Boeing To Delay Superjumbo-Dreamliner Delivery
Region: Illinois
New York, NY (Marketsblog) - Chicago-based Boeing Co. has announced that it will delay its first delivery of the superjumbo, Dreamliner 787 by six months. The delay, however, is not expected to influence the company's 2008 guidance and the aviation firm forecasts "strong" earnings growth for 2009, reports MarketWatch. The Dreamliner will launch its maiden flight later this year rather than mid-spring. The transat... more
Views: 2194Tata Acquires Jaguar/Land Rover For $2.3 Billion
Region: Illinois
Updating an earlier news article, Tata Motors of India has acquired the coveted Jaguar luxury brand and Land Rover segment from Ford for $2.3 billion. The sale comes amid stiff competition from Asian car-makers and declining profits at the U.S. automaker. Ford announced that it will pay $600 million toward employee pensions. Roger Madison, National Organizer for Unite - who has been negotiating for the unions - said ... more
Views: 2134The New Age Carpetbaggers
Region: IllinoisImmigration is a hot topic in United States .The strength and bane of US is its population.Who are the new carpetbaggers? They are the IT professionals.The IT professionals are coming in from all the nations and developing a new lifeastyle in America.When the IT guy comes into the country ,he has little experience with the culture of the country.He takes up a job looks around for an apartment&... more
Views: 1027Healthcare for the future
Region: IllinoisWhat does the future hold for healthcare.This is the primary concern with the common man in India.Hospitals are far and few .Doctors are very busy or hard to find.Drug costs are going up while pharma companies make more and more profit every year. In India there are vaious kind of medical system followed.Ayurvedic based on local flora and fauna.Unani the traditional system,naturopathy based on natural ca... more
Views: 901The Marriage Of Science and Art
Region: IllinoisIs information technology the perogative of Science or does Art have a major role to play.My experience is that while Science provides the tools and other appurtances for succesful use of the technology it is art that breathes life into a information technology project. Imagine a website consisting only of zeros and ones.It requires intense imagination by the builder to design the pages.yes it is true that for the per... more
Views: 1060The Learning Curve
Region: IllinoisThere is a time to love ,there is a time to wage war and there is a time to learn.I am at Chicago ,staying in the outskirts of the University of Illinois and other Medical Schools.Hence my sudden closeness to scholarship. The University Village is a goulash of americans,chinese and Indians in fact lot of Indians! Take a walk through the Taylor Street ... more
Views: 706Al Qaeda may launch attacks during Christmas season
Region: IllinoisUS FBI officials are warning of potential Al-Qaida attacks on US shopping malls during the Christmas season but cautioned the threats received may not be credible. "If you look back through the years, this is a tactic and practice of Al-Qaida to express threats during the Christmas season," said special agent Ross Rice of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. "Information came from one source. It h... more
Views: 1361Domestic violence: The anatomy of abuse
Region: IllinoisThe anatomy of abuse can come in many ugly forms: verbal, physical, psychological, and emotional. Much of the abuse usually stems from when according to George Rolph’s book The Anatomy of Abuse, he cites that abusers are actors who use normal behavior to cover up their problem. People with abusive personalities tend to start off with the littlest form of abuse and that’s mental meaning they’ll begin t... more
Views: 1730Britney's vocally-challenged show in Florida
Region: IllinoisThe recent revelation of Britney Spears lip-synching during one of her concerts isn’t anything new since Ashlee Simpson was guilty of doing the same exact thing. For those of you who were in high school between 1988 and 1994 remember Milli Vanilli when they were exposed for lip-synching on the now defunct show Club Mtv when one of their backup tracks began skipping and they ran off the stage. I think it&rsqu... more
Views: 1488Kathy Hilton's appearance on the View
Region: IllinoisWhat has this world come to with the level of parenting these days? I don't have any children, but I would love to know why is Kathy Hilton all of a sudden trying to play the good samaritan mom role by telling people they should learn a thing or two on what not to do in terms of her daughter's mistake. There's reports coming out saying Paris is traumatized about going to jail...hmm that's a hard thing since how can she... more
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