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Apple's Cook receives $380 million compensation package for 2011
11 Jan 2012
CEO Tim Cook's pay package for 2011 is among the most lucrative compensations awarded to a chief executive, according to industry experts
Soumitra Dutta named dean of Cornell's business school
10 Jan 2012
Soumitra Dutta, who will become the 11th dean of the prestigious Ivy League institution, is currently a professor of business and technology and founder and faculty director of a new media and technology innovation lab at INSEAD, in Fontainebleau
Swamy submits documents against Chidambaram in 2G case
07 Jan 2012
Swamy in his petition also alleged that Chidambaram, who was guilty of criminal breach of trust, also had compromised with national security by his act
Sukh Ram sinks into coma, cannot be jailed yet
06 Jan 2012
It seems possible that former union telecom minister Sukh Ram may yet cheat the jailer by dying before serving his sentance in a 1993 telecom scam
Yahoo picks PayPal chief as new CEO
05 Jan 2012
Scott Thompson, president of PayPal, a unit of eBay, will take over as the new chief executive of the internet giant, which is battling stiff competition from rivals such as Google and Facebook, amidst declining advertising revenues
Army chief says won’t move courts on age issue
05 Jan 2012
Army commander-in-chief Gen V K Singh has downplayed his apparent confrontation with the government, and said he has not yet thought of moving the courts on the issue
Deepak Parekh resigns from HUL board
28 Dec 2011
Zardari vows to battle on as Pakistan President
28 Dec 2011
‘Vande Mataram’, Hazare tells thin Mumbai crowd
27 Dec 2011
Ball now in Parliament’s court, says team Anna
26 Dec 2011
Team Anna has arrived in Mumbai for Hazare’s three-day fast, which will be followed by a 'jail bharo' (fill the jails) agitation
HC upholds conviction of ex-minister Sukh Ram
22 Dec 2011
Although the case has nothing to do with the current 2G scandal, the former telecom minister became notorious in 1996 when bags of cash were found in his house
2G toll: Ravi Ruia steps aside as Essar Energy chief
21 Dec 2011
Ravikant Ruia today stepped aside as Essar Energy chairman in the wake of charges against him and his company related to the 2G spectrum scandal
Cabinet okays lokpal sans CBI; Hazare slams toothless bill
20 Dec 2011
Hazare would now go ahead with his fast from 27 to 29 December, followed by a “jail bharo” agitation from 30 December
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