After winning the recent general election with a thumping majority, the UPA (united progressive alliance) government has once again brought back the issue of disinvestment into limelight. A number of public sector undertakings (PSUs) are on the radar of government's disinvestment plan- either complete disinvestment or offloading a minority stake.
The names of some companies where
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The yawning gap between the compensation of senior management at public sector undertakings (PSUs) and their counterparts in the private sector was the key focus of the Pay Revision Committee (2nd PRC), headed by retired Supreme Court Judge M Jagannadha Rao.
As a part of its strategy to make PSU jobs financially rewarding, the committee of
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On Jan 5, Google did a very Apple-like thing. In a presentation at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., the 11-year-old search behemoth unveiled Nexus One, a stylish touchscreen smartphone that runs on the company's Android operating system, is sold through a Google-operated retail Web site, and greets the market with an advertising tagline ("Web
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It is usually the listed companies that figure on the radar of ET500. But Life Insurance Corporation of India is an exception. We cannot miss LIC, which is corporate India’s single largest shareholder and investor. For India Inc, it emerged as an investor of last resort at the peak of the global financial crisis. In
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Two brains are always better than one but it can be a challenge to bring people together at the workplace.
Many work processes can be done faster or more efficiently with team work rather than individual contribution. However, it can be a great challenge for the human resources department to build balanced and effective teams.
The advantages
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LONDON: Chinese hackers have tried to penetrate computers in the offices of national security adviser MK Narayanan, a British paper on Monday quoted him as saying.
Narayanan said his office and other government departments were targeted on Dec 15, the same date that US defence, finance and technology companies, including Google, reported cyber attacks from China.
"This
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A new spam campaign using false e-mails made to look like messages from the Social Security Administration is capable of stealing Social Security numbers and downloading malware onto victims' home computers, says Gary Warner, director of computer forensics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
The campaign was discovered Nov. 23 by Warner and his
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Knowledge process outsourcing today is taking aggressive approach in outsourcing business. Today the clientele base is experiencing a significant increase. The Indian knowledge process outsourcing industry specially is skyrocketing in terms of clientele base & favored economic policies.
As per a research & news reported in various new papers & press release across the global, it
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At least twice a month throughout the recession, headhunters have dangled job opportunities in front of Ryan McAllister, an actuary for Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. in Novato, Calif. "If I were ever unhappy with my employer, I could pick up the phone and find something else very quickly," says the 28-year-old Mr. McAllister. He joined
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Make these resolutions to take your career in the right direction.
Be a student
Treat every workday like a school day. Be sure that you learn something and use it to make yourself more productive. It doesn’t have to relate to your skills. It may be as simple as understanding how to work with specific peers
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GOLDEN – All is not golden at Colorado’s oldest school. Administrators are investigating reports that hackers got into Golden High School’s computer system and changed grades.
Students say it’s causing lots of confusion and frustration at the end of the first semester.
“I think it's pretty extreme and almost pathetic really,” said Jamie Hamilton, a senior.
Investigators are
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As we move further into the Information Age, our success lies in our ability to apply the knowledge that we have obtained. Some of the changes that are occurring in Information Technology are astounding, and will change the face of the business world forever.
Those who are able to take advantage of these changes will pioneer
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A bulletin from Risk Management Solutions notes that the fourth quarter of 2009 was the "most active… ever for catastrophe bond issuance, reaching almost $1.1 billion in total volume, eclipsing the previous best fourth quarter by over 75 percent." RMS also said it had "conducted the expert risk analysis for as much as 70 percent
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Job Description:
As an Analyst, you will be heavily involved in :
Modeling
Extrapolation
Analysis of data sets
that are macroeconomic, socioeconomic and otherwise indicative in nature. You will be requiredto support a team focused on data sourcing and collection by developing effective quality-check and progress-monitoring systems.
Candidate Qualifications:
• Post-graduate degree in Economics/Econometrics/Quantitative Economics or other related fields
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Follow these tips to navigate your way through the world of social networking.
Just when you have mastered the art of handing out your business card, along comes another way to make connections — social networking online. Online communities help you make connections for business, dating or personal interests. Specifics vary, but they generally work as
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Make sure that you make multiple résumés for different positions, says PHYLLIS KORKKIThe beginning of this new year — after a very difficult 2009 for job seekers — offers a good opportunity to review and fine-tune every element of an employment search, from resumes to thank you notes.
While you may be doing almost everything right,
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