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Why Indian CEOs Are in Great Demand

News that Vikram Pandit will be the new chief executive officer of Citigroup, joining other Indians such as Pepsi's Indra Nooyi at the top of major U.S. corporations, comes at the same time that we learn that Tata Motors may buy Jaguar from Ford Motor. The Indians...

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Blog posts 2007-12-17

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Blackhorn 209 a sensational, new, black powder substitute

It looks like smokeless powder. It smells like smokeless powder. It ignites like smokeless powder. It is non-corrosive, non-hydroscopic, temperature insensitive, leaves minimal fouling and cleans up with normal oil-based solvents. Ah, but it also produces big billows of acrid smelling smoke, can be loaded volume-for-volume with black powder, produces...

Articles 2008-10-01

Applying for your own job: a preliminary study

This study undertook a small preliminary investigation of the contemporary employment practice of 'applying for your own job'. There has not yet been a specific study into the effect upon individuals and organisations of the practice of existing employees being required to apply for the same or...

Articles 2008-09-22

Gathering the real data from creative industries graduates one year out

University student outcome data in Australia is collected via the Graduate Destination Survey component of the Australian Graduate Survey at the referent date three months post-graduation. This timeline gives consideration to graduates to enter directly into traditional vocations. For graduates from non-traditional areas and/or with non-traditional career...

Articles 2008-09-22

Career Endeavour: Pursuing A Cross-Cultural Life Transition

CAREER ENDEAVOUR: PURSUING A CROSS-CULTURAL LIFE TRANSITION Charles P. Chen, hampshire: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2006, 164pp., ISBN 978-0-7546-4621-1 Charles Chen states that the purpose of this book is to illustrate the complexity of life career transition in the context of cross-cultural adjustment. To...

Articles 2008-09-22

Are you in good hands?

The Myth Busters have nothing on me--I managed to bust three long-standing myths in one day. Seven is not a lucky number, the third time is not a charm, and our life does not pass before us when we are about to die, or think we are. All three of...

Articles 2008-09-01

NPC local and regional

AUGUST 16 DEBBIE KRUCK CLASSIC BODYBUILDING, FITNESS & FIGURE Contact Debra Kruck, 60 Vining Court, #3, Ormond Beach FL 32176, (386) 566-3685. 16 EUROPA SUPER SHOW BODYBUILDING, FITNESS & FIGURE NATIONAL QUALIFIER Contact Ed and Betty Pariso, P.O. Box 210145, Bedford TX 76095, (817) 408-3631. ...

Articles 2008-09-01

Vulcan Minerals Inc.: NWest Energy Appoints New Board Members

Vulcan Minerals Inc. ("the Company") (TSX VENTURE: VUL) is pleased to announce that NWest Energy Inc. NWest, a related company, has announced the appointment of two prestigious oil executives to its board of directors, Dr. James Buckee, former CEO of Talisman Energy Inc. and Ms. Jacqueline Sheppard, a former Executive...

Articles 2008-08-28

Morneau Sobeco: Salary Increase Expectations for 2009 Showing Resilience

Despite the current state of the economy - which has been marked by the credit crisis, energy cost increases and currency fluctuations - substantial salary increases are still expected in Canada for 2009. The current economic uncertainties do not change the reality of an aging workforce and tight labour markets....

Articles 2008-08-28

The Fraser Institute: Alberta Boasts Best Performing Labour Market in North America; Western Provinces Dominate Within Canada

Alberta continues to lead North America with the best performing labour market over the past five years, according to a new study released today by independent research organization the Fraser Institute. "For the past five years Alberta has enjoyed strong employment growth, high levels of worker productivity, and low durations...

Articles 2008-08-28

JumpTV Partners With Western Kentucky University

JumpTV (TSX: JTV) (AIM: JTV), a leading broadcasterof live and on-demand sports video over the Internet, today announced itspartnership with Western Kentucky University. As part of the agreement,JumpTV will provide a web platform for WKU's college sports content as wellas its One Fan Profile to enable fans to purchase...

Articles 2008-08-28

West increases pressure on Russia

TBILISI, Georgia -- Western leaders warned Russia on Wednesday to "change course," hoping to keep a conflict that already threatens a key nuclear pact and could affect the U.S. meat and poultry industry from broadening into a new Cold War. Moscow said it was NATO expansion and...

Articles 2008-08-28

Season opens with Wildcat showcase

OGDEN -- Weber State's players and coach Ron McBride are saying all the right things when it comes to tonight's season-opener against NAIA school Montana-Western. They can't just show up and win. The other team has athletes, too. They are "absolutely" approaching this like any other game....

Articles 2008-08-28

Woman survives 5 days trapped in pickup truck

RALEIGH, N.C. AP -- Amber Pennell was trapped for five days in her mangled pickup truck, hidden under vines in a steep ravine in western North Carolina only 150 feet away from a four-lane highway. Seriously injured and without food and water, she might have died if...

Articles 2008-08-28

U.S. will hand security in Anbar over to Iraqis

BAGHDAD -- The American military will hand over responsibility for the security of Anbar province, once a stronghold of the Sunni insurgency and one of the most violent regions in Iraq, to the Iraqi government as early as Monday, Iraqi and American officials said on Wednesday. The...

Articles 2008-08-28

BERNARD CAHIER

Motor racing photojournalist BERNARD CAHIER occupied a rare position in the world of international motor racing, for he was the sport's first true photojournalist. He became hooked early in life. He was only five when his father, a soldier who would eventually...

Articles 2008-08-28

Quotes of the day

To come back home to the reception I have received is almost overwhelming. It has been incredible. Olympic cyclist Chris Hoy on the crowd that greeted him in Edinburgh He needs to stop chasing media attention and to start putting some real effort into...

Articles 2008-08-28

The West pledges its support for Ukraine - up to a point

Western governments are rushing to bolster Ukraine's pro-Western government amid fears that the former Soviet Republic is becoming the front line in the "new Cold War". A day after Russia threw down a fresh challenge to the West by recognising Georgia's breakaway territories of South Ossetia and...

Articles 2008-08-28

Ancient Chinese Holistic Practice Offers Relief From Incontinence

With increasing awareness and the growth of thealternative health market, consumers are increasingly turning toholistic/homeopathic solutions to medical problems and for their generalhealth. One fast-growing example of this is the trend of including"Eastern" practices of yoga, meditation and other natural health solutionsinto western lifestyles, and its impact on women's...

Articles 2008-08-27

Western Sierra Mining Announces Mine Evaluation Service Agreement with Private Investment Firm

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. -- Western Sierra Mining Corp. (OTC: WSRA) announced today that the company has executed a contract to perform mine evaluation services for a private investment firm headquartered in the southeastern United States. Under the terms of the agreement, Western Sierra will evaluate five individual...

Articles 2008-08-27