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Nokia was in the new last week when it announced its new CEO, Stephen Elop. The announcement was a bit of a surprise to many as Nokia never had a non-Finish CEO. Just to put any speculations to rest, Elop has stated that he is “prepared for the long dark nights and freezing temperatures of Helsinki in winter.” Nokia also feels that Eloy’s “cultural sensitivity” to Nokia’s “Finnish heritage” was among the reasons he was chosen.” Hopefully that is proven to be right. Looking at the track record for Stephen Elop, he has worked with the best of the companies and this would surely help Nokia broaden its markets. Read More »
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Right to Information Act or better known as RTI. Every country has one and so does India. The only difference is that there are laws that were made to protect the petitioner and this is where India needs to make some serious changes to its current laws. Going by the number of attacks on activists in India it seems like the years of “selective transparency” may well derail the Act from it course. 2005 marked the beginning of a process which has led to various changes in the working of many agencies who now had to be accountable to their activities. But the activists have paid a price and many may still do if there is no change in the laws that protect the petitioner. Read More »
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Kim Clijsters was in no mood to relinquish her title and showed no signs of nerves in the finals. Poor Vera Zvonareva had no chance the moment she stepped on the court. Would it have been different if it would have been one of the William sisters or Wozniacki? Venus was swept aside in the semis, Wozniacki was not at her best which leaves out Sarena. May be it would have been a tougher match but then with Clijsters’ form, who knows. It was an extremely one-sided match and honestly did not enjoy it. Was hoping for a 3-set final. Read More »
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Rising anti-outsourcing sentiment in the US, evident by Ohio State’s ban on outsourcing IT services to foreign lands, is likely to adversely impact the USD 51-billion Indian IT industry, feel analysts.
Ohio’s ban came just weeks after the US government hiked the fee for H-1B and L1 visas, a move that would hurt Indian IT players. The honeymoon is over, now it is time to save the marriage. Read More »
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- Clijsters repeats as U.S. Open champion (reuters.com)
- Ohio Bans Outsourcing – Another blow for Indian Software companies (trak.in)
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