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March , 2010
Thursday

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China's insatiable demand for energy to power its economy has made it a serious contender ...
HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, said a theft of data by a former employee affected up ...
London-based oil major BP has agreed to buy Brazilian, Azeri and Gulf of Mexico assets ...
Russia is considering inviting state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp to develop oil and gas ...
Food prices moderated slightly while fuel price inflation accelerated in late February adding pressure on ...
The rupee hit its highest in nearly two months, boosted by stronger regional peers and ...
Most members of the World Trade Organization are years behind in providing data about farm ...
Around one in two sovereign wealth funds invest in private equity, real estate and infrastructure ...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday he believed Britain would maintain its coveted top ...
Daimler, the world's leading truckmaker, expects commercial vehicle markets in developed countries to rebound only ...

Are you being harassed at your workplace?

A study has revealed that 79 per cent of women face sexual harassment at workplace and those in casual and contract jobs are more at risk. 79 per cent of women face sexual harassment at workplace. Anthony LaMontagne, associate professor at ...
Are you being harassed at your workplace?

A trip to Las Vegas

One can't really start with day one of any trip to Las Vegas. After awhile, it just kinda all blends together. Its amazing how a huge desert can provide such beautiful tropical getaways. Seeing volcanos exploding, pirate ships sinking and ...
A trip to Las Vegas

Is Butler sex paranoid?

Hollywood actor Gerard Butler, who has been romantically linked to Jennifer Aniston, is by his own admission 'paranoid' about sex and doesn't want to engage in bad behaviour, reports said. Contactmusic.com reports that referring to golfer Tiger Woods, whose extra-marital affairs ...
Is Butler sex paranoid?

It’s all about homework!

The concept of 'homeschooling' has not caught-on with parents in this part of the world. But then, in most of the developed countries the whole idea of homeschooling has gone beyond mere alternative education and has entered the ambit of ...
It’s all about homework!

Is ‘today’s woman’ impacting ‘today’s Ad- space’?

Monojit Lahiri wonders whether the ‘New Woman’ is appropriately reflected in adland or... Once, not very long ago, women portrayed in advertising reflected all the pristine virtues of Nirupa Roy — aka, Mother Earth! Eternally sacrificing, unconditionally loving, caring ...
Is ‘today’s woman’ impacting ‘today’s Ad- space’?

Food inflation slips to 17.81%

Food inflation dropped to 17.81 per cent towards the end of February, but fuel inflation shot up due to a hike in excise and customs duty in the Budget. Food inflation declined by 0.06 percentage points during the week ended February ...
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Is Butler sex paranoid?

Hollywood actor Gerard Butler, who has been romantically linked to Jennifer Aniston, is by his own admission 'paranoid' about sex and doesn't want to engage in bad behaviour, reports said. Contactmusic.com reports that referring to golfer Tiger Woods, whose extra-marital affairs ...
11 March 2010 | Read the full story

Oppn accuses govt

Charging that the budget had ignored the 'aam aadmi', Opposition today said the government failed miserably to address price rise and inflation that would bring down the economic growth rate. Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha (BJP), who initiated the debate on ...
11 March 2010 | Read the full story

A trip to Las Vegas

One can't really start with day one of any trip to Las Vegas. After awhile, it just kinda all blends together. Its amazing how a huge desert can provide such beautiful tropical getaways. Seeing volcanos exploding, pirate ships sinking and ...
11 March 2010 | Read the full story

Female bosses are better for employee health!

March - 11 - 2010 By: TDI Bureau Respond

Tell me now boys, after reading all this, doesn’t it occur to you that there are obviously better ways to improve productivity than to have female bosses?
A Sandeep
The smirk on my face all but got wiped out when I saw the University of Colorado 2005 report ['Worker wellbeing and supervisor gender'] which confirmed beyond doubt [...]

It’s all about homework!

March - 11 - 2010 By: TDI Bureau Respond

The concept of ‘homeschooling’ has not caught-on with parents in this part of the world. But then, in most of the developed countries the whole idea of homeschooling has gone beyond mere alternative education and has entered the ambit of politics and lobbying.
For the starters, homeschooling is the education of children at home and is [...]

Is ‘today’s woman’ impacting ‘today’s Ad- space’?

March - 11 - 2010 By: TDI Bureau Respond

Monojit Lahiri wonders whether the ‘New Woman’ is appropriately reflected in adland or…
Once, not very long ago, women portrayed in advertising reflected all the pristine virtues of Nirupa Roy — aka, Mother Earth! Eternally sacrificing, unconditionally loving, caring and forgiving, she was the definitive 24×7 giver, wanting (or expecting) nothing in return except [...]

Yousuf, Younis barred from international cricket

March - 11 - 2010 By: TDI Bureau Respond

Pakistan cricket was thrown into turmoil today with the country’s Board putting an end to the international careers of former captains Mohd Yousuf and Younus Khan besides imposing a one-year ban on Shoaib Malik in the wake of the team’s disastrous tour of Australia.
Pakistan were whitewashed in all three formats of the game in Australia [...]