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For all those who missed out on the Sehwag innings yesterday courtesy the “as usual” blunder by NEO Sports, here is a clip, some kind soul posted on youtube.

[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=ASm0rStSpCs]

I think the innings was utter contempt to the opposition’s bowling and reputation. At one point Sehwag was so pissed off by the negative line pursued by the South Africans that he literally kicked away one ball from Paul Harris which was straying too much towards the leg.

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At the begining of the series, a South African official boasted that India would be given a thumping. I wonder what he has to say after seeing Virender Sehwag’s innings today. True, the pitch is a pathetic featherbed. But Viru, literally toyed with the bowling of a team that claims to be the best in the world today.

More fireworks tomorrow. Hopefully

Above pictures courtesy: Cricinfo

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HCL acquires Capital Stream for $40M

HCL Technologies Ltd. said on Wednesday it acquired Capital Stream Inc. for about $40 million in an all-cash deal. HCL, which has offices in Noida, India and Sunnyvale, said the acquisition is part of a structured M&A strategy “in selected industry verticals by using acquisition to either bridge gaps or enhance the capabilities in our service offerings.”

Capital Stream, which was founded in 1995 and has offices in Seattle and Aliso Viejo, focuses on end-to-end lending and straight-through processing to commercial banks and finance companies. Its services include prospecting and sales, credit analysis, due diligence, documentation and portfolio monitoring.

Full article here

Sterling group buys Norwegian JB Ugland for $300 million

Chennai firm acquires Norwegian conglomerate’s shipping business. As a part of its foray into the bulk shipping industry, the C Sivasankaran-promoted Sterling group has acquired the shipping business of Norwegian conglomerate JB Ugland for $300 million (Rs 1,200 crore).

With this, Chennai-based Sterling is likely to hold stake in all the three divisions of the conglomerate’s key business arm — JB Ugland Shipping Group and its subsidiaries, JB Ugland Shipping, JB Ugland Dry Bulk and JB Ugland Shipping Singapore.

Full article here

Bartronics buys Proximities, SRG for Rs $50 million

Bartronics America, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Hyderabad-based solutions provider for automatic identification and data capture and Radio Frequency IDdentification (RFID), Bartronics India, has acquired the assets of Australia-based Proximities Inc and US-based SRG America Inc for a total consideration of $50 million (around Rs 200 crore).

Proximities Inc, a privately-held company headquartered in Melbourne, develops, markets and supports secure RFID cashless payment, access control and age verification solutions.

Software Research Group Inc (SRG), headquartered in New Jersey, is a multi-national organisation that has successfully served the IT market place for over 10 years.

Above news courtesy: Business Standard

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After years of eating in Singapore, i will soon be able to taste the real ‘Hyderabadi Dum Biryani‘. Yummy, the very thought makes my mouth water. Bawarchi, Parwaaz, Paradise….here i come.

Yup, i will be spending my Christmas and New Year in Hyderabad. Iam eager to go around the city and see the changes, shop like crazy and meet up with friends. But overall, nothing beats the feeling of being back home in Hyderabad celebrating Christmas with my family. The chill in the air makes Christmas even more interesting. Carols, midnight mass at the church, the christmas tree at my home, the lights, the decorations, the cakes and the sumptous spread that’s gonna be laid out is something am really looking forward to.

It will be my first holiday after my previous trip to Hyderabad last year August. I need this break badly. Have been working continuously without a break for about 16 months now. Yup, aside to the blogging, investing, studying, dreaming of HER, i do have a regular day job with a 24 x 7 standby as a bonus. I have cut down on my travelling a lot as i realised that there is nothing more foolish than spending my hard earned money on travelling to some place just to keep parity with my colleagues and friends. I rather save that money and invest so that it can help me in achieving my goal of getting out of this rut of a regular day job.

Other than the gorging of the food ( anyway, i will come back and hit the gym to burn off the extra kilos), i plan to shop for some books and clothes. Also find out some information on a few courses/exams that i plan to pursue in the next year. I will update on this blog once i manage to gather all the information. If i have the time, i plan to even go and see the new Hyderabad International Airport coming up at Shamshabad.

Hope to be in Hyderabad on Wednesday evening if our dear Indian Airlines (Indian) doesnt screw up the schedules again. Yup, IA has lived up to its reputation as one of the most sucky and lousy airlines in the whole world by cancelling the Singapore – Hyderabad flight and now i have been thrown into the Singapore – Chennai – Hyderabad route. I will be swatting flies in the Chennai airport for about 5 hours. Can you believe that? My 4 hour travel has now been extended to 9 hours (almost).

And that Civil Aviation minister, Praful Patel was saying the other day that the media criticizes Indian Airlines/Air India unnecessarily for the delays. I have flown Singapore Airlines, Silkair, Thai, Jet Airways. Each one of them has provided exceptional service. None as pathetic as Air India / Indian Airlines.

This is precisely the reason why i believe that, running a business is not the business of the government.

Are you listening Mr Patel? Or am i not enough of a vote bank for you?

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