After being delayed by almost 2 years, the Boeing 787 is all set to make its first flight today. The first flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is scheduled for 10 a.m. PT, 1 p.m. ET today. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is the most awaited flight and it has already been delayed for so long. It was set to make ... Read More »
Apple Earnings 2009 report
There are some very interesting numbers in Apple’s third-quarter press release. Apple has also disclosed more numbers in its conference call which is still in progress. Some highlights: 3.05 million Macs sold this quarter, up 17 percent from a year ago. The overall PC market is expected to grow just 2 percent in the third quarter. That means Apple is ... Read More »
Interest rate Back to form in Australia!!!
The temporary burial of Interest rate in the world has again CAME back to life. Is it ridiculous, well Australian Government has come out and declared that the interest rate will be increased to 3.25% from 3%. Australia who avoided the Recession last year was a lone nation to survive from the wrath of Economy downfall when the entire world ... Read More »
High-frequency trading: useless and manipulative?
I found an interesting article on the concept for High Frequency trading . The credit for the post is deserved by blogs.reuters.com. The explosion of interest in high-frequency trading has started to drag new faces to sometimes staid industry conferences. Traders who for years worked on algorithms and computer codes behind the scenes are stepping into the spotlight. They’re appearing on more and more panel discussions, feeling the need to defend ... Read More »
Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis to step down by end of 2009
Ken Lewis, the embattled CEO of Bank of America Corp., is leaving the company, succumbing to nearly a year of strife that followed his company’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. The bank, the nation’s largest by assets, said Wednesday that Lewis, 62, decided on his own to leave and would retire as CEO and also leave the company’s board ... Read More »
NTPC sets riders for KG gas deal
NEW DELHI: The government-owned NTPC is expected to sign a gas sales purchase agreement (GSPA) with RIL for the supply of gas to its power plants with two riders — that the agreement will not have any prejudice to their pending cases and that the marketing margin being charged on the gas price by RIL is reviewed by the government. ... Read More »
UK Employment percent is higher : Markit Survey
The most prominent guide for labour market of UK ” The Markit” has came up with a new and hope giving Survey. According to the Markit Survey conducted on UK employment hiring, the current level of job hiring has increased to a great effect. To say , the new job posting in on a high after a dreadful 17 long ... Read More »