Usman Khalid
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Articles By Usman Khalid

Harold Simmons remains, to date, the undisputed most successful billionaire of 2011. It’s either him at the end of this year or someone else who can increase his or her stock worth to 170 percent in the next 18 days. Simmons was worth around $5 Billion at the start of 2011 and during the first […]
Dec 13 2011 | Posted in
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Intel Corporation has announced a predicted cut of $1 Billion in revenues due to reduced demand of their semiconductors. Intel is still the biggest suppliers of semiconductors (microprocessors) to most of the PCs and Mac machines in the world. However, the cutback in their products has nothing to do with quality or as some experts […]
Dec 13 2011 | Posted in
Sci-Tech,
USA |
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The battle between click and brick-and-mortar systems is getting fiercer by the day. This nippy fight has now included the tax collection into the equation following a scandal that flooded the internet last weekend. According to reports, Amazon.com offered a 5 to 10 percent discount to its customers, who entered the correct price—on Amazon’s smartphone […]
Dec 13 2011 | Posted in
Business,
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This holiday season, when super stores will be waterlogged with customers to avail the best discount offers, one thing will remain on the top of the list of many patrons, a thin and smart tablet. The new tablet fashion is in its sophomore year, after the launch of original iPad in 2010, and there is […]
Dec 13 2011 | Posted in
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) have announced that they are offering their mobile device-oriented operating system, webOS to the open source community. The company will no longer be investing in the already-beleaguering OS that has seen none or little success at best. The decision came as a surprise to some technology gurus, as the first choice for HP—in […]
Dec 12 2011 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been struggling to find funds for the renovation of their historic hangar at their Moffett Field in Mountain View, California that once housed Navy blimps like the USS Macon. The busiest NASA hangar in its times is now rotting with rust and deterioration. The approximate cost to rebuild […]
Dec 12 2011 | Posted in
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The corporate sector cannot fight back a rumour, or a scandal for that matter, when it comes to social networking like Facebook or Twitter. This very notion was evident in last week’s incident that involved Hollywood superstar Alec Baldwin and American Airlines. A flight stewardess asked Mr. Baldwin to switch of his new Kindle Fire […]
Dec 12 2011 | Posted in
Entertainment |
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Warren Buffett announced on Sunday, December 12, that he will be succeeded by his son Howard Graham Buffett to overlook Berkshire Hathaway values in the capacity of a non-executive chairman, an unpaid position. The announcement not only came as a surprise to Americans but also to Howard or Howie, as he is known in the […]
Dec 12 2011 | Posted in
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Amazon.com’s first pure slate on the lines of current tablet culture, Kindle Fire has been impressive in many regards, especially in price and reading. A dual-core machine within a diminutive price cap of $200 is a bargain nobody wants to miss. However, a tablet should bring more to the table besides reading, for example, gaming. […]
Dec 12 2011 | Posted in
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"There’s an old saying in Tennessee—I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, ‘Fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.’" —43rd US President, George W. Bush (2002) I turned 18 in 2001 and by the time held my computerized national identification card in […]
Dec 12 2011 | Posted in
Opinion |
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True desires of the employees in various organizations all around the North American continent were unveiled in a recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Glassdoor. The research was conducted online with different opinions from 2500 people on Glassdoor’s website, a social network where employees of different companies post experiences of their work […]
Dec 10 2011 | Posted in
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Warren Buffett revealed his succession plan in an interview that will be aired on US national television this weekend. According to Berkshire Hathaway CEO and Executive Chairman, his son Howard Buffett will keep the legacy of the Buffett family running after his death. However, this is not a royal transfer of inheritance; Buffett Sr.’s son […]
Dec 10 2011 | Posted in
Business |
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