Jac, life and all that..

BEST buses are on strike. We cant feel that sitting here in powai. But we felt it yesterday when people were dieing to get one auto. more detail later on. Hight time here. end sem ending on 25th.

2006 Rank / Company Margin Growth 1995-2005 / % Stock Returns 1995-2005 %
1 Apple 7.1 24.6
2 Google NA** NA**
3 3M 3.4 11.2
4 Toyota 10.7 11.8
5 Microsoft 2.0 18.5
6 General Electric 5.7 13.4
7 Procter & Gamble 4.4 12.6
8 Nokia 0.0 34.6
9 Starbucks 2.2 27.6
10 IBM -0.7 14.4
11 Virgin NA** NA**
12 Samsung -4.5*** 22.7
13 Sony -11.0 5.1
14 Dell 2.0 39.4
15 IDEO NA** NA**
16 BMW 9.1 14.2
17 Intel -0.3 13.8
18 eBay 13.0*** NA**
19 IKEA NA** NA**
20 Wal-Mart 1.9 16.2
21 Amazon 25.0*** NA**
22 Target 7.4 25.2
23 Honda 8.0 12.9
24 Research In Motion 57.0*** NA**
25 Southwest -0.1 13.9
26 Porsche NA** 33.1
27 Genentech 5.7 29.3
28 Cisco -2.2 15.2
29 Nike 0.0 10.7
30 Motorola 0.7 3.8
31 DaimlerChrysler 4.8*** -1.8
32 Infosys 3.0*** 73.6

Career success is entirely based on your ability to impress your boss.

Women are locked in a constant battle with their weight/body shape/hairstyle.

Mums are often harassed but NEVER depressed/unable to cope.

Any act of male stupidity (e.g. walking across a clean floor in muddy boots, putting the dog in the dishwasher, etc.) will be met with a wry smile, not genuine annoyance/anger.

Anyone with a scientific career will have a bad haircut and dreadful clothes.

If you work for the emergency services, you are a better person than the general population.

Children will not eat fruit or vegetables. Ever.

Both men and women find driving deeply pleasurable, never boring or stressful.

Men are inherently lazy/slobbish; women are the reverse.

Chocolate, however, will cause women to immediately fall into the languor of the opium eater.

High Street bank staff are (A) friends of the customers, and (B) of slightly above-average attractiveness (only if female).

Modern men own a cat/dog.

All women (except stay-at-home housewives) have interesting and enjoyable careers.

Any over-the-counter medical product will work instantly and 100% effectively.

Children know more than adults.

potato chips are the most exciting experience any group of young people can experience.

Why are Americans so fat? Find out in Super Size Me, a tongue in-cheek - and burger in hand -- look at the legal, financial and physical costs of America's hunger for fast food.

Ominously, 37% of American children and adolescents are carrying too much fat and 2 out of every three adults are overweight or obese. Is it our fault for lacking self-control, or are the fast-food corporations to blame?