The Mahatma had his 141st birthday without much fanfare on 2nd October 2010 as India was caught up with the 19th Commonwealth games and the Ayodhya controversy. The latter resulted in a ban on text messages lest there be flare-ups between Hindus and Muslims based on “hi-tech” cell phone text based inciting. Here’s the openingContinue reading “Gandhi, Indian Commonwealth Games, Melinda Gates – how will a new democracy like Afghanistan really look like?”
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Southwest Airlines and AirTran Merger : synergy in routes -just need to align “low-cost” culture
Herb Keller got Southwest Airlines going and was much celebrated as a CEO who knew how to get the mission and vision of the company “owned” by every employee- a feat that most CEO’s can only dream of doing. The current Southwest CEO and Chairman Gary Kelly favors serving larger airports that Southwest earlier avoidedContinue reading “Southwest Airlines and AirTran Merger : synergy in routes -just need to align “low-cost” culture”
Recession is over,stockmarket is up – when will jobs and housing turn around?
Apparently,the recession is over since June of 2009 – it was announced today, stocks went up in the US and em pathetically-worldwide. But this does not go well with lots of Americans. As President Obama mentioned today, all talk of the recession ending is useless if you do not have a job. And currently theContinue reading “Recession is over,stockmarket is up – when will jobs and housing turn around?”
Housing market woes reflect slow jobs and underlyng slow income as US home based call center outsourcing takes off
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Groupon taps into social media to get new customers for small businesses
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Eat,Pray and Love author’s book “Committed” and Buyer-Seller Relationships
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Jet Blue Slater incident and co-creation of the service experience in the Internet age, fixing the baggage problem upstream
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Tell workers that their work matters -Deepak Chopra
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“Go West (now overseas)” or at least source iPhone parts globally for a thriving business !
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Clinical Trial participants found easier on Facebook than Google AdWords
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