The below post is from one of those e-mails that keep getting forwarded because they are interesting. It landed in our mailbox this morning courtesy of our New Jersey sardar friend (yeah, the same guy who once promised us an Incredible India tourism DVD and sent us a porn DVD…only a Sikh would do that 😉 […]
Despicable greed by mercenary doctors, crooked hospitals, callous insurance firms and gluttonous pharmaceutical companies is playing havoc with the lives of Americans. Scary Survey Earlier today, Consumer Reports (a highly-respected non-partisan organization) put out the results of a survey. Folks, the results are very depressing and downright scary. According to the survey, 28% of Americans […]
A few minutes back as we were going over a Nokia announcement (Nokia Streamlines Operations in Several Units and Functions) that’s actually about firing another 1,700 employees worldwide, we couldn’t help but wonder at the flexibility of the English language in dealing with what’s a straightforward issue – laying off or kicking out employees. Here […]
Our vote goes for Padmasree Warrior, the Chief Technology Officer of Cisco. Maybe because we think old is gold. Although a Methuselah-like 48, Padmasree still oozes sex appeal. With a cute bindi gracing the midpoint of her eyebrows, at the base of her forehead just above the nose bridge, Padmasree looks yummier than a Cold Stone […]
Loss-making Reader’s Digest Association Inc has signed a cost-cutting oriented $350 million, seven-year IT outsourcing agreement with India’s HCL Technologies. The agreement is supposed to cover Reader’s Digest Association’s entire IT landscape, spanning the gamut from infrastructure to applications. IT Support from Coolie Nations From low wage nations like India and Poland, HCL Technologies will […]
Un ‘f*&#*ng’ believable. Insurance giant AIG, which has received $170 billion in tax-payer funded bailout, is paying out over $700 hundred million in bonus and retention payments to its employees, according to the Washington Post. The feeble excuse – AIG is contractually obligated to pay the money. But U.S. courts have routinely thrown out contracts […]