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Leyland To Pick Up 26 % In U.K. Bus Maker Optare

July 30, 2010 By

Ashok Leyland, the flagship company of the Hinduja Group, will pick up 26 per cent equity stake in the U.K.-based bus maker Optare plc.

This follows an agreement inked between the two for a long-term strategic co-operation. The investment will be $7.5 million.

V. Sumantran, Executive Vice-Chairman, Hinduja Automotive Group and member of Ashok Leyland board, told a press conference here on Thursday that the stake buy in Optare was being facilitated through a fresh offer at a “competitive market rate”.

The move to buy a stake in the U.K. bus company was a logical extension of a well thought-out strategy of Ashok Leyland to insulate itself against the cyclical nature of the commercial vehicle business and get into unexplored adjacent sectors and also spread to new geographical locations, he reasoned. [Read more...]

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Cool Down

July 28, 2010 By

To most people, it’s no secret that swimming is an enjoyable way to get some exercise and cool down especially in the hot summer sun. Pools used to come in a variety of rectangular shapes with bright turquoise colored bottoms. And towards this point having an above ground pools can not only be useful and fun, but they can also be the centrepiece of a lovely garden. This above ground swimming pool equipment has the basic equipment necessary to start your pool. But what you plant around your pool makes a big difference. You can destroy the success of even the most beautiful pool by planting plants that can ruin its design or even damage its structure. By planning the whole area before installing the pool, you can take any building issues that might not add to your vision and blend them into the design so the function remains but the negative visual impact is minimized.

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Tourism Development Plan For Mangalore

June 18, 2010 By

After many proposals to develop Bangalore on the lines of Singapore, it is now the turn of Mangalore to receive a tourism development plan based on Singapore experience. For, a Singapore-Malaysia-based consortium is expected to submit a proposal for tourism development in Mangalore at a cost of about of Rs. 4,500 crore under Public-Private Partnership (PPP).

A presentation in this regard was made before Tourism Minister G. Janardhan Reddy on Thursday after the inauguration of the new office of Jungle Lodges and Resorts.

The proposal “Connectivity enabled integrated development for Mangalore city”, aligned with the Mangalore City Vision 2025 plan was made by Ravindra Kumar, co-founder of Strada Architects and Consultants, on behalf of a consortium, who are yet to be named. [Read more...]

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New Health Care Law Requires Restaurants To Post Calorie Information

April 4, 2010 By

They are no one’s idea of a dainty snack. Yet many people delight in a hamburger-and-fries combo, a honkin’ steak sandwich and other pound-packers. They can’t help themselves. But if people really knew what they were eating in terms of calories, would they desist from such gut-busters and make healthier choices?

Advocates of a new federal mandate are betting on it.

Beginning next year, restaurant patrons will see a new item on their menus and drive-through signs: Calorie counts alongside the food they order.

The change is being driven by a provision with big implications in the nation’s recently passed health care overhaul. It requires restaurant chains with 20 or more restaurants to post calorie information on their menus and drive-through signs. The measure will affect a number of restaurants in the Rochester area, among them are Red Lobster, McDonald’s, Olive Garden and Denny’s.

Nutritionists see the requirement as the equivalent of highway speeding signs: A warning that there are consequences to that special sauce-slathered burger or deep-fried onion. By Matthew Stolle, Post Bulletin

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Microsoft Begins Internet Explorer Update

March 20, 2010 By

Microsoft revealed plans for the next version of its Internet Explorer browser last week, but it’s way too early to put a reminder to upgrade on your calendar.

The future Internet Explorer 9, announced at a conference for developers in Las Vegas, will bring advances in performance and compatibility with Web standards, in particular those allowing sites to provide audio and video without requiring users to install a separate plug-in such as Adobe’s Flash.

IE 9 will also take advantage of Windows graphics technologies to improve its display of pictures and text, at the apparent price of Windows XP support.

Test drive

In a technically oriented blog post, IE product manager Dean Hachamovitch offers more detail about Microsoft’s goals for IE 9. Adventurous users can also try out a “test drive” version of the browser — but this release is so limited that it doesn’t even count as pre-alpha. Microsoft’s frequently-asked-questions file doesn’t say when a beta version of IE 9 will ship, much less a finished product.

That poses a problem for the company, because the current Internet Explorer 8 just isn’t doing the job. It trails competitors in its features, simplicity, reliability and speed. I cringe every time I launch IE 8, because I know I’m going to be waiting that much longer for it to start responding to my input than Mozilla Firefox would.

As a result, IE has been steadily losing market share to the likes of Firefox and, to a less extent, Google’s Chrome, Apple’s Safari and Opera’s self-titled browser.

At the same conference, Microsoft also revealed more details about the rewritten mobile software, Windows Phone 7 Series, that it announced last month. And would-be Win Phone 7 users may not be happy about these revelations

The software, due on smartphones soon, will not let you cut, copy and paste text, Engadget’s Chris Ziegler posted. PC magazine’s Sascha Segan, meanwhile, reported that Win Phone 7 won’t support multiple third-party programmes at once, augmenting a phone’s storage with a removable memory card, or installing new applications from anywhere but Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace.

In other words, Win Phone 7 looks set to match the feature set of the 2008-era iPhone. Which may be an issue in 2010, now that the iPhone offers an excellent, touch-driven implementation of copy and paste and Android devices also support multitasking, memory cards and running applications from unofficial channels — and both Apple’s smartphone and Google’s software will likely see further improvements before Win Phone 7 ships.  By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post

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Innermost Emotion & Desires

February 14, 2010 By

Have the power to captivate, communicate, fascinate, and that was what a woman’s eyes could possibly done. It was where they reveal their innermost emotions and desires. Unfortunately, the eye area is also where the first noticeable signs of aging often occur. Dark circles, bags, puffiness, wrinkles, and fine lines can make you look older, tired, and worn-out, even if the rest of your face is still wrinkle-free and radiant. As such, most women begin the concealing process using eye cream for dark circles. Stop wasting your money on ineffective creams to treat dark circles. Hence, at DarkCircle-S.com, their mission and goal is to help you find the best dark circle treatments that will get rid of dark circles without the hassle.

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Deregulated Retail Electricity Market

October 14, 2009 By

deregulated retail electricity_As we all know, electricity is very important and useful to all of us. It helps us in many ways and makes our work easier and faster. Because of electricity, we can live conveniently and comfortably although, in several states in the US, electricity is being deregulated. Hence, for those with a low income they may qualify for government support on lowering the price of your electricity service. This is good news for everybody, especially for people who have different household appliances that transform electricity to heat. And for those relocating to an apartment for the first time or simply changing scenery from one city or another where they will usually be asked for several deposits.

Some quarters has provided a way to subsidize the cost of historical high price and usage demand months in the summer and winter. So in some instances, if it is a very hot summer day a typical family will use double or triple the amount of electricity they use during other times of the year. So you will likely be using more energy in the summer but typically the cost of electricity prices goes up in the dead heat of the summer discouraging you from turning on your air conditioner in the first place.

Meanwhile, Houston is being considered to be the energy hub of the USA where Enron was once headquartered. Many employees that once worked for the latter have now started their own electric services company and other energy related businesses. Enron was one of the largest lobbyists for deregulation and after it went out of business, deregulation took full force in the state completely leaving the subject out of the opportunity that could have been available to them. Fortunately many of their innocent employees that were recipients of the aftermath of the meltdown were able to continue to make a living for their families by entering the deregulated retail electricity market.

In a nutshell, when an energy market becomes deregulated it often times causes confusion to its users and consumers. Since electricity service can only have one pole and wire to a home or business, thus, it is a bit confusing to understand how multiple companies can now provide you electricity service. But mind you guys, leave all the worries behind as there is certainly a new electricity service guide to help each and every one of you out there for having and doing it in affordable way. So what are you waiting now for? Just visits the above mentioned for more details and information’s.

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