Companies are scrapping pension plans; social security is in dire straits

For the auto giants, General Motors and Ford, it has been one of the worst nightmares; even some of the big airliners are not being spared. Well, companies are making sure that it doesn’t trouble them again, not even in their dreams. It’s now being observed that more and more companies are moving from the defined benefit to defined contributions; a development that might prove incapacitating, both for employees and the employers.

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Source:- IIPM Editorial, 2006

Editor:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri.

India could witness a mammoth surge of FDI - IIPM Publication

According to him, once the Special Economic Zones’ Act is notified by the government, India could witness a mammoth surge of FDI. However, before being swept away by the euphoria generated by the news about the “pending proposals”, one needs to assess the performance of Indian SEZs, as well as, the present investment environment in the country.

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hey, where’d it go?

Without an iota of doubt, AOL’s Johnycome- late free strategy is as useless as it could ever be. Unless AOL re-focuses its market orientation towards maps, music downloads, and of course, advertisements, AOL is as good as... hey, where’d it go?

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Source:- IIPM Editorial, 2006

Editor:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri

Secrets of the World’s Healthiest and Oldest Living People

Now, if you came to believe that settling by the seaside is the next best thing after Viagra for life long (and longlife) vitality, then the Hunza Valley ensconced in the Karakoram mountain range at an altitude of 7000 feet above sea level tells another tale. Hunzakuts – self-proclaimed descendants of Alexander, The Great are a clan of strapping men and tough women who know of not many diseases, and are the subject of longevity deliberations in the west like in Hunza: Secrets of the World’s Healthiest and Oldest Living People by Jay Milton Hoff man. However, apart from the grounds of nutrition and geography to adjourn Judgement Day sine die, there is also no overlooking faith in this regard. Ask the Seventh-Day Adventists of Loma Linda, California, who literally lead their lives by the Book, and you’d blurt ‘Hallelujah!’ on the fancy of letting a 100 years or near-about-that go by your eyes on a planet that swears by evolution.

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Source:- IIPM Editorial, 2006

Editor:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri