NEW YORK — Chevron Corp. the No. 2 U.S. oil company, on Friday said quarterly profit surged 49 percent to $4 billion, topping Wall Street expectations and sparking a 2 percent rise in the stock.
The massive earnings come even as consumers are increasingly agitated about rising gas prices. Read more
Aditya Birla Nuvo has posted excellent results for the year ended 31st
March 2006.
Its consolidated turnover of Rs. 4759.36 Crores, is up by 49.2% over
Rs. 3189.11 Crores achieved in the previous year, also placing the
company in the billion dollar league. Net profit has leapfrogged to
Rs. 190.67 Crores against Rs. 58.72 Crores in the previous year.
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Leadership is one of the most talked and written about business topics. Whole careers have been made with a wide variety of ‘systems’ and models, some good and some bad.
Sometimes simplicity is wonderful! Dwight Eisenhower used to demonstrate leadership to his staff using a piece of string. He’d put it on the table and say: Pull it and it will follow you anywhere; Push it and it will go nowhere. Read more
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Thursday, April 27, 2006 —- Wipro
Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited
(NYSE:WIT) has been rated as the top Indian outsourcing firm in the
Global Outsourcing 100 rankings conducted by The International
Association of Outsourcing Professionals. This is an independent
global survey, the results of which were released recently in Fortune
magazine.
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Beijing, China, Thursday, April 27, 2006 — MPEG LA, LLC, the world
leader in one-stop technology platform patent licenses, today signed
an IPR Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the China Audio Industry
Association (CAIA) and the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and
Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCCME) during the China
National Intellectual Property Rights Week 2006. Read more
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Wednesday, April 26, 2006 — India's
largest Software Architecture Summit organised by iCMG on May 9 and
10th will feature experts in the field of Software Architecture from
USA, UK, Australia, Malaysia and India.
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In its quest for dominating the entire online user experience, probabaly days and dates were left out. Not any longer. Google in its bid for online dominance launched a calendar service late last week. It has opened up the beta for their long awaited calendar application over at calendar.google.com. The application has box calendar to keep track of all the events in your life, coordinate schedules with friends and family, and find new things to do. Read more
The unthinkable has happened. Apple's Mac can now run Windows. Shocked aren't you? Well it took me a good 15 minutes to realize the news is indeed true. Whatver had happened to Steve Jobs? The Apple Cult? I wondered. Have growth and commercial gains suddenly overtaken everything else? Well here is the story, but first the reactions. Read more
Since their initial production in 1975 as mere research tools,
monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) have found a range of commercial
applications in medical diagnosis and therapy. Recent advances in the
production of monoclonal antibody technologies has shown the way for
their use as excellent therapeutic agents for a wide variety of
diseases, including many types of cancers, inflammatory and autoimmune
diseases, cardiovascular diseases, as well as several metabolic
disorders such as diabetes. Read more
Many businesses are comfortable. Ahhhh… it is so nice being in the comfort zone – the metaphorical easy chair in front of a warm fireplace, feet up, and relaxed. The company is doing fine, business is good; management, customers and staff are happy… and complacent. Read more
