Here are the Top 25 brands of India Inc. (with value in Rs. Millions). For the purposes of this study, a prerequisite of the top Indian brands was that they were listed in the top 500 on the Bombay Stock Exchange - which is why brands like Hutch, Sahara India Pariwar and Kingfisher Airlines were not included. Read more
Starting a new business? Here are some good questions to ask beforehand... The article is with reference to a query on business in NY but it is worth reading... • What type of business entity will you choose to establish for your business?• How will you be funded?• What will it cost you to operate the company?• How will you set your prices and what kind of profit margin can you expect?• How much capital will you need to operate the company until it begins to show a profit, and how long do you expect that will take?• Who are your potential customers, and how will you reach them to let them know about your products and services? Read more
Photoshop Collage Tutorial multiple images in Photoshop In the course of 8 lessons, we are going to use Photoshop and Imageready to design a website. (tags: photoshop software tutorials web)Â Read more
Open Source Business model is here to stay! What is it? Here it is laid out in simple and very succinct terms by the JBoss folks on their website! Read more
Here is a company - JBoss - that was dying to get bought!! Finally, it went to the right place - Red Hat! The Open Source Movement is picking steam now!! Linux distributor Red Hat said Monday that it signed an agreement to buy open-source company JBoss for at least $350 million, a move that expands Red Hat's product line and adds to its growth potential. The transaction involves 40 percent cash and 60 percent Red Hat stock, with an additional $70 million owed, subject to financial performance. Red Hat said the deal, which is expected to close next month, will add to the company's earnings next year. Read more
This is called Thinking OUT of the Box to Get Stuff IN THE BOX! They are right - but the challenge is one heck of a task in this one. A lot that we get from the search these days is anyways junk - so the challenge and effort will be to get quality stuff in the Box so it gives maximum "bang for the buck" in terms of stored content. While Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are busy building legions of data centers to capture the contents of the Web, a fledgling company has decided that it will squeeze the essential Internet onto a single laptop. Read more
Everything hinges on the infrastructure!! If the socialistic, foot-in-the-mouth, anti-national characters who clamor for reservations and a return to old communist (destructive) values get the upper hand then these kind of things will just be dreams of the past!! India has the potential to be a global hub for air cargo but it would need to improve upon its infrastructure and cost efficiency for it to make a mark in international market, experts have said. Read more
Another of those forwarded notes - but one that makes me VERY nostalgic!! đŸ™‚ =============== According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 60's, 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't have survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly colored lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with matchboxes! When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just chappals and fluorescent sticker on our wheel guard. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags - riding Read more
Here is a good list of steps for creating a good web content based web site! There are 14 steps here. You will have a terrific site if you do all the steps. But one of the great things about the Web is that you can build and grow continuously. So pick something and do it. Incremental improvement is better than stagnation. Read more
Among the different news reports on the job market and the future of workers in the US, here is an article on the salaries ranges for various job types.. good reference stuff! "By and large, the average salary increases employers offered to new college graduates were respectable, and some were standouts," Marilyn Mackes, executive director of NACE said in a statement. Read more
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