Sunday, March 29, 2009

From Reuters.com


From - http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUKTRE52R0ER20090328

NEC to quit PC market abroad with Asia-Pacific exit
Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:23am EDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's NEC Corp will halt production and sales of personal computers in the Asia-Pacific region around July, a spokesman said on Saturday, in a move that would see it pull out completely from the loss-making PC business overseas.

NEC, which has the top PC market share in Japan, last month signaled a withdrawal from the PC business in Europe, Africa and the Middle East amid slumping demand and tough competition.

NEC has warned it would post a net loss of 290 billion yen ($2.96 billion) for the business year ending this month, and is accelerating restructuring efforts, which include pulling out from weak businesses and cutting more than 20,000 jobs worldwide.

Competition with rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co and Dell Inc has been fierce and NEC sold its retail PC business in Europe in 2006.

NEC sells about one-sixth of its annual global sales of 3 million PCs outside Japan.

(Reporting by Reiji Murai; Editing by Ben Tan)

Where do i go from here now?


Saturday, March 21, 2009

Thursday, March 19, 2009

You should watch!


Yes, kind of old.........but still a fantastic series.

Friends' cast in the first season, from left to right, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, Courteney Cox Arquette as Monica Geller, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, David Schwimmer as Ross Geller and Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends

The series featured six main cast members throughout its run, with numerous characters recurring throughout the ten seasons. The main cast members were familiar to television viewers before their roles on Friends, but were not considered to be stars.[1] During the series' ten season run, the actors all achieved household name celebrity status.[2]

  • Jennifer Aniston portrays Rachel Green, a fashion enthusiast and Monica Geller's best friend from high school. Rachel and Ross Geller are involved in an on-off relationship throughout the series. Rachel's first job is a waitress at the coffee house Central Perk, but she later becomes an assistant buyer at Bloomingdale's and a buyer at Ralph Lauren in season five. Aniston had already appeared in several unsuccessful sitcom pilots before being cast in Friends.[1]
  • Courteney Cox Arquette portrays Monica Geller, the hen mother of the group,[3] known for her obsessive-compulsive and competitive nature.[4][5] Monica is often ridiculed for having been an extremely overweight child by the others, especially her brother Ross. Monica is a chef who changes jobs often throughout the show, and marries longtime friend Chandler Bing in season seven. Cox had the highest profile career of the main actors when she was initially cast, having appeared in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Family Ties.[1]
  • Lisa Kudrow portrays Phoebe Buffay, an eccentric masseuse and musician.[6] Phoebe became homeless at the age of 14, and is known for being ditzy and yet street-smart.[7] Kudrow previously played Ursula Buffay on Mad About You, and reprised the dual role of twin sister Ursula as a recurring character during several episodes of Friends.[1] Before her role on Friends, Kudrow was an office manager and researcher for her father, a headache specialist.[8]
  • Matt LeBlanc portrays Joey Tribbiani, a struggling actor and food lover who becomes famous for his role on Days of our Lives as Dr. Drake Ramoray. Joey is a womanizer with many girlfriends throughout the series, and develops a crush on his friend Rachel in season eight. Before his role on Friends, LeBlanc appeared as a minor character in the sitcom Married... with Children, and as a main character in its spin-offs, Top of the Heap and Vinnie & Bobby.[9]
  • Matthew Perry portrays Chandler Bing, an executive in statistical analysis and data reconfiguration for a large multi-national corporation. Chandler quits his job and becomes a junior copywriter at an advertising agency. Chandler is known for his sarcastic sense of humor,[10] and marries longtime friend Monica. Like Aniston, Perry had already appeared in several unsuccessful sitcom pilots before being cast.[11]

FINALLY IT IS HERE!!!!!!!!


Got it from an online store. The final book from the DarkWar Saga!

http://opentrolley.com.sg/

Pay and collect at Toypost at Plaza Sing.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Right or Wrong?

AIG Bonus Payouts - as written in TODAY newspaper.

In short,
AIG payouts US$165 Million of Bonus to employees.

AIG claimed it had to due to employment contracts.

BUT.... the contract will be worthless if the government did not bailed AIG and it collapsed.

Right or Wrong?

Monday, March 02, 2009