Monday, February 10, 2014

Powerful Quotes of Steve Jobs : " I want to put a ding in the Universe "



Powerful Quotes of Steve Jobs :
 " I want to put a ding in the Universe "

Powerful Quotes of Steve Jobs : Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish



Powerful Quotes of Steve Jobs : 
 " Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish "


The Spirit of Warren Buffett : I get to do what i Like to do every single day of the year



Quotes :

  " I get todo what i Like to do every single day of the year"

The Times of  Warren Buffett :

Business career

In 1957, Buffett had three partnerships operating the entire year. He purchased a five-bedroom stucco house in Omaha, where he still lives, for $31,500. In 1958 the Buffetts' third child, Peter Andrew Buffett, was born. Buffett operated five partnerships the entire year. 

In 1959, the company grew to six partnerships operating the entire year and Buffett was introduced to Charlie Munger. By 1960, Buffett had seven partnerships operating: Buffett Associates, Buffett Fund, Dacee, Emdee, Glenoff, Mo-Buff and Underwood. He asked one of his partners, a doctor, to find ten other doctors willing to invest $10,000 each in his partnership.

 Eventually eleven agreed, and Buffett pooled their money with a mere $100 original investment of his own. In 1961, Buffett revealed that Sanborn Map Companyaccounted for 35% of the partnership's assets. He explained that in 1958 Sanborn stock sold at only $45 per share when the value of the Sanborn investment portfolio was $65 per share. 

This meant that buyers valued Sanborn stock at "minus $20" per share and were unwilling to pay more than 70 cents on the dollar for an investment portfolio with a map business thrown in for nothing. This earned him a spot on the board of Sanborn.

Books on Warren Buffett :



About the Author
CAROL J. LOOMIS is a senior editor-at-large at Fortune, where she has worked since 1954. She has been the magazine’s expert on Warren Buf­fett since 1966 and has edited his annual letter to shareholders since 1977. Her many honors include five lifetime achievement awards, including a Gerald Loeb Award for business journalism and Time Inc.’s first-ever Henry Luce Award. This is her first book. She lives in Westchester County.
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  •  Portfolio Hardcover (21 November 2012)

Bank unions hold 2-day strike from Feb 10

Bank unions hold 2-day strike from Feb 10
PTI    New Delhi   Last Updated: February 10, 2014  | 12:00 IST

Cheque clearances and cash withdrawals and deposits in public sector bank branches across the country were hit as employees started a two-day strike today to press for a revision in wages.
However, private sector banks such as ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank were functioning normally because their staff are not on strike.
Employees are compelled to take this route as the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) did not come up with an improved wage offer, United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) Convener M V Murali said. The IBA represents bank managements.
Banks, including the State Bank of India, the country's largest, had informed customers in advance about the likely inconvenience they would face during the strike.
The unions had rejected the IBA's offer of a 10 per cent wage hike during a conciliation meeting held on February 6 with the Chief Labour Commissioner.
The offer made by bank managements was not in line with rising inflation, General Secretary of National Organisation of Bank Workers Ashwini Rana said.
The staff of public sector banks had gone on a nationwide strike for a day on December 18 after discussions with the IBA on wages on December 14 failed. The wage revision of public sector bank employees has been due since November 2012.
UFBU is an umbrella organisation of nine bank employee and officer unions.
There are 27 public sector banks in the country with a combined employee strength of about 8 lakh. There are about 50,000 branches of these banks across the country.