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Venky's to own Blackburn Rovers

Venky's to own Blackburn Rovers: "The shares of Venky's India Ltd., is currently trading at Rs. 940 down Rs. 0.10 or 0.01% over the previous close.
Anuradha Desai, Venkys chairperson was quoted as saying that Venky's is the first Indian company to acquire a Premier League.
Blackburn Rovers’ Chairman John Williams further added that a series of meetings, including discussions with the Premier League, have followed an extensive due diligence process."

E-Mail's Carbon Footprint - Forbes.com

E-Mail's Carbon Footprint - Forbes.com: "According to the Guardian, each 'proper e-mail' creates 4 grams of CO2-equivalent emissions--equivalent to driving 40 feet."

WikiLeaks Founder on the Run, Chased by Turmoil

"Julian Assange moves like a hunted man. In a noisy Ethiopian restaurant in London’s rundown Paddington district, he pitches his voice barely above a whisper to foil the Western intelligence agencies he fears.

He demands that his dwindling number of loyalists use expensive encrypted cellphones and swaps his own as other men change shirts. He checks into hotels under false names, dyes his hair, sleeps on sofas and floors, and uses cash instead of credit cards, often borrowed from friends."

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Bihar’s tomorrow

"Speed dating takes on a literal meaning in Patna. People share auto-rickshaws like buses, like restaurant tables. They don’t know the person sitting next to them. Every day, several young people hop on to auto-rickshaws with no destination in mind, whispering into each others’ ears, doing things that couples do in backseats. They are strangers to the world. People can see. They don’t."

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