Everybody’s going on about big data these days, from the Guardian’s Sustainable Business podcast (http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/big-data-sustainability-podcast) to the Financial Times (http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/21a6e7d8-b479-11e3-a09a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2xXga2LUN) to AT&T (http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/t-big-data-shape-tv-creative/292313/). IBM estimates that 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are generated every day and 90% of all the information in the world was created over the last two years (http://www.carbontrust.com/news/2013/10/big-business-big-data-big-sustainability). Le Monde declares […]
People, Corporations responsible for polythene menace, Govt helpless to convert into “Polythene Fr
JAMMU, Sep 11: The people, apart from both the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) of the State have been found out to be mainly responsible for the Polythene bags’ menace in both the regions. The former is equally guilty for not taking any strict action against the suppliers, distributors, shopkeepers including […]
Government of Orissa decides to close its sick corporations
Few years back, during the time when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took the decision of disinvesting from the corporations run by the government, it brought criticism and protest from various quarters. During the time of rule, it disinvested and sold units which were incurring heavy losses. In the present government, disinvestment has taken the backseat […]
Avatar is Real: Indigenous Peoples are Being Displaced by Wars and Corporations
Indigenous peoples in the Americas and Africa are being displaced by wars and corporations, in order to extract the natural resources found in their territories. If you haven’t seeing Avatar, you are missing out on a good movie. The film excels in creativity, imagination, excitement, plot and an amazing technical work. The result is overwhelmingly […]
Should the FED be setting salaries for corporations?
The short answer is I’m not sure. For me, it depends on several things about which I am completely ignorant. Nevertheless, I have an opinion or two. Where does the FED derive it’s authority to set salaries? If the authority derives from agreements (made at the time the FED loaned […]
Megamedia Corporations Exposed Themselves
Although megamedia corporations deliberately overshadowed the burning issues raised by the majority of UN members at the 63rd General Assembly in New York, developing nations at least were able to share their common problems during their meetings. Global media with their claims for journalism ABC and diverse voices, failed to disseminate the information that shaped up […]
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