Microsoft prepared to walk away from its bid for Yahoo

Microsoft Corp is prepared to walk away from its $43.6 billion bid for Yahoo Inc if the two sides can’t agree on a price, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said.
Speaking at a technology conference near Milan, Ballmer said Yahoo’s better-than-expected first-quarter results, reported, have not changed Microsoft’s view of Yahoo’s value.
Microsoft sees Yahoo as a way to compete with arch-rival Google Inc in the Internet search and advertising arena, but it has limits to what it is willing to pay to get a deal done.
“We’re prepared to move forward without a merger with Yahoo,” Ballmer said. “We think the best way to move forward quickly (and gain critical mass against Google) is to come together with Yahoo.”

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Continental and United Airlines Are Closer to a Merger

United Airlines and Continental Airlines are getting closer to a merger agreement and would like to wrap up a deal by the end of next week, people with direct knowledge of the discussions said Friday.

The negotiations, which have been under way for months, accelerated after Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines announced a $3 billion deal on April 14 that would create the nation’s biggest air carrier.

The talks between United and Continental are in an advanced stage but are not yet complete, the people who had been briefed on them said. They requested anonymity because the talks were private.

The two airlines would like to be finished by Thursday, these people added, although the negotiations could easily run into delays.

As with Delta and Northwest, United and Continental would like to win regulatory approval before President Bush leaves office rather than risk delays that could take place under a new president.

Continental is getting ready to provide details of any possible deal, at least if its Web page is any indication.

The airline, based in Houston, has posted a link on its home page to a new part of its site that looks as if it can be transformed into a merger information page, as soon as a deal occurs.

The page went live on April 15, a Continental spokesman, Dave Messing, said Friday, but only began attracting attention this week.

Mr. Messing declined to comment further. A United spokeswoman, Jean Medina, said the company did not comment on “rumors or speculation.”

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Social Responsibility In Corporate Concerns

Given the enormous power that multinational corporations yield, it is quite appropriate to demand that their actions be regulated and to even expect these corporations to assume greater responsibility in helping address the growing burden of basic human needs.

The notion of involving corporations in providing social services is now popular enough to merit reference using a standard term. Both policy makers and development practitioners recognise the potential value of enhancing corporate social responsibility. The technological, capital and human resources of big corporations can perceivably make a major contribution in the fight against poverty or in assuring that a greater number of people around the world get access to clean drinking water and sanitation. Yet even if the results of instigating corporate social responsibility seem benign enough, it is not an easy task to achieve.

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Saira Amin: First Ever Pakistani Female Jet Pilot

Saira Amin is the first ever female aviation cadet. In 2006 Saira has won the sword of honor for the best all rounder performance at the Pakistan Air Force academy in Risalpur. She has topped another P.A.F course and has got the best cadet medal beating her male colleagues. She proved that with determination, passion and hard work one can make one’s dream come true. Saira has made us proud and set an example for all the Pakistani females. We hope that this is not the end from her side and wish her to make more and more records. 

 

 

 

 

 

Benazir Bhutto

 

Benazir Bhutto was born on June 21st 1953. She was the eldest child of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. She has completed her early studies in Pakistan and then went to United States for higher studies. She completed her Bachelors of Arts from Radcliff Collage at Harvard University from 1969 to 1973. Then later she went to United Kingdom for further studies where she studied Philosphy, Politics and Economics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford during 1973 to 1977. In 1976 she was elected the president of oxford union. On 18th December 1987 she got married to Asif Ali Zardari .They had three chidren.

    

 She returned to pakistan in 1986 to pusue her political career. She was elected twice as a Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996. She was the first female prime minster of islamic world. She also serverd as a oppsition leader. She went self imposed exile to avoid corruption charges in 1999. During her exile period her party workers costantly followed her instructions. On18th October 2007 she returned back to take part in elections. She had a successfull election compaign. On 27th December 2007 during an election compaign after departing a rally she was assessinated at Rawalpindi. She was burried next to her father and two brothers at her home town Nodairo.

 

She was a brave lady. Her life was full of struggle and hardships. She took each and evrey challenge came in her life. She proved that how passionate she was to server her country till the last day of her life.

 

 

 

 

Women In Pakistan

  

Pakistan is the country where gender sensitivity is at its lowest. Women are financially dependant on the other people of the family due to social taboos. Most of the women are illiterate. The ratio of educated women is very low. Only 1% of women are blessed to have the opportunity to go the university level. Among this 1% ratio half of them are allow to work. Mostly men feel sham if their wife, sister or daughter works. Women are still victim for many inhuman laws like karo kari, nikah or marriage to the Quran and hadood ordinance. Women can not decide any thing for their own only their fathers, Brothers and husbands are entitled to decide what is good for them. The men take their women as a symbol of honour but mostly they treat them with no honour or just like a slave. There is a huge discrimination between a daughter and son in every filed of life. Women are subjected to face Domestic violence. Only in Punjab 82% of women face this problem. The government should regulate such laws Which make a woman’s life protected and better so that in Pakistan a woman can also become a useful citizen and can play her healthy role in the society.