China: English Words Are Banned in Chinese Media

The state body said, if words must be written in a foreign language, an explanation in Chinese is required. China has banned newspapers, publishers, and website-owners from using foreign words, most particularly English ones. The state press and publishing body of China said such words were sullying the purity of the Chinese language. In addition, [...]

India Swept Over By The Philippines As The World’s Call Center Capital

India Swept Over By The Philippines As The World’s Call Center Capital – The Philippines has overpowered India as the number one player in the global business outsourcing market, making the country as the call center capital of the world. IBM released a report in October that says Philippines has taken over the lead in [...]

Groupon Will Stay Independent Leaving Google’s Offer

The tech industry has been looking forward for much awaited result of the multi billion acquisition offer of Google to the Chicago based company Groupon. According to the report of the website All Things D, Google has offered $5.3 billion for Groupon, with a $700 million earnout. If accepted, this would make its owners billionaires [...]

India’s Economy Has An Impressive Rise of 8.9%

Tagged as of the fastest growing economy in the world, India’s economy surprisingly increased to 8.9 per gross domestic product growth. D.K. Joshi, principal economist at Crisil said “Overall the economy seems to be in good shape, though the next two quarters will see a moderation from these levels…This growth is taking place despite the [...]

7 Caffeine-Alcohol Drinks Halt From Shipping

On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that the manufacturers of seven caffeinated alcoholic beverages labeled a “public healt concern” have stopped producing or shipping the products. The FDA has sent warning letters last week to four beverage makers saying the addition of caffeine to alcoholic beverages was not approved by the agency [...]

General Motors (GM) Stock Price Change From IPO Until Today

General Motors Co. has started to sell $18.1 billions worth of shares on this said to be the second largest initial public offering ever in the United States capping a remarkable two-year turnaround which caused the company to beg for a government bailout in posting its profits in over six years. GM sould about 478 [...]

Macys Coupons and One Day Sale on November 17

Macys Coupons and One Day Sale on November 17 – Macys, one of the largest retailers in the US headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and New York, New York will be having its one-day sale today, November 17, 2010. When you visit Macys.com now, there will be an ad that says: “Lowest Prices of the Season. [...]

Apple Announcement on November 16: About iTunes, iOS 4.2 Release?

There’s a lot of buzz in Apple’s website as of now. If you visited Apple.com, there’s a message that says: “Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget. Check back here tomorrow for an exciting announcement from iTunes” with four different time zones from California, New York, London, and Tokyo as shown below: What [...]

Google Gave Surprise Cash Holiday Bonuses Plus 10% Salary Increase To Their Employees

Google Gives all its employees surprise $1,000 cash holiday bonuses and 10% salary increase. The said company-wide salary increase will take effect next year 2011. Also, Google will be giving each employee an additional increase equivalent to 1X the employee’s target bonus for the year and they will be eligible for additional “merit increases” based [...]

Applebees Veterans Day 2010 Free Meals Promotion For Veterans

Applebees Veterans Day 2010 Free Meals Promotion For Veterans – There’s a saying that the best things in life are free. This holds true for today’s celebration of Veterans Day 2010 to honor the service of military veterans who did their best to serve the country as Applebees, the national restaurant chain known for its [...]

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