Go2Web20 – I found this on Techcrunch, pretty handy compilation of diverse web2.0 companies.
Freescale semiconductors goes private for $16.7 Billion according to this news.
Is Deion Branch ever going to play for the Seahawks ? He’s just sitting there in my Fantasy team collecting no points. If only he had stayed with the Patriots!
Sonia Gandhi was listed 13th on Forbes 100 most powerful women this month.
Born Antonia Maino in Italy, Sonia married Rajiv Gandhi from the (non?) illustrious Nehru dynasty and has risen to become the president of the Indian National Congress, a political party in India. There are rumors abound that politicians flock around her aware of the wealth amassed by Rajiv during the infamous Bofors scandal and also by her power hungry mother-in-law Indira Gandhi.
Her greatest service to the nation to-date is to refuse the post of Prime Minister when offered and instate Manmohan Singh to the post. Or was this a politically motivated move to pull the strings behind the screen?
She was in Bangalore this Sunday to address her political party workers – hundreds of people from villages flocked at Palace Grounds to see her and hear her speak. Never mind the rumor that they were paid 100 bucks and were offered free meals and transport to gather. The meeting was held in the heart of the city resulting in chaos of the worst order, traffic jams and roads were trashed with paper cups, plastic bags and banana peels.
For a more dubious sketch of her by Subramaniam Swamy, you can visit this cached page.
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Om goes solo and launches WebworkerDaily.
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