The pink slip mayhem continues
The pink slip mayhem continues 
Rediff
Times Square was silent
A skinny African-American man, with goofy ears and Hussein as a middle name is going to become our 44th president. It is a win for all of us– African-Americans, whites, Latinos, Asians, men, women and children, old and young, straight and gays. We should rejoice at this historic moment.
Hyundai i10 or Maruti A-Star: What to buy?
Hyundai i10 or Maruti A-Star: What to buy?
Don’t mention it, Barack
Barack Obama promised change, and in the beginning it was easy to be skeptical. What does change look like? What does it smell like? He explained it as unity. As a way of being one country, rather than pockets of separateness. Like all good ideas, it seemed simple and attainable.
Use of meltdown as USP appalling
An entire nation and even the world is literally walking on a razor’s edge, yet we have some marketers of insurance and banking products using the financial crisis as a plank or a fear factor to sell? A G Krishanmurthy is appalled by their lack of ethics.
Images: Of a fat guy and one hot babe
Images: Of a fat guy and one hot babe
7,000 more jobs to go in US, Europe
Layoffs are turning out to be the flavour of the week, with European auto makers � Peugeot, Citroen and Rolls Royce, British pharma giant AstraZeneca and American defence equipment manufacturer Boeing all set to slash nearly 7,000 jobs.
Govt awards 44 oil, gas blocks
The allotment is expected to attract investments of $1.5 billion, around 57 per cent less than the $3.5 billion commitment for the 52 blocks awarded under the previous auction. ONGC and its partners bagged the maximum number of 20 blocks in the seventh round, which closed on June 30. Australian mining major BHP Billiton and its partner GVK Power, bidding for the first time, won seven deepwater blocks.
