Forget the fruit cake, buy a techie gift for your grandparents

"If you're planning to buy grandma a fruitcake or silk flowers for the holidays, think again. A new survey conducted by Harris Interactive and commissioned by Nintendo of America revealed that 52 percent of grandparents and 68 percent of baby boomers who celebrate the...

NYTimes.com Announces New Tool to Enable Users to Share Times Content via Sel...

"NYTimes.com Announces New Tool to Enable Users to Share Times Content via Select Sites NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NYTimes.com today announced the addition of a new tool that gives readers...

Beat Job Burnout - Part 1 in a 2-Part Series

"Most people have a day here or there when they feel drained and nothing goes right, despite all their hard work. But when these feelings last for days or weeks, they may indicate a much larger problem: Job burnout. Things may be going great -- you love your job and are...

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...

A Free-Trade Zone Is Born

"A new commission-free stock-trading platform debuts today, one which my fellow Foolish contributor Rick Munarriz wrote about here and here. While he's fairly sanguine about the business prospects for Zecco, I'm rather excited about the money-saving potential for individual...

The Bay Area Holds Its Collective Breath As the A's Head Home to Clinch

"Tuesday morning I found myself arriving at work both excited and downcast. I knew why I was excited: because the anticipation of a playoff game includes an unmistakable blend of "hoprehension"--the mixture that is equal parts "hope" and "apprehension". Why was I subdued?...