Monthly Archives: January 2010

PUBLIC INVESTMENT PRIVATE GAINS

After winning the recent general election with a thumping majority, the UPA (united progressive alliance) government has once again brought back the issue of disinvestment into limelight. A number of public sector undertakings (PSUs) are on the radar of government’s disinvestment plan- either complete disinvestment or offloading a minority stake.

The names of some

PSUs OFFER BETTER SALARIES THAN PRIVATE COMPANIES

The yawning gap between the compensation of senior management at public sector undertakings (PSUs) and their counterparts in the private sector was the key focus of the Pay Revision Committee (2nd PRC), headed by retired Supreme Court Judge M Jagannadha Rao.

As a part of its strategy to make PSU jobs financially rewarding, the committee of the Union department of public enterprises, recommended e

GOOGLE Vs. APPLE

On Jan 5, Google did a very Apple-like thing. In a presentation at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., the 11-year-old search behemoth unveiled Nexus One, a stylish touchscreen smartphone that runs on the company’s Android operating system, is sold through a Google-operated retail Web site, and greets the market with an advertising tagline (“Web meets phone”) a

LIC EMERGES AS INVESTOR OF LAST RESORT

It is usually the listed companies that figure on the radar of ET500. But Life Insurance Corporation of India is an exception. We cannot miss LIC, which is corporate India’s single largest shareholder and investor. For India Inc, it emerged as an investor of last resort at the peak of the global financial crisis. In a conversation with ET

ARE YOU A GOOD TEAM PLAYER?

Two brains are always better than one but it can be a challenge to bring people together at the workplace.

Many work processes can be done faster or more efficiently with team work rather than individual contribution. However, it can be a great challenge for the human resources department to build balance

CHINA TRIED TO HACK INDIA'S COMPUTERS

LONDON: Chinese hackers have tried to penetrate computers in the offices of national security adviser MK Narayanan, a British paper on Monday quoted him as saying.

Narayanan said his office and other government departments were targeted on Dec 15, the same date that US defence, finance and technology companies, including Google, r

NEW COMPUTER VIRUS DISGUISED AS SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION DOWNLOAD

A new spam campaign using false e-mails made to look like messages from the Social Security Administration is capable of stealing Social Security numbers and downloading malware onto victims’ home computers, says Gary Warner, director of computer forensics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

The campaign was discover

INDIAN KPO’S ARE SKYROCKETING IN TERMS OF CLIENTELE BASE & FAVORED ECONOMIC POLICIES

Knowledge process outsourcing today is taking aggressive approach in outsourcing business. Today the clientele base is experiencing a significant increase. The Indian knowledge process outsourcing industry specially is skyrocketing in terms of clientele base & favored economic policies.

As per a research & news reported in

THE BEST AND WORST JOBS OF 2009

At least twice a month throughout the recession, headhunters have dangled job opportunities in front of Ryan McAllister, an actuary for Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. in Novato, Calif. “If I were ever unhappy with my employer, I could pick up the phone and find something else very quickly,” says the 28-year-old Mr. McAllister. He joined the high-net-worth property and

STRIKE A FINE BALANCE

 

Make these resolutions to take your career in the right direction.

Be a student

Treat every workday like a school day. Be sure that you learn something and use it to make yourself more productive. It doesn’t have to relate to your skills. It may b

Paste your AdWords Remarketing code here