No platitude in the high altitudes!

For ages, the high peaks have been the resort of the ones intending to escape the heat of the plains in the scalding summers. A vacation for Mummy-Papa-Pinky-Billoo automatically meant packing up for the cool climes of the mountains where adventure, at best, translated into taking pot shots at each other with the biggest snowballs possible!

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Of course! The Somalian famine beast is back with a bigger bang

According to UN’s Somalian unit, the current predicament has already affected 2.1 million people, who are now in severe requirement of aid. Only this time Somalia is not alone, with countries such as Kenya and Ethiopia where 11.5 million people are facing a similar quandary.

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Of course! The Somalian famine beast is back with a bigger bang

According to UN’s Somalian unit, the current predicament has already affected 2.1 million people, who are now in severe requirement of aid. Only this time Somalia is not alone, with countries such as Kenya and Ethiopia where 11.5 million people are facing a similar quandary.

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Of course! The Somalian famine beast is back with a bigger bang

According to UN’s Somalian unit, the current predicament has already affected 2.1 million people, who are now in severe requirement of aid. Only this time Somalia is not alone, with countries such as Kenya and Ethiopia where 11.5 million people are facing a similar quandary.

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TRAIN FOR VALUES-BASED DECISION MAKING

Only fifty percent of the survey respondents say their firms and organizations provide such training; and very few programs help managers understand the social, environmental and economic effects of decisions. It is a clear fact that innovative educational programs – such as those that offer opportunities for dialogue with community groups, on governmental organisations or regulators – help corporate executives estimate costs and benefits.

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...And our old wine’s got a new bottle too

You can record, pause & playback programs at your leisure. Th e service oft en comes with internet access, video-on-demand & internet telephony and uses multicasting technology to send the signal to multiple computers. Earlier, this technology was limited due to slow dial-up services, but with 500 million broadband subscribers expected to grow worldwide by 2010, IPTV subscribers are expected to be 27 million by 2008.

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BNP Paribas enters joint venture

BNP Paribas Asset Manage­ment, a 100% owned subsid­iary of European banking and financial services major BNP Paribas, has acquired a 49.9% stake in non-banking finance company Sundaram Finance Limited (SFL). The Chennai-based SFL has offloaded its holdings in its wholly owned subsidiary, Sundaram Asset Management Company Lim­ited, for a total sale consider­ation of about Rs.1.38 billion. The joint venture to be named Sundaram BNP Paribas As­set Management Company Limited, will enjoy synergies in the form of the strengths of the Indian mutual fund’s brand in India, along with the international product ex­pertise of the French financial services major.

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Bountiful booty-IIPM News

UK-based leading health and beau­ty retailer, Boots, has given up its standalone status for the first time in over 156 years of existence, with plans to merge with Alliance UniChem, the third largest pharmacy network in Europe. The merger plan, an­nounced on October 6, will form a new entity called Alliance Boots PLC, which would be a pan-Euro­pean drugs retailer and distributor.

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Research and Publication, IIPM

As the title of the novel suggests, the story depicts the life and times of Jesus, as he and his family set out on a turbu­lent journey from Alexandria, Egypt, to their hometown of Nazareth in Palestine. The first scene showcases the spectacle of Jesus, just a boy then, striking to death a bully who shoves him to the ground. Minutes later, the bully is breathing again, thanks to a holy resurrection.

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Company’s ability to develop and introduce products

ECI’s innovation measures focus on the company’s ability to develop and introduce products rapidly. Its manufacturing improvement measure focuses on achieving stability in the manufacturing of new products rather than to improve manufacturing of existing products. In addition to measures on product and process innovation, some companies overlay specific improvement goals for their existing processes. Other companies require that managers make improvements within a specific time period.

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