Mumbai’s cattle cars a.k.a. commuter trains have killed over 20,000 people in the last five years, according to local railway officials in this teeming metropolis. Worse than Nazi era cattle cars transporting Jews to the tragic final solution, Mumbai’s commuter trains carry seven million people everyday with people clinging on to the sides and many […]
Desi Butcher Vikram Pandit, Citigroup CEO, is throwing 9,000 employees on the streets on top of the 4,200 jobs the embattled bank has already cut recently. As usual, the new round of job cuts are also attributed to expense management. And did we tell you that Vikram Pandit, like the proverbial pig at the trough, took […]
The Desi Butcher Vikram Pandit-led financial mess Citigroup reported a hefty loss of $5.1 billion on revenues of $13.2 billion in its first quarter ended March 31 and will throw another 9,000 employees on the streets. On a conference call with analysts, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit acknowledged: To start with, we’re not happy with our […]
Web domain name registrar Network Solutions has named Kamalesh Dwivedi its Chief Information Officer. At Network Solutions, Kamalesh will be responsible for overseeing operations, engineering, enterprise data services and program management. Before joining Network Solutions, Kamalesh worked as Executive VP and CIO of BPO TeleTech Holdings. Kamalesh previously worked for broadband equipment company ADC Telecommunications and set-top […]
After much grief, we’ve learnt that along with a good Camera and Lens, a decent Tripod is a must. We now use a Bogen Manfrotto 725B tripod with integrated ballhead ($112.90). More than adequate for point and shoot cameras, the Bogen Manfrotto 725B can also take the weight of DSLRs like the Nikon D80 and the 18-135mm […]
Rupert Murdoch’s social networking web site MySpace is looking at launching a site focused on India in the near future as part of its aggressive expansion outside the U.S., according to the WSJ (subscription required). The India launch is to be marked with a rock concert and party on April 17 in Mumbai at the […]