Movie studio Warner Bro. has embarked upon a movie rental and sale trial on the Facebook social networking site. Here’s an excerpt from the AP: Starting Tuesday, Facebook users who visit the official page of “Batman: The Dark Knight” can click a “watch” icon and pay 30 Facebook credits, or $3, to watch the movie. […]
IIT Delhi alumnus and Harvard MBA Rajat Kumar Gupta has been charged with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC today charged Rajat Gupta with illegally tipping Galleon Management founder and hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam with inside information about the quarterly earnings at Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble as well […]
Ah, how we wish we were across the pond, living in London instead of the recession-hit United States. Blessed we are not. Let there be no mistake. The U.S. has a lot of things Ice Creams, and flavors too, in its favor. Sure, we have our Italian Ice Creams, Ben & Jerry’s, Rita’s Ice, Starbucks […]
In an age when most people find it difficult to read anything beyond those stupid 64-character twitter feeds, does it f*cking matter that the Amazon Kindle e-reader is coming to the AT&T retail stores (company-owned only). Of course, it doesn’t matter. Amazon’s move to bring the Kindle to AT&T stores is part of the e-tailer’s […]
Sri Lanka plays Pakistan aka Terroristan at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Saturday. For our U.S. readers, the match starts at 4AM EST. This will be the 10th match in the ICC 2011 World Cup. So far, Sri Lanka and Terroristan have crossed paths six times in previous World Cup matches and each time […]
Among the many right-wing Republican whackos in the U.S., former Alaska Governor and John McCain’s VP running mate Sarah Palin is the dumbest, sickest and weirdest nut-case. Her ignorance is appalling, her pronouncements on most subjects disgusting and her attitude toward President Obama sickening. For all SI readers in India, Sarah Palin is a schmuck […]