Citgroup executives, faced with a plunging share price, began weighing the possibility of auctioning off pieces of the financial giant or even selling the company outright, the Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday, citing people familiar with the situation.
Read the article: Report: Citigroup weighs potential sale
US bank Citigroup has announced plans for about 52,000 new job cuts, on top of 23,000 cuts already made this year.
Read the article: Citigroup job cull to hit 75,000
“Scientists have shown what many have always suspected – that entrepreneurs’ brains are different to those of managers. A study at Cambridge university, published on Thursday in the journal Nature, found that entrepreneurs’ brains were more active in the region responsible for taking “risky or hot” decisions.
The researchers suggested that the type of risk-taking essential to the entrepreneurial process could be taught, or enhanced by drugs.” – FT
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And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world – our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
To those who would tear the world down – we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security – we support you.
Read the article: Full text: Obama’s victory speech
While many of the world’s best business brains are exercising themselves over the current global banking and equities crisis, there is another issue which has the potential to dominate our lives far more in the longer term — energy.
Read the article: The future of energy – CNN.com
India is celebrating the arrival of its Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft at the Moon.
Read the article: Indian satellite orbiting Moon
Free, open-source image processing app Qtpfsgui takes in groups of standard digital camera shots of the same scene or object and runs them through a high dynamic range imaging filter, creating striking images with more depth of color.
Read the article: Qtpfsgui Makes Standard Digicam Shots More Vibrant
Browsershots makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers. It is a free online service.
Read the article: Check Browser Compatibility, Cross Platform Browser Test – Browsershots
Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech in 2005.
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