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26 February 2011 at 09 : 29 AM
Baba Ramdev to Thrust into Politics
The Congress party has put forth their demand as per which they have asked Baba Ramdev to present a public detail of his properties and enlist the sources of income. Baba Ramdev who alleges that his yoga postures have the ability to cure the most malignant of diseases has reportedly got into a tangle with [...]
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26 February 2011 at 03 : 34 AM
GM Reports First Annual Profit in Six Years
While the analysts foresee hard times for General Motors which has earned $4.7 billion last year, they say that the automaker’s momentum would not be so easy to safeguard. Having come up with its first annual profit in six years, the automaker has now come up after bankruptcy and the recession which it faced. The [...]
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26 February 2011 at 03 : 27 AM
Swiss Govt Passes an Act for the Return of Black Money
The Switzerland Government has reportedly passed a federal act on the restitution of assets of savers. The closest example of this is former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak. As per this act the authorities have the right to confiscate frozen assets and, subject to conditions, return them to the country of origin. Hence the hefty [...]
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22 February 2011 at 20 : 49 PM
Alibaba Involved in Fraudulent Storefronts, CEO Wei Quits
The Chief Executive of Alibaba.com Ltd. is being prompted to quit, following an internal investigation which reported that as many as 2,300 vendors used its website to defraud global buyers. Ranging from organic fruits to personal computers, Alibaba is said to put forth a market place for customers to trade everything. The Company’s shares are [...]
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3 February 2011 at 07 : 10 AM
WikiLeaks Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize
The Noble prized was introduced by Sir Alfred Noble, renowned Swedish scientist who invented dynamite. According to the will of Sir Alfred Noble, “it’s to be awarded to whoever shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and [...]
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3 February 2011 at 06 : 08 AM
News Corp. to put Myspace on Sale
When a corporate giant officially announces the sale of its one of the major profit-making projects, everyone knows that it is a part of a pure business. This one has come as no surprise. Clearing the fog of prolonged incertitude, News Corp has finally annunciated its decision to sell off the social networking site, MySpace. [...]
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25 November 2010 at 11 : 38 AM
2010 The Year of the Scam in Indian History
Corruption in India is not a secret from anyone, as it is prevalent from private to the public sector and almost everyone in the system is part of the misdoings. However, the extent to which the Indian public sector employees and politicians have taken corruption to is drastic. The damage caused by corruption to the [...]
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4 October 2010 at 01 : 44 AM
Facebook Movie Hits High On Box Office
The much awaited Facebook movie is here and has already made £ 14.6 M In just three days since its opening. David Fincher’s ‘The Social Network’ has bashed US’s Box Office Charts during its opening weekend, setting up a record in itself by generating over $23 Million. The movie has also received many positive feedbacks [...]
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1 October 2010 at 05 : 07 AM
Now You Can See Penguins on Google’s Street View
Google has now given a new treat to all its users around the world, as its Street View has reached Antarctica. All Googler’s can now navigate around the coldest place on earth that is the Antarctica and can view its glaciers and icebergs- which only a few people can visit in person. User’s can also [...]
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1 October 2010 at 05 : 39 AM
Google’s “WebP” 40% smaller than JPEG
Google has launched it new Image format known as WebP (pronounced as “weppy“), which it claims can cut the size of the web images by almost 40%. The news came into the light this morning by CNET, to which the Google in its blog entry described the technology. The basic motive of this open sourced [...]
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