How does Sachin Tendulkar do it? How does Sachin Tendulkar do it? How does a 36-year-old cricketer stay at the top of the game for 20 years? How does he retain this incredible hunger for achievement after scoring more than 30,000 runs in the long (Test) and shorter (50 over) versions of the game? Cricket […]
The purpose of this post is two-fold. To give some background on my earlier blogging (or its predecessor: bulletin board life) on the subject of economy and financial markets; and To lead you into a phenomenal video produced by PBS Frontline on this subject as a sequel to this post. I have been educating myself […]
[Via – NY Times] In the first of many Congressional hearings into Toyota’s extensive recalls, a senior company executive told the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday that the repairs prescribed by the company might “not totally” solve the problem of unintended sudden acceleration in its vehicles. Since last fall, Toyota has recalled more […]
JP needs no introduction. On Feb 22, IBN live organized a chat session with JP with the public. The following are few questions and answers that caught my attention from this chat. Click here for the full chat script. gottimukkala raju:when do we think, we would find telangana a reality? what do u think are […]
Look this poor bird doing shoplifting. Surprisingly it wins.
During shivaratri day this year .. in dallas it was heavy snow .. One of my friend made this shiva lingam with the snow…in front of his house…
There is a valid place for the financial sector in the economy. But it should be the cart pulled by a horse called manufacturing economy. Not the other way round as it has been in the last 7 to 10 years. In other words, the economic activity has to be based on production and sale […]
Ignore Expiration Dates “Best by,” “Sell by,” and all those other labels mean very little. There’s a filet mignon in my fridge that expired four days ago, but it seems OK to me. I take a hesitant whiff and detect no putrid odor of rotting flesh, no oozing, fetid cow juice—just the full-bodied aroma of […]
Have you used Roomba ? I have been using one for the past two years. It took me about six years to buy one. I wasn’t convinced that this little machine will do the chores. Finally a guy I know at work who is a true consultant (travels a lot) , told me that he […]
[Via – ConsumerReports] At the same time that the Food and Drug Administration announced a significant shift in its view on the potential health risks posed by Bisphenol A, the Department of Health and Human Services said that it is investing $30 million in human and animal studies over the next two years to yield […]
[Via – ConsumerReports] Today the bulk of the consumer protections of the Credit Card Act of 2009 go into effect. They usher in some strong protections, but also leave some things undone. Some benefits: an end to overlimit fees, more advanced notice of changes to your account with the right to opt out, no fees […]
[Via – Indian Express] His wedding over, Pankaj Kishore Karotia, 24, was all set to leave his in-laws’ house in Noida’s Sector-10 on Thursday morning. His newlywed wife was waiting for him in the car, and Karotia, a resident of Amritpur village in Aligarh district, came for one last blessing from his father-in-law, Vijay Singh. […]
Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, IT Minister of Andhra Pradesh, has been proclaiming himself as a B.Tech graduate from CBIT. Well, he is not. He joined CBIT to pursue civil engineering in 1982 and was a student until 1990. Even in 1990, he did not clear all his subjects and never obtained a degree. There is nothing […]
[Via – Engadget] Hey, students — pay attention. Not to us, mind you, but to the syllabus provided by your professor. Kieran Mullen, a physics professor at the University of Oklahoma, has a fairly strict rule about gadgets in class: there won’t be any, ever, under any circumstances. Balk all you want (understandable given his […]
The legend has it, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” [Something like that.] Bill On financial matters, Bill Black is one of the guys always worth listening to. He was a successful bank regulators who handled the Savings and Loan debacle in late 80s and early 90s. In this […]
