Once upon a time there was a boy named Martin. He was a sickly child growing up in rural Austria in a family so poor that it couldn't afford its own last name. So, Martin's father, Vince, and his mother, coincidentally named Vince, took the name of their town, Eisenstadt. (See photo) Martin Eisenstadt was a lonely child, slow but short. He didn't .. more »

estimated the move would impact 750 employees in Finland and about 500 employees in Munich, Germany.The cuts in Germany were to take effect at the latest.After earlier cuts, transfers and voluntary severance resignations, Nokia Siemens Networks said it expected to employ 7,000 people in Finland down from some 9,200.The group said it also planned to .. more »

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Bajaj will soon launch upgraded Pulsar 200 and 220. The all new Pulsar 200 will have a Fuel Injected engine and the Pulsar 220 cosmetic change. READ MORE HERE AND DISCUSS COMMENTS CLOSED HERE .. more »

Taking advantage of the pause in violence, the Hamas leaders have turned to matchmaking, bringing together single fighters and widows. .. more »

  Haunted Airs: Thursday October 30, 2008 Sam’s time is taken up by her studies for a pharmacology exam, leaving Gates feeling neglected. A school fight results in a stabbing, with Brenner treating the victim and trying to uncover the truth behind the story. Morris has a surprise for Neela. Gates gets locked in a stairwell with a .. more »

SBI Mutual Fund (MF) announced that the fund house will declare dividend, under the dividend option of SBI Debt Fund Series 90D -26.The fund house fixed Oct. 27, 2008 as the record date for the declaration of dividend. It will declare the entire distributable surplus available on the record date, as dividend. Pursuant to payment of dividend, the .. more »

DAMASCUS, Syria - US military helicopters yesterday killed eight people on the Syrian side of the Iraqi border, prompting Syria to condemn what it described as "serious aggression." A US military official said the raid targeted a foreign-fighter... ..... more »

As falling gasoline prices squeeze refining profits, there are signs that refiners are ratcheting back production to pare losses. .. more »

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Oct 6 2008Cement Sector UpdateHavells IndiaEssar OilHDILSatyam Computer ServicesFutures and Options.. more »

Repurchase rate now stands at 8%. RBI had earlier slashed CRR by 250 basis points unlocking Rs1 trillion into financial system .. more »

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CHICAGO (MarketWatch) - Arbitron Inc. said Monday it asked a federal court to prevent New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo from blocking distribution of ratings results derived from its Portable People Meter measurements in that state. .. more »

The "Shhhh-it!" AnonIMous Super-Secret Music-Biz Interview Series has been dusted off and hung back up on the wall, and it feels good, doesn't it? It feels comfortable. Like an old pair of pajamas. Or Mom's Apple Pie. In every edition of S-I!AS-SM-BIS, we interview a grizzled music ... 0.. more »

I gave a talk this morning at BarCamp London 5 about CSS Systems , a new term that I am using to define a top-down approach to architecting a site's CSS. A CSS System is a reusable set of content-oriented markup patterns and associated CSS created to express a site's individual design. It is the end result of a process that emphasizes up-front .. more »

MAT 2008 Results September from AIMAThe Management Aptitude Results for September, also known as MAT Results are declared and are available on the AIMA website (All India Management Association) - www.aima-ind.orgCandidates who are willing to get their MAT results can go through the following link and enter the required details as per the results .. more »

Inevitably, RBI's relaxation of external commercial borrowing norms will be assessed in the context of global liquidity concerns. .. more »

China's health minister reported Wednesday that more than 1,300 infants had been hospitalized after being fed contaminated baby formula... more »