Addressing a News Conference in Tokyo, Bill Gates told the reporters that from now on wards Microsoft would follow an independent strategy in its efforts to secure a place in the fiercely competitive search engine and aniline advertisement segments. Having not succeeded in its takeover bid of Yahoo at a price tag of 47.5 Billion […]
Is it a Real Offer and a real Proposal? – Yahoo questions Microsoft
What makes Yahoo! such Confident about deneing the Software Gaint Microsoft Offer? Yahoo’s stock price was $19.18 before Microsoft made its offer. But Yahoo shares shed $4.30 to close at $24.37, wiping out nearly half the gain they had made since Microsoft made its bid Jan. 31. In an Interview given on Monday, Yang , […]
New Oil in Brazil Unleashes a Gusher of Media Controversies
Twisted information about the discovery of what may possibly be the third largest oil field in the world turned into a hot issue on the Brazilian blogosphere this week. The trigger was a comment from the head of Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency [ANP], Haroldo Lima, mentioning that the recently found Carioca [or Sugar Loaf] field in […]
Sick in America? You’re on Your Own
Rose Ann DeMoro, executive director of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC), knows what ails the nation’s sick health care system. The AFL-CIO Executive Council member says Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s health proposals don’t even come close to a cure. In this crosspost from Huffington Post, DeMoro dissects McCain’s health care […]
Epitaphs: Life and Death in Stone
Walk through a modern-day cemetery and there’s precious little to chronicle the ones who lie buried beneath the earth. Costs and size limitations now usually limit this unique encapsulation of one’s journey on earth to the bare essentials: names and dates. Such was not the case in centuries gone by, as we can see by […]
My most meaningful family traditions
My most meaningful family traditions Loy..Loy..Kratong…Loy..Loy..Kratong…A song all Thais from the toddlers to grannies can all hum along well. Yes, it is Loy Kratong again, a day of joyful festival! Our national Loi Kratong (floating banana leaf vessel) tradition will fall on November 24th this year. It is a ceremony observed by most […]
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