Girish Johar to join Balaji Motion Pictures
Girish Johar, who was with UTV Motion Pictures as Associate Vice President, will be joining Balaji Motion Pictures as their Distribution Head and will be heading the acquisition of content for Balaji. He will also overlook distribution of their inhouse productions, in the national and world markets.
Girish has successfully released and marketed more than 100 films, including JODHAA AKBAR, A WEDNESDAY, FASHION, DEV D, RACE, WAKE UP SID and many more. He was also the National Head for UTV for all their Disney releases. His prior work experience was with UTV, Sony Pictures and PVR.
Six F-16s to be inducted into PAF fleet today
November 20, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to receive six new F-16 C/D Block 52 high tech aircraft from the United States, Trend Pk reported Saturday.
According to sources, six F-16 aircraft have already reached Greece after flying from US Airbase Fort Worth. The aircraft will arrive in Pakistan today.
Pakistan had signed a contract with the US in 2005-06 for the acquisition of 18, F-16 C/D Block 52 planes.
Under this arrangement, the PAF would receive these state-of-the-art aircraft from the US in staggered batches.
Another batch of six F-16 C/D Block 52 aircraft will be delivered in December this year. Trend Pk
Pak-US partnership will deliver common goals of security: Patterson
JACOBABAD: US Ambassador in Pakistan Anne W. Patterson on Sunday said that America”s offer of a long-term partnership with Pakistan is tangible and “It is our hope that this partnership will deliver our common goals of security and prosperity, in the region and throughout the world.”
Pakistanis and Americans are working together to build a better world, “We all aspire to leave as our legacy,” she said while addressing the handing over ceremony of latest version of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan Air Force (PAF) at newly upgraded Air Base Shahbaz.
She said that Pakistan and the United States share a deep and broad partnership, which is growing to encompass nearly every element of government-to-government cooperation.
Under the Strategic Dialogue established by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, she said, the two nations are working together on economic development, trade and energy, health care, education, science and technology and agriculture.
“Our governments share a vision of partnership today which is unprecedented in the history of our bilateral relationship,” she said.
It both reflects America”s long-term commitment to Pakistan as an important ally and partner and “is a testament to the shared vision of our democratically elected governments,” she added.
The US Ambassador said that an important element of Pakistan-US relationship is strong and a growing security partnership, through which the two countries are working to make this region secure, stable and peaceful.
She recalled that four years ago, the United States and the Government of Pakistan had signed a Letter of Agreement for the acquisition of 18 new F-16 aircraft by Pakistan to support this country”s counterterrorism efforts.
“I am glad to be here today to witness the induction of the first three of these aircraft into the Pakistan Air Force in an event which begins yet another cycle of fulfillment in America”s commitments to Pakistan,” the US envoy said.
The induction of these advanced F-16s is a historic milestone for US-Pakistan relations – “both a symbolic and a tangible demonstration of our strong partnership” and the US intent to stand beside Pakistan over the long-term as an important ally and friend, Patterson said.
“Our commitment does not end with the delivery of these aircraft. The United States will continue to support the Pakistan Air Force through training and munitions procurement, and through updates to the 45 F-16s in the Pakistan Air Force”s existing fleet,” she added.
The US Ambassador said that she was impressed by the skills of Pakistani pilots as they have prepared to fly the F-16 aircraft in defense of Pakistan. “But Americans know that extraordinarily powerful weapons alone cannot strengthen this or any other nation. The strength of our economies and our institutions and our people also are key elements of national power.”
nfl draft 2010
April 22, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
The 2010 NFL Draft officially starts tonight (Thursday, April 22nd, 2010) at 7:30pm EST with the 1st round draft picks, and then continues through the weekend with the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th round draft picks on Friday and Saturday.
I decided to put together an NFL Draft 2010 live Twitter stream so that you can get up to the second information on anything and everything happening in the 2010 NFL Draft
One of the biggest stories so far in the 2010 NFL draft centers on Tim Tebow and where, or what team, will finally end up drafting him. I wrote yesterday about how Tim Tebow made the decision to not show up to the 2010 NFL Draft in New York City. He decided instead to stay at home in Florida and watch the draft from TV with his family and friends.
Some people commented that the reason Tim Tebow wasn’t attending the 2010 NFL Draft was because he was afraid of being on national TV and not being drafted until late in the draft picks – somehow, I doubt that is going to happen.
centurytel
April 22, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
NEW YORK — CenturyTel Inc., the country’s fifth-largest local-phone company, said Thursday that it will buy Qwest Communications International Inc., the third-largest, in a stock swap worth $10.6 billion to gain the benefits of scale in a shrinking business.
The combined company would have about 17 million phone lines serving customers in 37 states, but would still be dwarfed by AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. It would be based at CenturyTel’s headquarters in Monroe, La., rather than in Denver, where Qwest is based.
The deal would shore up the combined company by helping it reduce expenses and improve its ability to compete with cable. But it would still be in the grip of a dismal trend: The number of landlines in the U.S. shrinks by about 10 percent per year as consumers chose to rely on their wireless phones or service from cable companies. The fourth-largest provider of landline phone service in the country, by number of subscribers, is now cable company Comcast Corp.
Neither Qwest nor CenturyTel own wireless networks that can compensate for the loss of landlines, as AT&T and Verizon do. Last year, 22.7 percent of homes used only cell phones, according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But Qwest and CenturyTel hope the acquisition can make their combined company more competitive as a provider of 
telecommunications services to businesses and expand the reach of their broadband Internet service for consumers. It may also provide TV services over phone lines to compete more aggressively with cable, according to Glen Post, the CEO of CenturyTel, who would head the combined company. CenturyTel has started providing TV services on a small scale in some areas.
Analyst David Dixon at FBR Capital Markets noted that the federal government is moving to shift subsidies away from rural phone service and toward broadband lines. Rural phone subsidies are a large source of revenue for CenturyTel, and the shift could be a challenge.
The deal would likely to lead to job cuts at the companies, which are already shedding positions. The Communications Workers of America, the largest union in the telecommunications industry, said it “looks forward to serious discussions” with both companies. Qwest had 30,138 employees at the end of last year, while CenturyTel had about 20,000.
kennedy space center
April 22, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Kennedy Space Center:Discovery makes successful landing at the Kennedy Space Center: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery glided to a landing at 9:08 am at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, ending its mission to supply the International Space Station.
The crew returned to Earth on a track that led to the shuttle in much of central United States for only the second time since the Columbia disaster in 2003.
“Stop Wheels, Discovery, Rick Sturckow in Mission Control by radio from Houston. “Welcome home, Dex. Congratulations to you and the crew on a mission exceptional.”
“It was a great mission,” said Discovery commander, Alan Poindexter. “We are pleased that the International Space Station is replenished.”
Discovery also brought home two tons of scientific equipment and consumables used in the supply module Leonardo.
Fort clouds blocked Discovery’s planned return Monday and forced a wave-off of its first landing attempt Tuesday. But the clouds parted and the discovery on Tuesday gave the green light to start over one hour that broke the speed of 17.500 mph to 225 mph at the time of landing at KSC runway 33.
Yesterday morning the shuttle was landing more than Vancouver, northeastern Washington, across northeast Kansas Tulsa, Oklahoma, and finally, along the Florida east of Gainesville and west of Jacksonville.
qwest
April 22, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
CenturyTel to buy Qwest in $10.6B stock swap
NEW YORK — CenturyTel Inc., the country’s fifth-largest local-phone company, said Thursday that it will buy Qwest Communications International Inc., the third-largest, in a stock swap worth $10.6 billion to gain the benefits of scale in a shrinking business.
The combination would have about 18 million phone lines serving customers in 37 states, but would still be dwarfed by AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. It would be based at CenturyTel’s headquarters in Monroe, La., rather than in Denver, where Qwest is based.
The number of landlines in the U.S. shrinks by about 10 percent per year as consumers chose to rely on their wireless phones or service from cable companies. The fourth-largest provider of landline phone service in the country, by number of subscribers, is now cable company Comcast Corp.
The acquisition continues a trend of consolidation in the landline business. But neither Qwest nor CenturyTel own wireless networks that can compensate for the loss of landlines, as AT&T and Verizon do.
But they hope the acquisition can make their combined company more competitive as a provider of telecommunications services to businesses and expand the reach of their broadband Internet service for consumers.
Analyst David Dixon at FBR Capital Markets noted that the federal government is moving to shift subsidies away from rural phone service and toward broadband lines. Rural phone subsidies are a large source of revenue for CenturyTel, and the shift could be a challenge.
The deal would likely to lead to job cuts at the companies, which are already shedding positions. The Communications Workers of America, the largest union in the telecommunications industry, said it “looks forward to serious discussions” with both companies.
CenturyTel, which does business as CenturyLink, acquired Embarq Inc., the landline service company once part of Sprint Inc., last year.
Qwest provides traditional phone service in 14 mostly Western states and is a successor to one of the regional Baby Bell companies spawned by the breakup of AT&T in the 1980s. Financial maneuvers during the Internet boom left it saddled with a heavy debt load, making it an unlikely acquirer, even though it is larger than CenturyTel.
CenturyTel is offering stock worth about $6.02 per share for each Qwest share, a premium of about 15 percent to Qwest’s Wednesday closing price of $5.24.
Wachovia Online Banking
Wachovia Online Banking | Online Wachovia – Wachovia bank customers can buoy much do good for the online banking services that the bank currently offers. In total, the transaction is handled by the bank itself secure website, coming very happy to get out of your account from a centralized location. As you can imagine, this opens a wealth of banking options that never made the front as possible, and really gets to the bench the whole process more efficient and more convenient. As in previous years he had to run to the bank called to get close prematurely, the online banking service while Wachovia admits to log in the acquisition and accession to the wide range of banking transactions at any time the day.
The Web site of the Wachovia Bank, and allows you to acquire data on the balance of your account statement, bank statements and anterior aspect agrees, pay bills and transfer funds between accounts. In addition, Wachovia Bank and provides a wide range of online brokerage services that is some of the best in the business. Wachovia Bank, even outside allows you to carry out a variety of financial transactions such as retirement accounts and investments.
Wachovia Online Banking was first posted on November 3, 2009 at 9:58 pm.
