Australian squad for India announced; Symonds out

"Cricket Australia’s National Selection Panel (NSP) on Friday announced a 15–man squad to tour India for a four-Test series next month. The big news was the exclusion of Andrew Symonds from the squad. Symonds is currently undergoing counselling after he was sent back from...

Pondering on Bill Gates' Legacy

Beginning in July, Bill Gates will switch jobs for the first time in his adult life, stepping out of a full-time job at Microsoft and moving over to philanthropy. The whole world is a far different place for what he and Microsoft did. At the heart of the high-tech industry...

Corporate Responsibility?

This has alot of interesting material in regard to corporate and social responsibility to workers and communities alike that have been discussed recently at this international union forum"Onlines World Economic Forum - Trade Unions Challenge Business Leaders on Company Tax,...

Accomplishments Are the New Responsibilities

"Listing your job responsibilities on a resume may get you on an employer's job-candidate roster, but if you note some solid accomplishments as well, you may be able to make the jump onto a recruiter's short list. Terry Gallagher, president of Battalia Winston International,...

Amazon's Secret Price Guarantee

"Of the many responsibilities shouldered by this column, none is more solemn than its mandate to compel Web-based retailers to take phone calls from the public. But suppose you finally get one of these reclusive customer-service reps on the horn and become so flustered that...

Britain may hand over Basra in spring (AP)

" LONDON - British forces may hand over security responsibilities in Basra to Iraqi forces by the spring, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Wednesday. It was the first time that a government minister had set even a vague target for handing over security in Basra, but...

Nepal ceasefire monitoring team given formal responsibilities

"More than a week after it was set up, the Nepalese government and Maoist rebels finally gave a ceasefire monitoring committee formal responsibilities to observe a two-month-long ceasefire."