Goodbye QWERTY, hello faster typing with KALQ Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, and their colleagues from the University of St Andrews and Montana Tech claim to have developed a new keyboard for touch-screens that allows superfast thumb-typing, enabling you to type 34 percent faster than on aContinue Reading
Google Inc has launched a music service, “All Access” that allows users to listen to unlimited songs for $9.99 a month, challenging smaller companies like Pandora and Spotify in the market for streaming music. Google has adopted the streaming music business model ahead of rival Apple Inc, which pioneeredContinue Reading
Eight Indian CEOs have made it to Harvard Business Review’s (HBR) list of 100 best performing global chief executives headed for the last 17 years by the late Steve Jobs of Apple. ITC chairman Y C Deveshwar, ranked seventh overall (Rank 7), was first among the Indian CEOs. Under hisContinue Reading
IDBI Bank has cleared a proposal to merge Stock Holding Corporation of India (SHICL) with the bank. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has become first Indian company to raise debt in Singapore dollar. It has raised $326 million through issue of bonds denominated in Singapore dollar. Mahindra & Mahindra has launchedContinue Reading
According to a new Forbes ranking on Wednesday that found heads of state occupying six of the top 10 spots among the world’s most powerful people, led by President Barack Obama.The list’s highest-ranked businessman was Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates at No. 4. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and EuropeanContinue Reading
Which Bank serves as the Banker’s Bank in India? (A) Reserve Bank of India (B) State Bank of India (C) Central Bank of India (D) Bank of India Answer is (A) Reserve Bank of India Which of the following is a public sector unit ? (A) TCS (B) ICICI BankContinue Reading
Muthoot Finance won ‘Asian Sustainability Leadership Award for Best Rural Outreach’ Muthoot Finance Ltd has received the Golden Peacock Award for ‘Excellence in Corporate Governance’ for the year 2012 in London. The award ceremony hosted by Institute of Directors (IOD) at the London Global Convention 2012 was given on theContinue Reading
Microsoft Co-Founder, Bill Gates remained at the top position in the list of 400 richest Americans released by Forbes Annual Ranking on 19 September 2012. Gates, succeeded in winning the top position for 19th time in a row with his net worth of $ 66 billion. Bill Gates at presentContinue Reading
Proposal for 51 percent FDI in multi-brand retail and 49 percent in Aviation passed The Union Cabinet on 14 September 2012 cleared the proposal of foreign direct investment (FDI) for 51 percent in the multi-brand retail chains and 49 percent in Aviation power exchanges industry Inflation rose by 0.68 percentContinue Reading
Reserve Bank of India, in its quarterly review, announced a cut in the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) for banks by one percentage point, to 23% from 24%. The cut in SLR, which is essentially the proportion of deposits that banks invest in government bonds, will enable banks to shift moneyContinue Reading
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