Are b-schools responsible for current financial mess?

Here's a post wondering if b-schools are responsible for the current financial mess!
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2008/12/insidious_mbas.cfm

Can b-schools really train people to be not greedy?

Interesting way to raise money for charities!

Interesting! I will probably follow this IPO keenly!

http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=12208564

Funny video about Indo-Pak standoff

My colleague pointed me to this funny video about Indo-Pak standoff ! Do watch it!


Volatile India-Pakistan Standoff Enters 11,680th Day

I hope that the stand-off doesn't continue for another 60 years!

Now twitter updates

Just joined the twittering bandwagon. I don't expect to twitter all the time but surely look forward to some updates when I am doing something fun or have absolutely nothing to do except twitter in frustration. So if you are into twittering, please feel free to follow me. BTW, you can find my top 5 twitter posts on this page. So keep visiting this page as I am sure there will be some new content for you in terms of twitter updates if not blog posts! I know I have been too lazy to post something on this blog for a while now. Hopefully, I will be out of my slumber soon and start posting again soon!

Great news for people applying for H1-B under Masters quota!

Great news for people on OPT! OPT time has been extended to 29 months for people who fail to obtain H1-B this time. I already have friends who are wishing that their H1-B application gets rejected so that they can save money on taxes for 29 months!

Click here for more info
OR visit http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1207334008610.shtm

Who got how many H1-Bs in 2007?

InformationWeek had a good article about how H1-Bs got allocated in 2007. Click here for the full article!

http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207001329&pgno=1&queryText=&isPrev=

The following excel sheet pointed in the above article has the full list of companies. Interesting to see that Microsoft had only 3 new H1-B visas!

http://i.cmpnet.com/informationweek/1179/H-1B_Approvals_for_initial_benefits_by_employers_FY07.xls

Another Wave of H-1Bs on the Way: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

Interesting article about H1-Bs in Yahoo finance today

Another Wave of H-1Bs on the Way: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

Good article about H1-B visa!

Came across the following article in rediff.com which answers many common questions about H1-B visas. Good one to bookmark!

Point your browser to http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/mar/26visa.htm or
click here for the article!

Race - Watchable!

I watched the new Hindi flick "Race" yesterday. Though nothing extraordinary the movie certainly was watchable. Thankfully not as slow and as long as "Jodhaa Akbar". Its a typical Abbas-Mastan thriller with lots of twists. The directors maintained a good pace throughout except for some of the song sequences in between which I thought were quite unnecessary. All the actors/actresses put in decent performances though I found Katrina Kaif and Sameera Reddy little irritating in some sequences.

So if you have nothing thrilling to do and looking to kill time, then racing to this movie is an option!

Lost phone numbers - Please call me !

Friends, My old Moto Razr cell phone couldn't put up with me anymore and finally gave up couple of weeks ago. Alongwith, gone were all of your contact numbers :(

So people please understand and do care to call or at least send your numbers my way. My number remains the same.

BTW, I got myself a PDA with unlimited data/text plan. So in case texting is free for you, DO TEXT ME!