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interesting."},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/-/money?alt\u003djson-in-script\u0026max-results\u003d6"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/-/money?alt\u003djson-in-script\u0026max-results\u003d6"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://hypedtalk.blogspot.com/search/label/money"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"},{"rel":"next","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/-/money/-/money?alt\u003djson-in-script\u0026start-index\u003d7\u0026max-results\u003d6"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//www.blogger.com/img/blogger_logo_round_35.png"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"https://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"8"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"6"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403865830110720728.post-1893886052836873305"},"published":{"$t":"2011-05-28T23:51:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-05-28T23:51:43.009+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"money"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"business"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"google"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Paypal might had hit hard with the announcement of 'Google Wallet',"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv dir\u003d\"ltr\" style\u003d\"text-align: left;\" trbidi\u003d\"on\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy:\u003c/b\u003e \u003ca href\u003d\"http://hypedtalk.blogspot.com/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eGT\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-giG5P18cC4g/TeE3H1q3rYI/AAAAAAAAEgo/eG6uVh5ZrI4/s1600/Google-wallet-sue.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"200\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-giG5P18cC4g/TeE3H1q3rYI/AAAAAAAAEgo/eG6uVh5ZrI4/s200/Google-wallet-sue.jpg\" width\u003d\"194\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003eWith a revolution in evolution of mobile payment, things are getting serious in the business world.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAfter launching Nexus S, which has special chip called NFC(Near Field Communication)Google is trying to make a market of its own with a launch of it's new app called 'Google Wallet'. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis announcement was a big blow for Paypal, an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet, as Google rise might be trouble for their business in this field. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNow, Paypal and its parent company, Ebay Inc., accuse two former employees, Osama Bedier and Stephanie Tilenius, of stealing valuable intellectual property related to mobile payment technology when they left to go to work for Google, filed in a Santa Clara County federal court, hours of announcement of 'Google Wallet'.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eGoogle, in a Friday statement, said it planned to fight back and disputed the allegations of stealing trade secrets. Google said, Californian law protects workers' rights to \"use their knowledge and expertise to seek better employment opportunities.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis article can also be seen at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.softview.co.in/2011/05/paypal-might-had-hit-hard-with.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eGT\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://hypedtalk.blogspot.com/feeds/1893886052836873305/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5403865830110720728\u0026postID\u003d1893886052836873305\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/1893886052836873305"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/1893886052836873305"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://hypedtalk.blogspot.com/2011/05/paypal-might-had-hit-hard-with.html","title":"Paypal might had hit hard with the announcement of 'Google Wallet',"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//www.blogger.com/img/blogger_logo_round_35.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-giG5P18cC4g/TeE3H1q3rYI/AAAAAAAAEgo/eG6uVh5ZrI4/s72-c/Google-wallet-sue.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403865830110720728.post-5323189032423843107"},"published":{"$t":"2010-08-10T12:05:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-08-10T12:05:31.171+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"money"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bussiness"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Ousted HP CEO to get $40 million pay cheque"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cb\u003e(Associated Press)\u003c/b\u003e Whatever Mark Hurd did that cost him his job as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest technology company, it wasn't enough to cost him a payday that could top $40 million.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMeanwhile, with little still known about why an actress and HP contractor threatened Hurd with a sexual-harassment lawsuit, stockholders took a $9 billion hit Monday, and HP's 300,000 workers were left to wonder about its future.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHP insisted that the problems it uncovered with the CEO's behavior were limited to falsified expense reports for his dinners and other meetings with Jodie Fisher, who helped organize HP events from 2007 to 2009 and greeted executives at the gatherings.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHurd has settled with Fisher for an undisclosed sum, and both parties have said the relationship was not sexual. Hurd said an assistant prepared all of his expenses. He has offered to reimburse HP for the errors.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe company has offered no further details and says it is focused on finding a successor.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHurd gets $12.2 million in severance, plus stock and options that could bring the total value of the package to more than $40 million, based on calculations by The Associated Press using HP's stock price Friday, before HP disclosed the resignation.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAnalysts said the generous package shows Hurd was highly valued for restoring steady results to the company, a Silicon Valley institution, after a period of upheaval that followed the stewardship of Carly Fiorina. Fiorina, the Republican nominee for Senate in California, got a severance package worth $21.1 million after she was ousted from HP in 2005.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"It tells you how important people think he is to HP,\" said Jayson Noland, an analyst with Robert W. Baird \u0026amp; Co. \"It gives you a sense for how valuable a really good CEO can be.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHe noted the severance is a tiny fraction of the $125 billion HP expects to record in revenue this year.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJeffrey Sonnenfeld, a professor at the Yale School of Management and an expert on CEO leadership and corporate governance issues, called Hurd's pay package a \"damning indictment\" of the way CEO hiring contracts are set up.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSonnenfeld said the contracts are \"overly lawyered\" and make it essentially impossible to fire executives for cause and therefore stop any severance payment.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHe said the falsified expense reports wouldn't have been considered materially significant events that would get him fired for cause, which is why the board allowed him to resign.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"If any employee at the firm had done what he did, they would have been fired immediately,\" Sonnenfeld said. \"He was allowed to resign because he had lost the trust of the board.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eUnlike regular employees, executives with the types of essentially bulletproof contracts such as Hurd's often can't be fired for cause unless they've committed a felony, according to Paul Hodgson, a senior research associate at The Corporate Library, an independent corporate governance research firm.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"If he really resigned,\" Hodgson wondered, \"then why are they paying him severance at all?\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFisher, 50, has appeared in racy movies with titles such as \"Sheer Passion\" and \"Intimate Obsession\" and recently a television dating show. She was paid up to $5,000 per event to greet people at HP events and make introductions among executives.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNeither she nor her attorney have discussed details of the harassment claim, which led to the discovery of the questionable expense reports for dinners Hurd had with Fisher.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe company held a webcast Monday to discuss the changes with its employees, but it was closed to the press, and there was no immediate word on what was said. The company's interim CEO, Cathie Lesjak, said Sunday that she did not plan to discuss further details of Hurd's case.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eShares of HP fell about 8 percent to $42.60 on the first full day of trading since Hurd's abrupt resignation Friday. Its market value, which was about $67 billion when he started at HP in April 2005 and stood at about $108 billion before the announcement of Hurd's departure, dropped to about $99 billion.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNoland and other analysts say HP's stock swoon is likely temporary.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"It's just the uncertainty that this creates — you lost a great CEO,\" he said.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBob Phillips, co-founder of the Spectrum Management Group investment firm in Indianapolis, was perplexed. He did say his firm does not own HP stock because most of HP's growth under Hurd has come from acquisitions, not its core business.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eStill, \"It makes no sense,\" he said. \"I think it's an overreaction at this point by the market in fear there's something much more substantial coming.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSome corporate governance experts have called for an overhaul of HP's board of directors in light of Hurd's troubles and a 2006 scandal in which chairwoman Patricia Dunn was forced out for overseeing an investigation that involved spying on reporters' and directors' phone records to suss out the source of leaks to the media.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eGary Lutin, chairman of a shareholder information service called The Shareholder Forum, said investors might question whether HP's board should be replaced, noting that many board members stayed on through the 2006 scandal. Six of HP's current 10 board members have been directors since 2006 or earlier.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSilicon Valley billionaire Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp.'s CEO and a friend of Hurd's, said the decision to oust Hurd went against the best interests of HP's employees, shareholders, customers and partners. Oracle is one of those partners.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn a statement issued Monday, Ellison called the action by HP's board an act of \"cowardly corporate political correctness\" and the worst personnel decision since Apple forced out Steve Jobs 25 years ago.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSonnenfeld, the Yale professor, said, however, he believes the board made the right decision and commended it for acting quickly.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Hurd was a great operator for the here and now,\" he said, \"but he had to go because of the long-term impact on the character of HP.\""},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://hypedtalk.blogspot.com/feeds/5323189032423843107/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5403865830110720728\u0026postID\u003d5323189032423843107\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/5323189032423843107"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/5323189032423843107"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://hypedtalk.blogspot.com/2010/08/ousted-hp-ceo-to-get-40-million-pay.html","title":"Ousted HP CEO to get $40 million pay cheque"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//www.blogger.com/img/blogger_logo_round_35.png"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403865830110720728.post-2308085226454638231"},"published":{"$t":"2010-07-21T18:13:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-07-21T18:13:27.009+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"money"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"usa"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"international"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"terror"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"War on terror costs US $ 1 trillion"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The United States has spent more than $ 1 trillion on wars since the September 11, 2001, says a recently released Congressional report.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAdjusting for inflation, the outlays for conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere around the world make the \"war on terrorism\" second only to World War II that cost $ 4.1 trillion at today's prices, the report says.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe report \"Cost of Major US Wars\" by the Congressional Research Service attempts to compare war costs over a more than 230-year period-from the American Revolution to the current day-noting the difficulties associated with such a task.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSince the 9/11 terror attacks, the United States has spent an estimated $ 1.15 trillion. World War II cost $ 4.1 trillion when converted to current dollars, although the tab in the 1940s was $ 296 billion.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWorld War II consumed a massive 36 percent of America's gross domestic product-a broad measurement of the country's economic output. The post-9/11 cost of the conflicts is about 1 percent of GDP.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eComparisons of costs of wars over a 230-year period, however, are inherently problematic, the report says.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"One problem is how to separate costs of military operations from costs of forces in peacetime. In recent years, the DOD (Department of Defence) has tried to identify the additional 'incremental' expenses of engaging in military operations, over and above the costs of maintaining standing military forces.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Figures are problematic, as well, because of difficulties in comparing prices from one vastly different era to another,\" according to the report.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Perhaps a more significant problem is that wars appear more expensive over time as the sophistication and cost of technology advances, both for military and for civilian activities.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe costs associated with the \"war on terrorism\" could still go much higher.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA Congressional Budget Office estimate from 2007 said the cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq could total $ 2.4 trillion by 2017, more than double the current amount.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e- IANS"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://hypedtalk.blogspot.com/feeds/2308085226454638231/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5403865830110720728\u0026postID\u003d2308085226454638231\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/2308085226454638231"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/2308085226454638231"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://hypedtalk.blogspot.com/2010/07/war-on-terror-costs-us-1-trillion.html","title":"War on terror costs US $ 1 trillion"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//www.blogger.com/img/blogger_logo_round_35.png"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403865830110720728.post-4744281418966153550"},"published":{"$t":"2010-07-15T19:43:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-07-15T19:43:59.932+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"money"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bussiness"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"india"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"international"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Check it out! Here is the Symbol for the Indian Currency designed by IITian."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6QiA8AKZBbU/TD8XLWaj1hI/AAAAAAAAC7Y/YFJxYnVQWkI/s1600/Indian_rupee.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6QiA8AKZBbU/TD8XLWaj1hI/AAAAAAAAC7Y/YFJxYnVQWkI/s320/Indian_rupee.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003eAt last after much delay the India Government had approved a design, design by IITian which will represent Indian Currency in the world distinguishably as many of the currencies in the sub continent as called as rupees. Its a blend of the Devanagri 'Ra' and Roman 'R' .\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the design, which includes both the Devnagiri 'Ra' and the Roman capital 'R' and has two parallel lines running at the top. The parallel lines symbolise the equal to sign.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"With this India will join an elite group of countries which have a distinct currency symbol. It denotes the robustness of Indian economy. I will now hold up the design that was finally selected. This was sent in by Udaya Kumar,\" said Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni in New Delhi.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6QiA8AKZBbU/TD8XhsujJrI/AAAAAAAAC7g/nx67Ja7oVbo/s1600/d.uday+kumar.png\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"200\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6QiA8AKZBbU/TD8XhsujJrI/AAAAAAAAC7g/nx67Ja7oVbo/s200/d.uday+kumar.png\" width\u003d\"200\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003eShe said that the Rupee symbol was a nice blend of modernity and Indian culture.3\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe symbol selected has been designed by an Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay postgraduate D Udaya Kumar and was selected from among five short listed symbols. Kumar, who will join the Department of Design at IIT Guwahati on Friday, explained that the design is based on the Indian Tricolour.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"My design is based on the Tricolour with two lines at the top and white space in between. I wanted the symbol for the Rupee to represent the Indian flag. It is a perfect blend of Indian and Roman letters: a capital 'R', and Devnagari 'Ra', which represent rupiya, to appeal to international and Indian audiences. After working on the design for few months, I shortlisted eight to 10 designs and then refined them further till I got this one,\" said Kumar.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHis entry was chosen from 3,000 designs competing for the currency symbol. He will get an award of Rs 2.5 lakh. All new notes will now bear the symbol.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThough the symbol will not be printed or embossed on currency notes or coins, it would be included in the 'Unicode Standard' and major scripts of the world to ensure that it is easily displayed and printed in the electronic and print media.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAmong currencies with distinctive identities, only the pound sterling has its symbol printed on the notes.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eUnicode is an international standard that allows text data to be interchanged globally without conflict. After incorporation in the global and Indian codes, the symbol would be used by all individuals and entities within and outside the country.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe symbol will be adopted in a span of six months in the country, and within 18 to 24 months globally, Soni said, adding that it will feature on computer keyboards and software for worldwide use.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ci\u003e- PTI Inputs\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"background-color: #fce5cd;\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eINTERVIEW BY CNN IBN(Exclusive)\u003c/h3\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cb\u003eCNN-IBN:\u003c/b\u003e Now that the symbol that you drew has been selected as the symbol that represents Indian Rupee, it must be a proud moment for you?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eD Udaya Kumar:\u003c/b\u003e Certainly. I am really excited and thrilled. I can't find words to express my happiness. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eCNN-IBN:\u003c/b\u003e Can you please explain to what it (the symbol) actually means?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eD Udaya Kumar:\u003c/b\u003e I have given a lot of thought to this design. It is basically based on the letter 'ra' in Devnagri script. In that, I have just added a strikethrough line to represent Indian flag. And since I have incorporated the Devnagri script, it represents the Indianness of it because the top-line is quite unique and is not found in any other script. I have also tried to incorporate the Roman script 'R' within it for it to have an international appeal.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eCNN-IBN:\u003c/b\u003e It is not the first time that you have designed something like this. Your PhD also contained a lot of designs. What are your future plans? Where are you headed to now?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eD Udaya Kumar:\u003c/b\u003e I always wanted to be a teacher. Now that I have been selected as an assistant professor at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, it is a great opportunity for me.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eCNN-IBN:\u003c/b\u003e Few days back, we saw how a 22-year-old (Dr Tathagat Tulsi) became the youngest professor to join IIT-Bombay. You too are from the IIT. Is it the institution that pushes you to do these things?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eD Udaya Kumar:\u003c/b\u003e Certainly. The environment here definitely gives us an advantage. It inspires one a lot when one sees his friends working hard and doing a great job. One is inspired to follow them, do a lot of work and achieve something. So, IIT-Bombay has immensely helped me, inspired me a lot and supported me with all my designs.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eCNN-IBN:\u003c/b\u003e How significant is this new symbol for Indian rupee as well as Indian economy, from your perspective?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eD Udaya Kumar:\u003c/b\u003e I think it is very much important that the Indian currency has a symbol because everywhere we see Dollar signs, Euro signs and Pound signs. Now that we also have a symbol, it would be seen all over the world.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eCNN-IBN:\u003c/b\u003e You were one of the five persons whose symbols were shortlisted. You also got an opportunity to interact with them. How was that experience?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eD Udaya Kumar:\u003c/b\u003e When five of us finalists were called to Delhi to make presentations, I got to share my design as well as see their designs. All the designs were really great and had their own uniqueness in them. It also made me look at my design with a different perspective. And though there were some commonalities between our designs; each one of our designs were excellent."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://hypedtalk.blogspot.com/feeds/4744281418966153550/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5403865830110720728\u0026postID\u003d4744281418966153550\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/4744281418966153550"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/4744281418966153550"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://hypedtalk.blogspot.com/2010/07/check-it-out-here-is-symbol-for-indian.html","title":"Check it out! Here is the Symbol for the Indian Currency designed by IITian."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//www.blogger.com/img/blogger_logo_round_35.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6QiA8AKZBbU/TD8XLWaj1hI/AAAAAAAAC7Y/YFJxYnVQWkI/s72-c/Indian_rupee.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403865830110720728.post-1643665401322140992"},"published":{"$t":"2010-07-05T06:25:00.002+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-07-05T06:25:43.438+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"money"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bussiness"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"charity"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Buffett donates $1.93 Billions to charities"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has donated $1.6bn (£1.05bn; 1.5bn euros) to the charitable foundation created by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn all, he donated shares worth $1.93bn to five foundations.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe rest went to foundations set up in the name of Mr Buffett's late wife, Susan, and their three children.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMr Buffett, who owns the investment company Berkshire Hathaway, pledged in 2006 to give away 99% of his wealth.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis year's donation is higher than the figure of $1.5bn donated in 2009 because Berkshire Hathaway has improved its performance."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://hypedtalk.blogspot.com/feeds/1643665401322140992/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5403865830110720728\u0026postID\u003d1643665401322140992\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/1643665401322140992"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/1643665401322140992"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://hypedtalk.blogspot.com/2010/07/buffett-donates-193-billions-to.html","title":"Buffett donates $1.93 Billions to charities"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//www.blogger.com/img/blogger_logo_round_35.png"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403865830110720728.post-7242890033070278109"},"published":{"$t":"2010-06-22T07:42:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-06-22T07:42:28.843+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"money"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bussiness"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"google"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Paid-content system for publishers by Google may be coming by year-end"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Google which had hinted for nearly a year now that it was working on building some sort of paid content system for publishers, is reportedly set to launch such a system by year-end. According to a report in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Google is now reaching out to publishers to get them to sign up for the system, which it is calling Newspass.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eGoogle wouldn't confirm the \u003cem\u003eLa Repubblica\u003c/em\u003e report, saying \"we  don't pre-announce products and don't have anything to announce at this  time.\" But the Newspass system - at least from the translation of the \u003cem\u003eLa  Repubblica\u003c/em\u003e article - appears to have many elements of a paid  content proposal \u003ca href\u003d\"http://paidcontent.org/article/419-proposals-for-newspaper-publishers-include-google-micropay/\"\u003eGoogle  made\u003c/a\u003e to the Newspaper Association of America last fall. Back then,  Google said it was \"uniquely positioned to help publishers create a  scalable e-commerce system via our Checkout product and also enable  users to find this content via search - even if it's behind a paywall.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa  Repubblica\u003c/em\u003e says that, with Newspass, people will be able to log-in  to the sites of participating news publishers using a single login.  Publishers will be able to designate what type of payment they want to  accept, including subscriptions and micropayments. People who find  content from participating publishers in Google search will see a  paywall icon next to that content and be able to purchase access  directly from there using Checkout.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Repubblica\u003c/em\u003e doesn't  specify what countries Google is planning to launch Newspass in,  although from the statement Google provided to us - which is included in  full below - it sounds like Google would launch any system like this  globally and not just in Italy.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eGoogle has had some of its  uggliest confrontations with the news industry in Italy, where  publishers \u003ca href\u003d\"http://paidcontent.org/article/419-google-news-italian-problem/\"\u003ehave  complained loudly\u003c/a\u003e that they are not making enough money online and  have talked about a lack of transparancy on Google's part in the way it  handles both its search engine and Google News. Those complaints have in  part prompted other actions by Google to improve its relationships with  news publishers, including its \u003ca href\u003d\"http://paidcontent.org/article/419-google-begins-to-open-up-its-adsense-black-box/\"\u003erecent  disclosure\u003c/a\u003e of the percentage of AdSense revenues it shares with  publishers.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHere's Google's full statement: \"We've consistently  said we are talking with news publishers to figure out ways we can work  together, including whether we can help them with technology to power  any subscription services they may be thinking of building. Our aim, as  with all Google products, would be to reach as broad a global audience  as possible.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWe don't pre-announce products and don't have  anything to announce at this time.\""},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://hypedtalk.blogspot.com/feeds/7242890033070278109/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5403865830110720728\u0026postID\u003d7242890033070278109\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/7242890033070278109"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403865830110720728/posts/default/7242890033070278109"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://hypedtalk.blogspot.com/2010/06/paid-content-system-for-publishers-by.html","title":"Paid-content system for publishers by Google may be coming by year-end"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//www.blogger.com/img/blogger_logo_round_35.png"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});