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Tintin turns 80 2009-01-13 12:42:00 Tintin, the young Belgian reporter whose adventures have delighted children and adults worldwide, has turned 80. Created by Belgian artist Georges Remi, this comic strip first appeared in a children's supplement to Belgian daily ‘Le Vingtième Siècle’ on January 10, 1929.Tintin, who was born graphically to the public in 1929, is designated by the single name. In 1978, Hergé has suggested tha Read more:turns
ASIN New Brand Ambassador for TANISHQ 2009-01-13 09:51:00 Tanishq, India's most desired jewellery brand unveils their new line of exquisite gold jewellery collection "Blush"- For the girl in you.BrandAmbassador
:brand ambassador of Tanishq is south Indian actress Asin. This is the first time that a South Indian actor will endorse the brand. About Tanishq:Owned by the house of Tatas, Tanishq has around 115 exclusive boutiques in 75 cities, making it Indi
Religion in a Hi-Tech Era 2009-01-12 14:48:00 The Vatican is endorsing novel technology which will bring the book of daily prayers used by priests straight onto iPhones, via iBreviary, an iTunes application.This iBreviary is a book of prayer created by the Italian priest Paolo Godfather along with few programmer, it contains all the prayers of the church year, and is available in Italian, English, Spanish, Latin and French, but later will la Read more:Religion
Google also goes green 2009-01-12 12:01:00 Few days back I reported about IBM’s Project Big Green, which was energy efficient and cost saving solutions to manage data center. Now how can Google
left behind on such projects, they have also designed and built the most energy efficient data centers in the world.Most of our work is focused on saving resources such as electricity and water and, more often than not, we find that these actions
Nirdhan Utthan Bank Limited 2009-01-12 11:02:00 Today I was asking Lokesh, is there is no microfinance institution (MFI) in Nepal , he replied they have and infact bank’s name is quite interesting, and the name of Nepal’s biggest MFI is Nirdhan Utthan Bank Limited.
Nirdhan Utthan Bank Limited, "the bank for upliftment of the poor" is a microfinance bank established in November 1998 under Company Act of Nepal 1997 (now Company Act 2006). N
Adidas Predator Pulse Icon boots 2009-01-11 07:23:00 England captain and Real Madrid midfielder David Beckham personally delivers the first 23 pairs of his new adidas PredatorPulse
Icon boots at the east London sports store where he was bought his first pair of football boots by his father in London.About the shoe: This stylish design is the first Adidas
Predator Pulse 2 boot to not feature the trademark Red on any part of the boot and will be Davi
A Message from an unknown Satyamite 2009-01-09 12:29:00 Dear all of my Satyamites,Yesterday will be a memorable day to us throughout our life. Little bit of business & human nature knowledge is forcing me to write few of my thoughts (Please ignore them if they doesn’t make any sense). Ask yourself who is worst affected by all this mayhem. Is it u & me (employees), Govt or Satyam & Ramalingaraju ?. My conviction says that employees of any MNC are asso Read more:Message
Price Waterhouse Achievements, are they looking for more...?? 2009-01-09 06:13:00 1. Dell, Inc. litigation On January 31, 2007 PwC was named as a co-defendant in a class action lawsuit filed against Dell, the world's number two PC manufacturer. Taken on behalf of shareholders, the lawsuit alleges that Dell, and its auditors, failed to disclose information about Dell's financial condition. 2.Tyco settlement In July 2007, PwC agreed to pay $225 million to settle a class-action la
Indi Media buys out NewsX 2009-01-09 05:17:00 INX News Pvt Ltd, part of the Peter Mukerjea, Indrani Mukerjea- owned INX Group, has been sold to Indi Media. Indi Media is a newly formed joint venture between NaiDunia promoter & CEO Vinay Chhajlani and former BusinessWorld editor Jehangir Pocha. INX News runs the English language channel NewsX.Last month Business standard run a story on its front-page. Saying that NewX will be acquired by Daini
Google SMS 2009-01-08 13:23:00 Indian Railway in collaboration with Google
is now providing a 10 digitmobile number. Just SMS
your PNR number on this mobile number andinstantaneously you will get your ticket's current status along with allother journey related details.The number is 9773300000. NO need to prefix 0 or +91.BiZdOM
Company History 3: Goodyear 2009-01-08 13:14:00 The company Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 when Frank Seiberling purchased what would be the first plant of the company with the money he borrowed from his brother. In 1901 Frank Seiberling provided Henry Ford with racing tires. By 1908 Ford was outfitting his Model T with Goodyear tires. A year later Goodyear manufactured its first aircraft tire.Seiberling decided to christen Read more:History
Bizdom - January 2009-01-08 05:21:00 Dear All,With an endeavour to come out with more business quizzes and content related to business/brand trivia, we present the first bizdom quiz of the year 2009.Please mail in your answers to this quiz at following e mail id :-1. shivsavy@gmail.com2. shiv606_vamnicom@yahoo.co.inThe answers to this quiz will be published on 22nd jan 2009.Q.1.Late in the year 1669 when the East India Company acquir Read more:January
INDIA’S BIGGEST CORPORATE FRAUD 2009-01-07 12:54:00 Chairman of Satyam Computer Ramalinga Raju has resigned from the company’s board. In a shocking disclosure, he has revealed some financial irregularities in the company, including an inflated cash balance of Rs 5,040 crore.WTF it’s all about?The beleaguered IT giant, already under scanner over the aborted acquisition of firms promoted by the Chairman's family, received a rude shock days ahead
LEVI'S 501: UNBUTTONED 2009-01-06 12:51:00 Levi's introduces its new global advertising strategy with the tagline "Live Unbuttoned," This new campaign coincides with the company's decision to standardize the way the famous 501 jeans to take the same measures in all countries where they are sold, which is 110 in all. My take on this campaign is simple “Sex sells”, however I am bit surprised by the move of having such a young models ( I
The man who inspired Gowarikar to make Swades 2009-01-05 12:13:00 Have you ever heard of this story that “The man who inspired Gowarikar to make Swades” was Mr. Vikram Akula, well this was recently asked in an online quiz. As a quizzer I Have been listening to this story for a long time and infact during my SKS’ interview (dec, 06)I quoted this fact to Lokesh, anyway he happily accepted the good word about his then boss and then replied, “it’s a fake s
We don't believe in Half-Measures: Virgin Mobile 2009-01-02 11:26:00 Ad Copy says: We don't believe
in Half-MeasuresVirginMobile
always goes the entire distance for youTrivia: This ad campaign was against the much hyped Airtel Half Marathon. The ad featured like a poster on all daily newspapers talks about not believing in half-measures and instead talks about all the offers of Virgin Mobile
.BiZdOM
Saul Bass: Graphic designer 2009-01-01 12:46:00 Saul Bass was a renowned graphic designer, best known for his work in the film industry and the design of some of the most important corporate identities in the United States. Among them are AT&T, United Airlines, Minolta, Bell and Warner Communications. He also designed the poster for the Summer Olympics in 1984.BiZdOM Read more:Graphic
Ogilvy on recession 2009-01-01 09:50:00 To report to CEOs, CFOs and CMOS, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide issued a brochure entitled "Optimizing the marketing budget during the recession."The publication provides practical advice on opportunities to lose, sustain or enhance investment in marketing. It is focused on the experience of how to win in the periods of recession and the best practices to follow.BiZdOM
The Nike+ Human Race 2009-01-01 09:29:00 As part of its new advertising campaign, marking the 20th anniversary of its legendary slogan "Just Do It", Nike introduced "The Human Race". The Race was a global 10 km race series participating in 25 global cities on 31.8.2008.BiZdOM
IBM Project Big Green 2008-12-29 11:27:00 IBM has started a new energy efficient and cost saving solutions to manage data center power and cooling.BiZdOM Read more:IBM
, Project
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Brand Update: Sonam Kapoor is a new BA for L'Oreal 2008-12-28 11:51:00 Sonam Kapoor
will be the new brand ambassador for L'Oreal
, she is replacing former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bacchan. It is being rumored that Sonam has been signed for a very hefty amount though Ash still continues to be a part of the brand but not their face in India.Now the trivia is her father ( Anil kapoor) has never endorsed any product....BiZdOM Read more:Brand
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