The global financial crisis might have created an upheaval in the local stock markets, but domestic insurance companies gained a whopping Rs 40,942 crore in the bourses during the one-year period between August 21, 2008 and August 21 this year. During the period, the market capitalisation of bank stocks held by insurance companies increased 103.2% to Rs 43,097 crore on August 21, 2009, from Rs 21,212 crore recorded in the year-ago period. Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) had the highest holding of 81.2% among the 17 insurance companies. It was followed by ICICI (ICICIBANK.NS : 824.6 0) Prudential Life Insurance Co…

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The system is aimed at people who cannot make normal voice calls to the 999 service due to disability. The service sends the text to a voice relay assistant who then speaks the text message to the emergency service and then texts back their reply. If successful, the government initiative, which is backed by Ofcom, would become permanent in early 2010. The scheme is a joint venture between various UK telecom firms. The live trial involves people sending text messages in a real emergency. Administrators are looking for several thousand volunteers, with a preference for disabled users. In an emergency,…

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There are so many apps available for the iPhone, one might even say there are a plethora. We would like to take a moment to help you find a few that might help with your hacking projects. Ever have problems remember a formula when you need it? Need to track the acceleration of your brand new rover? How about beginners needing help remember resistor codes. Well, there’s an app for that. Check out our suggestions after the break.

Here at Hack A Day, we are strong believers in frugality. We think most hackers are. With that in mind, lets…

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Solving the age old problem of… wait, what problem are they solving? These students at UC Berkeley have built a toilet paper dispenser prototype. Not only does it meter out an exact amount for you, it will fold it and cut it as well. They mention this being the perfect accessory for a high tech bathroom, and we can agree. To be serious though, in public places, metering out limited amounts of toilet paper at a time could possibly result in major cost savings. We think the next prototype should have different preference settings such as; wadded, folded, or…

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We have plenty of choice when it comes to the Carhartt Gloves for motor cycle riding. Your selection will depend on your style and personal preference in terms of how you prefer the gloves to be. Some riders have a preference for the half fingered variant which look more like the gloves for weight training. This type of gloves has the top of fingers and palm covered, but has exposed tips. At Carhartt Gloves, we understand these sensitive preferences and you will be pleased with the wide array of choices we offer. The half fingered type of gloves will not…

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here are many people out there offering Forex trading strategies, however are they really dependable? It appears so daunting that there are so many advices being circulated around, that it would be a challenge to choose the right one to follow. Definitely, you can always develop your own style of Forex trading strategies if you think you are good enough. There is no guarantee that your strategies will work, however, this is definitely going to take up a lot of your time and effort. With the many strategies out there, one is claiming more advantage over the other. However, at…

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War & Peace
WAR AND PEACE
You open a newspaper or for that matter any news channel and news on war or terrorism is there aplenty.At times it makes me feel that there is something seriously wrong with the civilisation Some body has rightly said that WAR IS A PERMANENT CONDITION OF MANKIND,From time immemorial great thinkers and philosophers have been trying to uncover the mainspring of action in the human mind.Barring a few optimists almost all of them have reached the conclusion that war rather than peace is the natural state of man/society.A meditation on the conduct of poltical…

The trade preference processing capabilities of SAP GTS help companies leverage the benefits of trade agreements, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the ones that the European Union (EU) has concluded with other countries and groups of countries. The concept is simple – import duty rates vary depending on what percentage of the product originates in the sending country. In practice, however, trade preference processing can be highly complex and time-consuming – each company must have written declarations from its suppliers as to the composition of the components and subassemblies of their products. The trade…

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