MarketWatch (press release)
The company is expanding its academic initiatives for business analytics with new programs in China, India, Ireland and Scotland, helping students keep pace with today's competitive job market by gaining skills in this fast-growing field of technology. ...
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2011: The year when Japan went global over social networking

2011: The year when Japan went global over social networking
The Japan Times
By AKKY AKIMOTO Over the past year, major US social-media services have made some serious inroads into Japan. Here are some recent developments. A report on Japanese social-networking services usage issued by Nielsen/NetRatings on Nov. ...
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Just Launched: Investor Behind Skype Bets Big on Online Ticket Social Network ...

Just Launched: Investor Behind Skype Bets Big on Online Ticket Social Network ...
Helzerman’s Odd Bits
Morten Lund, the investor behind Skype has just launched his latest venture, LiveStub.com, a social network dedicated to reselling tickets to events, concerts, you name it. Making money from reselling tickets is one of the oldest gigs going (as old as ...
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New social scanning app for iOS from ScanMe

New social scanning app for iOS from ScanMe
GoMo News
With SanMe, your unique barcode stores your personal contact information and links others to your social network profiles with one quick scan. Available to download from the Apple App Store right now here, the new free app from ScanMe is a convenient ...
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SB Nation's new Android app is excellent (and some other social media and site ...

SB Nation's new Android app is excellent (and some other social media and site ...
The Crimson Quarry
I've always been happy with the SB Nation mobile pages, but on a 3G network the app's load times are practically instantaneous. Some other social media discussion and general site issues below the fold. First, I owe those of you who "like" The Crimson ...
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Social networking business of money-producing machine with a

Social networking business of money-producing machine with a large amount
PRPick.com
we define a better future starts with a course of business plan, we need to charge and funding the most important, we can see a picture of a highly successful business network social that is currently most loved by young and worldwide using the ...
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LoveFilm signs streaming deal with Sony Pictures Television

LoveFilm signs streaming deal with Sony Pictures Television
The Guardian
Amazon's LoveFilm is continuing its film and TV content rights war with US rival Netflix, signing a deal with Sony Pictures Television for the right to stream titles including The Social Network and Salt. The deal, which comes a day after Netflix ...
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Looking once again at social networks

Looking once again at social networks
The Voice of Russia
We're taking a break from politics, policies, governments and looking once again at social networks. A bit late in the game, Microsoft is cautiously treading waters of the sea social networks. Their new service called So.cl was launched for select ...
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Financial Technology Partners Wins Highly Prestigious Award for Boutique ...

Financial Technology Partners Wins Highly Prestigious Award for Boutique ...
MarketWatch (press release)
21, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Financial Technology Partners LP and FTP Securities LLC (together, "FT Partners"), are pleased to announce that our firm was again recognized for its accomplishments by The M&A Advisor who awarded FT Partners with ...
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Israeli university wins joint bid for new NY science campus

Israeli university wins joint bid for new NY science campus
infolive.tv
Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology will partner to build an applied sciences campus in New York City that officials hope will transform the metropolis into a center for entrepreneurship and technology innovation to rival ...
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US Call Centre Bill | Indian BPO Sector | New ... - Oneindia News

 US Call Centre Bill | Indian BPO Sector | New ... - Oneindia News
A call centre bill has been tabled in the US House of Representatives, which demands to bar US call centres operating in nations like India from seeking ...
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Spredfast and Dachis Group Team Up to Offer Action and Insights

Spredfast and Dachis Group Team Up to Offer Action and Insights
PR Newswire (press release)
Spredfast allows its clients to extend their branded content and engage with its audience from a single administration interface to the blogosphere and the major social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Foursquare. ...
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Launching Social Network?

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Launching Social Network?
eMoneyDaily
Reports say that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has rolled out 'so.cl', a new social networking site which experiments with the concept of social search and is meant to help students to share interesting discoveries related to their curriculum ...
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Three Aussies apply for women's hockey coach job

Three Aussies apply for women's hockey coach job
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Following in the footsteps of India's current men's hockey team coach Michael Nobbs, three men from Down Under have applied for the coach's job with the women's national team. SAI is expected to finalise one of these three as the foreign ...
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Facebook Bitten by Hand that Feeds It: Social Network Sued Over Sponsored ...

Facebook Bitten by Hand that Feeds It: Social Network Sued Over Sponsored ...
Search Engine Journal
The social network claims that the plaintiffs are public figures to their Facebook friends and that users “likes” represent newsworthy expressions of consumer opinion to friends. In an e-mailed statement, Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes noted, ...
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Termination of contractual job can be challenged in court, says Supreme Court

Termination of contractual job can be challenged in court, says Supreme Court
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: In view of changing nature of employment in the commercial world, the Supreme Court has said that courts can interfere even in the case of contractual job if the decision taken by the management is arbitrary. A bench of justices Cyriac ...
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Sweety High Aims to Be the Fame of Social Networks

Sweety High Aims to Be the Fame of Social Networks
Wired (blog)
All but 5% of teens are online, and most are using social media platforms. However, for all the success experienced by websites like Facebook, these are not places that welcome teens and tweens, either through policy or behavior. ...
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4 Megatrends in Social Media and Social Business

4 Megatrends in Social Media and Social Business
Forbes
2012 is primed to be the year of social. In particular we can anticipate a blitz of publicity around social business. But social media too still has room to surprise. Talking with a group of people recently including Lloyd Armbrust at OwnLocal and Tom ...
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Leadis Technology to Hold Conference Call to Review Status of Dissolution

Leadis Technology to Hold Conference Call to Review Status of Dissolution
NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)
ES/ – Leadis Technology, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: LDIS) today announced that it plans to hold a conference call for stockholders of the company on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 2:00 pm Pacific Time (5:00 pm Eastern Time) to review the status of its ...
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New Materials Chemistry and Physics Resources Highlighted at Sciencia.org

New Materials Chemistry and Physics Resources Highlighted at Sciencia.org PR Web (press release) The Materials Chemistry and Physics Sciences are two of the key sections in the Chemistry Sciences category of the Sciences Social Network Sciencia.org. The users of the website monitor 386 scientific journals publishing in these two disciplines which ... See all stories on this topic »

Quan takes down Facebook page

Quan takes down Facebook page
San Jose Mercury News
Mayor Jean Quan is disabling her public Facebook page, which has become a virtual bulletin board for people upset over her handling of the Occupy Oakland encampment. A statement Quan posted toFacebook on Oct. 25 -- the day police first evacuated ...
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SBI offers cheapest andfastest remittance to India

SBI offers cheapest andfastest remittance to India
Saudi Gazette
Indians here are looking for the fastest transfer, lowest charges and highest exchange rate for sending remittances to India. Our offering will address all these needs and therefore we hope to garner a good market share in this space. ...
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Aid to India part of broad plan to build trade and investment, says minister

Aid to India part of broad plan to build trade and investment, says minister
The Independent
Last year, in one of his first foreign trips after becoming prime minister, Mr Cameron came to Indiawith a delegation that consisted of six cabinet ministers and around 60 businessmen. With bilateral trade worth £11.bn, his aim was to secure jobs and ...
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Equity funds that held out in 2011 market bouts

Equity funds that held out in 2011 market bouts Hindu Business Line So they made for a poor investment this year, with the stock markets falling sharply — and with them, the value of their portfolios. The only solace for investors is that fund managers did a fair job of containing the losses to their net asset value ... See all stories on this topic »

Lighting Standard Creating Jobs & Technology Revolution in America's Heartland

Lighting Standard Creating Jobs & Technology Revolution in America's Heartland Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) As many of my colleagues have noted in their blogs – these lightbulbs standard have helped to drive a technology revolution in our Heartland. Here's a quick sampling. In East Cleveland, Ohio GE created the first Energy Star certified incandescent ... See all stories on this topic »

Require Accountant at Weavetex Overseas

Require Accountant at Weavetex Overseas
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BioLase Technology price 9.3% below VWP

BioLase Technology price 9.3% below VWP
Dentistry IQ
BioLase Technology (BLTI.O), NASDAQ's 12th largest lasers systems & components company by market capitalisation, closed unchanged at US$2.48, ending a two-day streak of losses. The price is at a discount of 9.3% to the 1-month volume weighted average ...
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Alleged NYPD Facebook Postings Prompt New Residency Bill NY1

Dayton college uses Facebook to lure students
Columbus Dispatch
By Lisa Cornwell ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunday December 11, 2011 6:05 AM The University of Dayton is inviting prospective students to use Facebook to compete for thousands of dollars in scholarships and possibly boost their chances of getting into the school ...
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Alleged NYPD Facebook Postings Prompt New Residency Bill NY1 The NYPD came under fire after it was revealed some officers allegedly posted negative comments about the West Indian Day Parade on Facebook. "Those who have no real understanding of the individuals they are policing, the individuals they are serving, ... See all stories on this topic »

The Next First (and Only) 100 Days

Developments in fast-growth markets to prove more important to investors than ...
Economic Times
In it, he says that Brazil, Russia, India and China - as well as Indonesia, South Korea, Mexico and Turkey - are economic powerhouses and should no longer be called emerging markets. He prefers the term "growth markets" for them, a name that may help ...
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The Next First (and Only) 100 Days New York Times The second jobs crisis grows out of the first. It is long-term unemployment — people who have been out of work for so long “they've lost their connections to the job market and need help getting back,” said Katz. The third jobs crisis flows from the ... See all stories on this topic »

Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl

Jubail Indian school stages successful Cluster Meet Arab News “I congratulate International Indian School-Jubail Chairman Ahmad Khan, Principal Syed Hameed and his teaching faculty for having done a remarkable job,” he said and described the cultural program presented by the schoolchildren at the valedictory ... See all stories on this topic » Arab News

Movie Review: 'Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl' - No Band or Baaja, but Engaging Daijiworld.com Dimple from Delhi (Parineeti Chopra), Raina from Mumbai (Dipannita Sharma), and Saira from Lucknow (Aditi Sharma) plot the Kameena's downfall, and come up with a plan to get their money back from him. They trace him down easily (thanks to his ... See all stories on this topic »

Formula One: Longtime F1 doctor Sid Watkins retires as president of FIA Institute

Toyota Corolla vs Renault Fluence vs Volkswagen Jetta vs Skoda Laura - diesel war IBNLive.com The Skoda Laura (2.0 Ambiente TDI MT) price in India at Rs 14.86 lakh (all prices, ex-Delhi) remains an enthusiast's car. You can push it in corners and come out with a smile. It has pleasant interiors and good space (though headroom is tight at the ... See all stories on this topic » IBNLive.com

Formula One: Longtime F1 doctor Sid Watkins retires as president of FIA Institute AutoWeek British doctor Sid Watkins, 83, formally retired as the president of the FIA Institute during the general assembly of world motorsports' governing body in New Delhi on Friday. One of the world's leading neurosurgeons, the "Prof" has worked in ... See all stories on this topic »

Talk of rights, it's Human Rights Day

Talk of rights, it's Human Rights Day All India Radio Addressing a seminar on the occasion of World Human Rights Day in New Delhi, Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia said that Right to Education (RTE) was playing a significant role in strengthening the Child rights in the country. Justice Kapadia said that ... See all stories on this topic »

Yvan Muller receives FIA WTCC Champion's trophy TouringCarTimes Yvan Muller collected his third FIA World Touring Car Championship Drivers' trophy in New Delhi on Friday, with Chevrolet team-mates Rob Huff and Alain Menu also collecting their awards for finishing second and third in this year's Championship. ... See all stories on this topic »

Posing as AIIMS doctor, cheat makes lakhs

Bollywood vs South: Imran Khan or Jeeva? IBNLive.com New Delhi: Bollywood and the South Indian film industry are different from each other but there are actors in both the industries who have similar mannerism and niche audience base. Imran Khan of the Hindi film industry and Jeeva of Tamil films make ... See all stories on this topic »

Posing as AIIMS doctor, cheat makes lakhs Indian Express “He even told his family and friends in Uttar Pradesh that he was working as a doctor with a prestigious hospital in Delhi and, if anybody wanted to get treatment or even a job, they could contact him. Surprisingly, his wife and two children were also ... See all stories on this topic »

Body scanners finding plenty of creative uses in US

France, for a Moment, Becomes Focus of Digital Optimism
New York Times
Mr. Schmidt wasted few opportunities to point out that, at a time when the European economy is being dragged down by a debt crisis, the technology industry is one of the few potential sources of growth. Google has said it is in the process of hiring ...
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Body scanners finding plenty of creative uses in US
Kansas City Star
Thanks to McMakin's engineering work at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the same technology already is in use at a handful of malls around the country, where clothing shoppers can step into machines and have their measurements instantly ...
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Convert city planning authorities into section 25 companies'

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'Convert city planning authorities into section 25 companies' Economic Times The success of the Delhi Metro Railway Corporation shows us the way to succeed in socially relevant projects is to follow the corporate model. Convert the NCR Planning Board into the NCR Planning Corporation with equity stake to UP, Haryana and Delhi ... See all stories on this topic »

Ross Technologies Inc. (RTGX) & Greater Baltimore Cares Technology Center ...

PTO helps upgrade technology at Owosso elementary
Argus Press
OWOSSO — In an effort to help bring Emerson Elementary's technology up-to-date, the Owosso Parent/Teacher Organization (PTO) has purchased $10000 worth of LCD projectors and additional equipment for each classroom within the school. ...
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Ross Technologies Inc. (RTGX) & Greater Baltimore Cares Technology Center ...
PR Web (press release)
RTGX is pleased to announce the opening of the Ross Technologies Inc. and Greater Baltimore Cares Technology Center located in the newly renovated Perkins Fire House. The Perkins Fire House will be known as the Power House beginning with the ribbon ...
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Motion sensor technology used to fight chronic pain

Motion sensor technology used to fight chronic pain
Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Regional Medical Center is one of the first medical institutes in the country using motion sensor technology developed for video games to help patients manage pain. Doctors thread wires into the epidural space along the outside of the spine; ...
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TechAmerica Georgia and TAG Announce Cool Technology Finalists for the 2011 ...

TechAmerica Georgia and TAG Announce Cool Technology Finalists for the 2011 ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
TechAmerica Georgia and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) today unveiled the finalists in the "Cool Technology" category for the ninth annual Spirit of Endeavor Awards. This category recognizes the Georgia company that has developed and/or ...
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Technology helps keep track of suspected offenders

Technology helps keep track of suspected offenders
Post-Tribune
By Lori Caldwell lcaldwell@post-trib December 9, 2011 1:46PM GARY — The first time a burglar is arrested isn't usually the suspect's first venture into the world of crime. And thanks to a computer system already in place through the Lake County jail ...
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