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Longest place names in the world

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The name on the sign that marks the hill is "Taumata whakatangihanga koauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua kitanatahu", which translates roughly as The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one. At 85 letters, it has been listed in the Guinness World Records as one of the longest place names in the world.

Gate Result 2010

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:48:23 +0000

Zone-1: Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

Zone-2: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

      Zone-3: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

      Zone-4: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

      Zone-5: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

      Zone-6: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

      Zone-7: Indian Institute of Technology Madras

      Zone-8: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

1. GATE 2010 results will be announced on March 15, 2010 at 10:00 hrs. at GATE offices and on the websites of IISc and seven IITs.

2. GATE 2010 score is valid for TWO YEARS from the date of announcement of the GATE 2010 results

3. The GATE results will be made available to interested organizations (educational institutions, R & D laboratories, industries, etc.) in India and abroad based on written request by the organization and on payment. Details can be obtained from GATE Chairmen of IITs/IISc.

4. The machine-gradable Optical Response Sheets (ORS) are graded and scrutinized with extreme care. There is no provision for regrading and retotalling. No photocopies of the machine-gradable Optical Response Sheets (ORS) will be made available. No correspondence in this regard will be entertained.

Top 10 Richest peoples in Asia 2010

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:37:12 +0000

1.Mukesh Ambani

$29 billion

India

Global ambitions: His Reliance Industries, already India’s most valuable company, recently bid $2 billion for 65% stake in troubled Canadian oil sands outfit Value Creation. Firm’s $14.5 billion offer to buy bankrupt petrochemicals maker LyondellBasell was rejected

2.Lakshmi Mittal

$28.7 billion

India

London’s richest resident oversees ArcelorMittal, world’s largest steel maker. Net profits fell 75% in 2009. Mittal took 12% pay cut but improved outlook pushed stock up one-third in past year. Looking to expand in his native India; wants to build steel mills in Jharkhad and Orissa but has not received government approval.

3.Li Ka-shing

$21 billion

Hong Kong

Betting on recovery, upped stakes in publicly traded conglomerates Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa. Through HW, Li is world’s largest operator of container terminals, world’s largest health and beauty retailer by number of outlets, a major supplier of electricity to Hong Kong and a real estate developer. Has a large holding in Canadian oil firm Husky Energy, which recently announced its third discovery in South China Sea.

4.Lee Shau Kee

$18. 5 billion

Hong Kong

Lee’s wealth rebounded, thanks in part to doubling of share price of Henderson Land Development, the property firm he founded and still heads. Active investor in China, has stakes in such outperfomers as PetroChina, China Shenhua Energy and China Life. Chairman of Hong Kong & China Gas, which distributes gas in more than 90 cities.

5.Kwok family

$17 billion

Hong Kong

Family behind one of Hong Kong’s most storied real estate firms has benefited from rebound in property prices. Eldest brother Walter, who stepped down from 18-year chairmanship of Sun Hung Kai Properties in May 2008 after disputing with his 2 younger siblings, Raymond and Thomas, dropped his lawsuit alleging improper dismissal; he is now a nonexecutive director.

6.Azim Premji

$17 billion

India

Software czar chairs $5.5 billion (revenues) Wipro, country’s third-largest software exporter. Reported jump in net profits in last 2 quarters, signaling a rebound for U.S.-dependent outsourcing giant.

7.Robert Kuok

$14.5 billion

Malaysia

Onetime rice and sugar trader heads multinational Kuok Group, with interests ranging from shipping to real estate to media. In 2007 merged extensive Malaysian, Indonesian palm oil interests with Singapore’s Wilmar International, run by his nephew; now his most valuable holding.

8.Anil Ambani

$13.7 billion

India

Estranged brother of Asia’s richest person, Mukesh Ambani, oversees Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, which has interests in telecom, infrastructure and entertainment. His Reliance Power plans to build 13 power plants for $25 billion by 2014. Infrastructure arm is investing $5 billion in new roads and metro systems to be completed by 2012. His entertainment unit has committed $825 million to Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks Studios to co-produce films.

9.Shashi & Ravi Ruia

$13 billion

India

Brothers’ $15 billion (revenues) Essar Group has weathered downturn and embarked on an expansion drive in all its businesses, including steel, oil and power. As part of global push, refiner Essar Oil bought 50% in Kenya Petroleum Refineries and is negotiating with Royal Dutch Shell to acquire 3 refineries with a total capacity of 25 million tons.

10.Savitri Jindal

$12.2 billion

India

Nonexecutive chair of the O.P. Jindal Group, a steel and power conglomerate founded by her late husband, Om Prakash Jindal, in 1952. Took over as group head after he died in a helicopter crash in 2005. In his lifetime, patriarch had handed down operations to their 4 sons, Prithviraj, Sajjan, Ratan and Naveen, who today run their independent units.

Richest Australian’s 2010 | Top 10 Richest Australian’s 2010

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:20:32 +0000

Top 10 Richest Australian’s In 2010

Rank	Name	Net Worth (Billions)
1	Andrew Forrest	4.1
2	Frank Lowy	3.6
3	James Packer	3.5
4	Harry Triguboff	3
5	John Gandel	2.4
6	Kerr Neilson	2.2
6	Gina Rinehart	2
8	Anthony Pratt	1.95
9	Leslie Alan Wilson	1.55
10	Lindsay Fox	1.5

Richest Americans 2010 | Top 10 Richest Americans In 2010

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:07:55 +0000

Top 10 Richest Americans In 2010

Rank	Name	Net Worth	Company
1	Bill Gates	53,000	Microsoft
2	Warren Buffett	46,000	Berkshire Hathaway
3	Sheldon Adelson	20,500	casinos, hotels
4	Larry Ellison	19,500	Oracle
5	Paul Allen	16,000	Microsoft, investments
6	Jim Walton	15,700	Wal-Mart
7	Christy Walton & family	15,600	Wal-Mart
8	Rob Walton	15,600	Wal-Mart
9	Michael Dell	15,500	Dell
10	Alice Walton	15,500	Wal-Mart

Top 10 Best Business Schools

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:54:41 +0000

School                                            Location
1.Dartmouth (Tuck)                       Hanover, NH
2.Pennsylvania (Wharton)            Philadelphia, PA
3.Chicago                                        Chicago, IL
4.Columbia                                     New York, NY
5.Yale                                              New Haven, CT
6.Stanford                                        Stanford, CA
7.Harvard                                        Boston, MA
8.Virginia (Darden)                        Charlottesville, VA
9.Cornell (Johnson)                       Ithaca, NY
10Northwestern (Kellogg)             Evanston, IL

Top 10 Best Business Schools

Top 10 Youngest Tech Billionaires

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:09:16 +0000

No.1 Mark Zuckerberg

Age: 25

Net worth: $4 billion

Regains his status as world’s youngest self-made billionaire after falling off the list last year during the economic crisis. His social-networking site Facebook became "cash-flow positive" in 2009; recent transactions of its shares on private equity exchange SecondMarket put the site’s value at upward of $15 billion. Zuckerberg started Facebook in early 2004 while a sophomore at Harvard. He dropped out after receiving funding from PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel. The number of Facebook users has surged 130% over the past 12 months to 400 million. A public offering seems inevitable, though Zuckerberg is said to be IPO-shy.

No.2 Yoshikazu Tanaka

Age: 33

Net worth: $1.4 billion

The world’s second-youngest self-made billionaire. Made his fortune from a social networking site he founded called Gree. He started out at Sony, then worked for fellow Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani at online shopping site Rakuten. Left in 2004 to set up Gree at a tech incubator. Transitioned the site into a mobile gaming-focus to compete with rivals. It’s attracting around 1 million new subscribers a month, who pay for virtual clothes and accessories for online avatars that participate in social games on their mobile phones.

No.3 Sergey Brin

Age: 36

Net worth: $17.5 billion

The Google cofounder’s hot streak brings him up a couple of rankings to 24th richest in the world. His fortune grew $5.5 billion as shares of the search giant rose 70% in past year. Google revenues hit $23.7 billion. Unveiled smart phone Nexus One in January; operates with Android software. Announced upgraded version of Chrome browser in March. Emigrated from Russia, met future partner Larry Page at Stanford; duo dropped out of computer science Ph.D. program in 1998. Brin introduced goats to Google’s campus last year, since animals are less harmful to the environment than lawn mowers.

N0.4 Larry Page

Age: 37

Net worth: $17.5 billion

The surge in Google stock pushed up cofounder Page’s fortune by $5.5 billion and lands him as 24th richest. Google continues to dominate search, though it has seen Microsoft’s Bing search engine–launched in 2009–take a slice of its market share. The company has moved into mobile phones and mobile software with the January launch of its Nexus One smart phone, which uses its Android operating system software. Google Apps–including Google Docs and Google Calendar–are a $750 million piece of the overall business and growing. Page met Brin at Stanford, where the pair founded Google.

No.5 Robin Li

Age: 41

Net worth: $3.5 billion

The Chinese Internet entrepreneur returns to the billionaire ranks and is now nearly twice as rich as he was in 2008 when he last made the cut. Li heads China’s online search leader, Baidu, which posted a 48% rise in fourth-quarter profit. Baidu’s stock rose 281% in the past 12 months, thanks to the strong results, but also more recently due to its ongoing rivalry with Google. Baidu shares, and his fortune, jumped by one-third after Google said in January it might pull out of China.

No.6 Jerry Yang

Age: 41

Net worth: $1.3 billion

Yahoo cofounder Yang has gone through a volatile few years. The 26% rise in Yahoo’s stock helped boost his fortune since last year. While chief executive of Yahoo, Yang turned down a $44.6 billion takeover bid from Microsoft, prompting activist shareholder Carl Icahn to try and oust Yang. He eventually stepped down in November 2008, replaced by spitfire Carol Bartz. Yahoo formed a search partnership with Microsoft in July 2009, in which Yahoo will run ad sales for Microsoft’s Bing search engine. The company turned 15 in February 2010.

No.7 Pierre Omidyar

Age: 42

Net worth: $5.2 billion

Omidyar’s fortune is up $1.6 billion thanks to a surge in eBay’s stock price: shares rose 115% in the last year. EBay’s 2009 sales were $8.7 billion; the Web site had 84 million users. The company completed a 70% sale of Internet calling unit Skype in November 2009, valuing Skype at $2.75 billion. A French-born computer programmer, Omidyar launched online auction outfit eBay in 1995. He remains chairman. Has pledged more than $900 million to nonprofit causes and for-profit investments, and supports issues ranging from microfinance to his home state of Hawaii.

No.8 Peter Thiel

Age: 42

Net worth: $1.2 billion

Thiel returns to the billionaires list thanks in part to the rising valuation of Facebook, a company in which he initially invested $500,000 back in 2004 as the first outside investor. A chess prodigy, he was ranked seventh in the U.S. under-13 bracket by age 12. As a Stanford law grad student, Thiel spent time at Credit Suisse before founding Thiel Capital in 1996. Renamed Clarium Capital in 2002, the fund reportedly fell 25% last year. Thiel also cofounded PayPal in 1998, and sold the company to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. He netted $60 million. He plowed those proceeds into venture capital outfit Founders Fund in 2005.

No.9 Michael Dell

Age: 45

Net worth: $13.5 billion

Dell’s net worth rose $1.2 billion from a year ago, but his ranking among dropped to 37th from 25th last year. The leader of one of the world’s largest PC-makers, trying to claw its way back to the top, completed a purchase of IT services outfit Perot Systems in November 2009. Dell returned to the company helm two years ago, brought new management, restructured divisions. Dell introduced smart phone and tablet devices in the past few months. The company’s stock slipped nearly 10% in the past six months, however, and revenue fell 13% in the year ended January 2010.

No.10 Jeffrey Skoll

Age: 45

Net worth: $2.4 billion

Also helped by eBay’s rising stock is Skoll, eBay’s first president and full-time employee. Skoll, no longer involved with the company, now focuses on inspiring social action by launching entrepreneurs through his Skoll Foundation producing movies through Participant Media. He backed the Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth, the global-warming documentary that featured former Vice President Al Gore. Skoll pumped gas in Toronto before getting an M.B.A. from Stanford in 1995. He received the Producers Guild of America’s Visionary Award in January 2010.(Thanks:Source)

Top 10 Technology’s Richest person in the world 2010

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:46:03 +0000

No.1 Bill Gates

$53 billion

Microsoft, U.S.

Software visionary is now the world’s second-richest man. Net worth still up $13 billion in a year as Microsoft shares rose 50% in 12 months, value of investment vehicle Cascade swelled. More than 60% of fortune held outside Microsoft; investments include Four Seasons hotels, Televisa, Auto Nation. Stepped down from day-to-day duties at Microsoft in 2008 to focus on philanthropy.

No.2 Lawrence Ellison

$28 billion – Oracle, U.S.

Oracle founder’s fortune continues to soar; shares up 70% in past 12 months. Database giant has bought 57 companies in the past five years. Completed $7.4 billion buyout of Sun Microsystems in January; acquired BEA Systems for $8.5 billion in 2008. Studied physics at U. of Chicago; didn’t graduate. Started Oracle 1977; took public a day before Microsoft in 1986.

No.3 Sergey Brin

Net worth: $17.5 billion

No.4 Larry Page

Net worth: $17.5 billion

No.5 Azim Premji

Net worth: $17 billion

Software czar’s net worth jumped more than $11 billion in the past year, while his ranking among billionaires went from 83rd to 28th this year. Premji chairs Wipro, India’s third-largest software exporter, which reported net profits in the last two quarters, signaling a rebound for the U.S.-dependent outsourcing giant. The Azim Premji Foundation, his charitable arm, plans to set up Azim Premji University. He co-chaired the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos this year. Eldest son Rishad, a Harvard grad, is Wipro’s general manager for treasury and investor relations.

No.6 Steve Ballmer

Net worth: $14.5 billion

Ballmer’s net worth increased $3.5 billion in the last year, as Microsoft’s shares climbed 50%. In 2009 the manic Microsoft chief finally cut a deal with Yahoo (after failed acquisition attempts) to pay for its search technology. The company’s new operating system Windows 7, released in October 2009, was hailed as much better than predecessor Vista. The upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series mobile operating system surprised and delighted pundits. Ballmer, famous for impassioned stage antics, pretended to stomp on an iPhone at a company event last year, after an employee snapped a picture with Apple’s offending device.

No.7 Bernard Arnault

$27.5 billion

Luxury goods, France.

Bling is back, helping fashion icon grab title of richest European as shares of his luxury goods outfit LVMH–maker of Louis Vuitton, Moet & Chandon–surge 57%. LVMH is developing upscale Shanghai commercial property, L’Avenue Shanghai, with Macau billionaire Stanley Ho.

No.8 Paul Allen

Net worth: $13.5 billion

Microsoft cofounder’s net worth rose $3 billion in the last year. Allen, who left Microsoft long ago, recently launched software outfit Xiant, whose product Filer helps users keep track of emails in Microsoft’s Outlook. Though he no longer chairs Charter Communications, which recently emerged from bankruptcy, Allen still controls 35% of voting interest in the cable outfit. The philanthropist has been diagnosed with lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy treatment.

No.9 Michael Dell

Net worth: $13.5 billion

No.10 Jeffrey Bezos

Net worth: $12.3 billion

Bezos’ fortune rose $5.5 billion in the past year, as Amazon shares climbed 100%. His rank on the billionaires list is 43rd this year, up from 68th last year. Bezos launched the Kindle digital book reader in 2007; Kindle 2 debuted in 2008. Amazon’s net income increased 40% while the economy crashed in 2009, as bargain-hunters flocked to its online marketplace for low prices and convenience. It also acquired online shoe retailer Zappos in July 2009 for $800 million in stock.

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Top 10 Richest person in the world 2010|who is the richest person in the world 2010

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:20:30 +0000

No.1 Carlos Slim Helu

$53.5 billion

Telecom, Mexico.

Telecom tycoon who pounced on privatization of Mexico’s national telephone company in the 1990s becomes world’s richest person for first time after coming in third place last year. Net worth up $18.5 billion in a year. Recently received regulatory approval to merge his fixed-line assets into American Movil, Latin America’s biggest mobile phone company.

No.2 Bill Gates

$53 billion

Microsoft, U.S.

No.3 Warren Buffett

$47 billion – Investments, U.S.

America’s favorite investor up $10 billion in past 12 months on surging Berkshire Hathaway shares; says U.S. has survived economic "Pearl Harbor," but warns recovery will be slow. Shrewdly invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs and $3 billion in General Electric amid 2008 market collapse. Recently acquired railroad giant Burlington Northern Santa Fe for $26 billion.

No.4 Mukesh Ambani

$29 billion- Petrochemicals, oil and gas. India.

Global ambitions: His Reliance Industries, already India’s most valuable company, recently bid $2 billion for 65% stake in troubled Canadian oil sands outfit Value Creations. Firm’s $14.5 billion offer to buy bankrupt petrochemicals maker LyondellBasell was rejected. Since September company has sold Treasury shares worth $2 billion to be used for acquisitions. Late father, Dhirubhai, founded Reliance and built it into a massive conglomerate.

No.5 Lakshmi Mittal

$28.7 billion – Steel, India.

No.6 Lawrence Ellison

$28 billion – Oracle, U.S.

No.7 Bernard Arnault

$27.5 billion

Luxury goods, France.

No.8 Eike Batista

$27 billion

Mining, oil. Brazil.

Vowing to become world’s richest man–and he may be on his way. This year’s biggest gainer added $19.5 billion to his personal balance sheet. Son of Brazil’s revered former mining minister who presided over mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce got his start in gold trading and mining.

No.9 Amancio Ortega

$25 billion

Fashion retail, Spain.

Style maven lords over Inditex; fashion firm, which operates under several brand names including Zara, Massimo Dutti and Stradivarius, has 4,500 stores in 73 countries including new spots in Mexico and Syria. Set up joint venture with Tata Group subsidiary to enter India in 2010. Betting on Florida real estate: bought Coral Gables office tower that is currently home to Bacardi USA.

No.10 Karl Albrecht

$23.5 billion

Supermarkets, Germany.

Owns discount supermarket giant Aldi Sud, one of Germany’s (and Europe’s) dominant grocers. Has 1,000 stores in U.S. across 29 states. Estimated sales: $37 billion. Plans to open New York City store this year. With younger brother, Theo, transformed mother’s corner grocery store into Aldi after World War II. Brothers split ownership in 1961; Karl took the stores in southern Germany, plus the rights to the brand in the U.K., Australia and the U.S. Theo got northern Germany and the rest of Europe.

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Top 10 World’s Most Corrupt Countries

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:08:26 +0000

Somalia

In a continuous state of civil war since 1991, this country has become synonymous with piracy, probably its most lucrative industry. The millions of dollars in ransom money Somalia’s pirates extract from nervous shipowners each year–Reuters reports 47 ships captured in 2009–fuels on-shore corruption and vicious gang warfare. There are signs of hope for this beleaguered nation: The African Development Bank has promised $2 million to establish a central bank and anti-corruption commission.

Afghanistan

President Hamid Karzai’s brother is widely reported to have ties to the nation’s virulent opium trade, and even President Obama has felt compelled to lecture Karzai on his government’s reputation for rampant corruption. But with the Taliban still sheltering Osama bin Laden and billions of dollars in U.S. aid for corrupt officials to steal, it’s unlikely Afghanistan will clean up its act any time soon.

Myanmar

The generals who run this Asian nation, formerly known as Burma, have a good thing going, and they’re not going to give it up. Rich in timber, minerals, natural gas, as well an ideal transit point for illegal drugs, Myanmar has become the scene of "economic plunder" by its rulers, according to dissident Ka Hsaw Wa. The U.S. government has prohibited investment in Myanmar since 1997, and more recently slapped sanctions against more than 100 of its leaders and top economic institutions

Sudan

Leave aside the fact that Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and genocide. This resource-rich nation has a problem telling its citizens where their money’s going. Global Witness uncovered serious discrepancies between how Chinese oil companies report their Sudanese oil production and the government’s accounting for the same. With $6 billion in royalty revenue in recent years, even a 10% gap could mean hundreds of millions of dollars gone AWOL.

Iraq

Compared to the reign of Saddam Hussein, any government would look good. But still, Iraq’s Shiite leaders are widely criticized by citizens for corrupt dealings that deprive the country of reliable water, electricity and fuel supplies. In a possibly hopeful sign, Iraq has joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, an Oslo-based program that aims to reduce corruption by requiring member governments to reveal contracts and payments by foreign oil drillers.

Chad

The World Bank pulled out of a $3.7 billion pipeline project in 2008 after President Idriss Deby commandeered oil revenue that was supposed to be used for health care, education and the reduction of poverty. More recently, a Chadian court accused the nation’s finance and education ministers of corruption, including allegedly embezzling $4.3 million from a schoolbook purchasing program.

Uzbekistan

President Islam Karimov, an old communist warhorse, controls the legislature, judiciary and media and keeps getting elected by suspiciously large margins–88% of the vote in December 2007. With the government controlling large swaths of the economy, corruption and oppression are getting worse in the most populous nation in Central Asia. "Grades and degrees are routinely purchased" in the education system, according to the U.S. State Dept.

Turkmenistan

"Corruption is pervasive" in this resource-rich nation, says the State Department, with power concentrated in the hands of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The government controls most sectors of the economy, including Turkmenistan’s vast natural gas reserves, which make the country the second-largest gas exporter in the former Soviet Union after Russia.

Iran

If, as widely believed, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stole the election in 2009, it’s because the wealthy families associated with Iran’s ruling mullahs and Revolutionary Guards aren’t willing to surrender control of this oil-driven economy. Inefficient subsidy programs, a huge state-controlled oil sector and smuggling to foil international sanctions all provide abundant opportunities for corruption.

Haiti

This island nation declared independence in 1804 and less than two years later its first emperor, Jean Jacques Dessalines, was shot and hacked to pieces by citizens angry over rampant corruption. Little has changed since then. The death toll from the 2010 earthquake illustrates how poorly Haiti’s government has provided for its citizens, while enriching the aristocratic families who control the economy.