Prince Charles Pays Family Debt From 1651

Ahhh, the Brits. Merchants are still dunning for a family debt from 1651 and Prince Charles made good the debt. Something solid there, in those connections to a past not dumped in the dustbin." Prince Charles has...

Gmail password hijacking

"Jeff Atwood at Coding Horror outlines how a software used for backing gmail was use to collect gmail login details. I was looking for a way to back up my gmail account to a local drive. I’ve accumulated a mass of important information that I would rather not lose. During...

Globalisation: sleepwalking to disaster

"Globalisation: sleepwalking to disaster Ann Pettifor The scale of global debt reflects a broken financial and commercial system that is doing immense damage to the planet and to public life, says Ann Pettifor. 11 - 12 - 2007 On 9 August 2007, globalisation's rickety...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

US Heading Into Recession

    On the heels of the U.S. subprime lending crisis at least one former U.S. government official believes that the Unites States may soon be heading into a recession. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, making comments to European journalists, said...

What Will China Do To Its Aging Society?

"Nowadays, we are building a nationwide partly accumulated social insurance system based on the monthly fees paid by urban employees, and China has set up a national social security fund already, its market value being 320 billion yuan, but still far from enough,"

China to Protect Private Property

A law protecting private ownership of land would seem at odds with the tenets of Communism, but we all know that China is not a true communist state, but more of an authoritarian state that understands that a command economy has no real future. Furthermore, China understands...

Teamwork Revisited

"Teamwork Revisited I have written about teamwork in past posts here, and it is a critical component in my keynote presentation Climb Your Everest. Since it is such an essential component to success on Mount...

Azureus Launches High-Def Video Site

"Peer-to-peer file sharing software company Azureus today launched a new video-sharing Web site called Zudeo to distribute both amateur and professional high-definition video. Flush with $12 million in new funding, Azureus is offering film and video makers the chance to be...

Check credentials and shareholding of the borrowers first-else fall prey to D...

"Check credentials and shareholding of the borrowers first-else fall prey to Deemed Dividend provison. Someone Asked on a Yahoo Group- Answered by me on 12/11/06 There are two directors/members in a private ltd co .A having 99% shareholding and B having 1% shareholding. now...

No TDS on distribution of assets on liquidation

"No TDS on distribution of assets on liquidation Someone Asked On This blog A Pvt Ltd Company is under Liquidation and there is excess of assets over liabilities( due to accumulated Profits) which the liquidator wants to distribute among the shareholder. What are the...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Aeroplan Brings in Expiry Dates for Reward Points

"Members will lose points if they do not redeem them within seven years."

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