Donald Fisher, Founder of GAP dies
The founder of the apparel industry giant GAP, Donald Fisher has died. He was 81.
Fisher has been fighting a losing battle with cancer since a long time.
He opened the first GAP showroom along with his wife Doris in 1969 in San Francisco.
It is now one of [...]
Sony Xperia II could run Google Android!
Market rumours are claiming that Sony has been working on a new generation Xperia smartphone that would be powered by Google Android mobile platform.
The current version of course comes loaded with Windows Mobile.
Sony Ericsson has already made a mistake of not getting into the Android mobile phone market [...]
Maruti Suzuki to launch CNG powered models
Maruti Suzuki has said that they are going to offer more of their models with the CNG option.
CNG has become a popular alternative fuel to run cars as it turns out to be very cheap compared to petrol.
CNG powered cars are also less polluting compared to the regular [...]
Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) today released its 5th annual list of top destinations for ringing in the New Year. For the 4th consecutive year, Las Vegas is once again the #1 destination for New Year’s revelers.
To compile its list, priceline.com looked at a sampling of more than 30,000 Name Your Own Price® hotel room booking [...]
Bryan Marsal to become the new CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings
Lehman Brothers Holdings would be appointing Bryan Marsal as their new CEO at the end of the current year.
He is currently the chief restructuring officer at the company.
He would take over from Richard Fuld.
This was revealed in a statement from Harvey Miller, a lawyer [...]
Skoda India increase price of their models
All Skoda cars are now slightly expensive as the company has hiked the price across its entire range in India.
Czech auto maker announced that they are increasing the price of their models in the range of Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000.
The good news is that the new prices would [...]
Company Buys 51 Percent of the Godrej Integrated Poultry Business
The leadership of Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) is taking another step in the effort to expand the company’s international presence. Tyson officials today announced they have acquired majority ownership of one of the leading poultry processing businesses in India.
Tyson today purchased 51% ownership of Godrej [...]
MetaPass SSO v.4.5 Unveiled
MetaPass, Inc., makers of the universal single sign-on (SSO) solution, today announced MetaPass SSO v.4.5.
Single sign-on gives computer users the ability to log onto multiple secure systems without having to authenticate with passwords multiple times. Users securely logon once and then access all other applications with a single click, dramatically [...]
Brian Gladden to become the new CFO at Dell
US based personal computer maker Dell has announced that they are naming Brian Gladden to the CFO position in the company.
He would be replacing Don Carty.
Gladden has been the CEO of SABIC Innovative Plastics Holding in the past. He has worked at General Electric Company for almost [...]
RIM Blackberry selling in record numbers
When Apple announced their iPhone, market analysts had said that the mobile phone from Apple could hurt companies like Research in Motion.
However, RIM seems to gain from the increasing popularity of Smartphones as they are selling record number of Blackberry devices.
The company said that they shipped 14 million Smartphones last [...]
