2. Internet search giant Google Inc has approved a
handsome pay hike of 30 per cent and bonuses of
250 per cent of the base salary for its top
executives starting next year.
Google said its four top executives - Patrick
Pichette, Chief Financial Officer, Global Business
Head Nikesh Arora, Engineering-and-Research
Chief Alan Eustace and product chief Jonathan
Rosenberg- would each see their increase in pay
from USD 500,000 to USD 650,000 next year.
This represents a rise of 30 per cent.
3. Sites such as Facebook are being used increasingly
by companies to screen candidates," said Marcus
Sandmann, Michael Page's head of marketing for
Asia Pacific. "
Sites such as Facebook are being used increasingly
by companies to screen candidates," said Marcus
Sandmann, Michael Page's head of marketing for
Asia Pacific. "
Twitter , video-sharing sites such as YouTube and
online forums or blogs are also being used to
gather information about prospective employees.
4. A low-cost power stingy tablet for children in rural
India that can be charged using solar energy.
Singapore's Nanyang Technological University
(NTU) and Rice University are developing an
electronic notepad that consumes very little
energy. This device, called I-slate may soon allow
some of the estimated 100 million Indian children
who attend schools without electricity to have
access to an electronic notepad.
A nonprofit based in Hyderabad, ViDAL is
partnering with ISAID to test the first I-slates in
Mohd Hussainpalli village, some 110 kilometers
southwest of Hyderabad in a drought-prone area.
5. Americans uncomfortable with U.S. government
ownership of General Motors may want to hear more:
One of those banks is the Industrial and Commercial
Bank of China, one of China's four big central
government banks.
Americans uncomfortable with U.S. government
ownership of General Motors may want to hear more:
One of those banks is the Industrial and Commercial
Bank of China, one of China's four big central
government banks.
This is the first time Chinese government banks have
participated in a major U.S.-issued IPO, according to
IPO tracking firm Dealogic. The banks are listed as co-
managers in the offering, meaning they will sell a
portion of the new shares.