Tuesday, March 25, 2008

India to have more cell phone users than USA by April 2008

India s prominence in the mobile phone sector was reconfirmed after a report by the country's telecom regulatory body suggested that its mobile subscriber base would surpass that of the US by April 2008.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

U.S. Is Top Source of Money Sent Home by Migrants

India gets more money sent back from migrants than any country in the world, according to a new World Bank report that also showed the U.S. was the top source of remittance.Migrants sent $27 billion to India in 2007. China came in second, receiving $25.7 billion and Mexico was a close third with $25 billion.“In […]

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Friday, March 14, 2008

Google Sucks Life Out of Old Media: Check Out The 2007 Share

Blodget's analysis, which was drawn from company press releases, showed that Google is drinking everyone else's milkshake.

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/11/iraq-war-al-

The Bush administration says the recent "Anbar Awakening" heralds a new way of winning in Iraq. The truth is more complicated and in many cases it is the reverse of the "positive spin" being put out by Bush Administration.

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US foreclosure activity rose in February - Forbes.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nearly 60 percent more U.S. homes faced foreclosure in February than in the same month last year, with Nevada, California and Florida showing the highest foreclosure rates, a research firm said Wednesday.

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Thursday, March 6, 2008

Obama wins Texas (delegate fight)

Obama wins delegate fight in TexasAUSTIN -- Obama Texas State Director Adrian Saenz issued a statement on the projected primary and caucus results that show Senator Obama won more Texas delegates than Senator Clinton.

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Report questions Clinton NAFTA position

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff said someone in Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign gave Canada back-channel assurances that her harsh words about the North American Free Trade Agreement were for political show, according to a report by the Canadian Press.

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Deutsche shuns NYC and looks east for equities

Asia is where the action is. Decoupled or not, the credit crunch and ailing US economy means that for the investment banks the region's emerging economies will be of increasing importance, both from a deal flow and also from a markets perspective.Note the latest move by Deutsche Bank. Largely unscathed relative to its peers%2...

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Monday, March 3, 2008

Making the switch from Microsoft Office to Web apps

The only reason I've opened Microsoft Outlook or any other desktop e-mail program in the last year is to test tips. Since I added my ISP account to my Gmail inbox, and moved my Outlook appointments to Google Calendar, I get all the information I need in my browser.

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Sunday, March 2, 2008

Mrs. Clinton gets it sincerely wrong

When Texas and Ohio vote in tomorrow's Democratic primaries, they may bring Hillary Clinton's campaign for the presidency to an end. If she loses either of those states, her bid is over barring the formalities. This is a position few expected her to be in.

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