Happy Birthday Tiger Woods

Rhythym salutes and wishes Tiger Woods on his birthday

Tiger Woods was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California to Earl and Kultida Woods.

Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, Woods was the highest paid professional athlete in 2006, having earned an estimated $100 million from winnings and endorsements.

For the ninth time in 11 years, Tiger Woods has been selected Player of the Year - 2007 by the Golf Writers Association of America. He will be honored at the GWAA's Annual Awards Dinner, April 9, 2008 in Augusta, Ga.

Source: Tiger Woods, Wikipedia

Citi Board Names Vikram Pandit Chief Executive Officer and Sir Win Bischoff Chairman

Pandit says "Simplifying the company's organizational structure and aligning our businesses and resources with appropriate goals and economic realities will be among our initial priorities"

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) December 11, 2007 New York – The Board of Directors of Citi today announced that it has appointed Vikram Pandit as the company's new Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Sir Win Bischoff, who has been acting Chief Executive Officer since November 4, 2007, will succeed Chairman Robert E. Rubin, who will return to his previous duties as a member of the Citigroup Board of Directors and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board.

Mr. Pandit was most recently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Institutional Clients Group, which comprises Citi Markets & Banking and Citi Alternative Investments. Previously, he was a founding member and chairman of Old Lane, LP, a multi-strategy hedge fund and private equity fund manager acquired by Citi in 2007. Prior to founding Old Lane, Mr. Pandit held a number of senior positions at Morgan Stanley over more than two decades, including President and Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Stanley's Institutional Securities Group, which included Morgan Stanley's investment banking, fixed income and capital markets businesses.

Sir Win has had a distinguished and successful career in financial services, serving as Chairman of Schroders plc before joining Citi in 2000, with the acquisition of Schroders' investment banking business by a Citi predecessor company. Most recently, he has chaired Citi's growing businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Source: Citi

Honeywell Wins Three Frost & Sullivan Awards Recognising Excellence in Building Integration Technologies

Honeywell Building Solutions (HBS) bags Frost & Sullivan Awards

(BW)(FROST-&-SULLIVAN) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, December 13, 2007 -- (Business Wire India) -- Frost & Sullivan has announced that Honeywell Building Solutions (HBS) won three awards at the recently held Building Technologies Excellence Awards 2007, a first of its kind for India. HBS was awarded Best Company of the Year for Electronic Security Systems Integration (India), Energy Management Services (India) and Integrated Building Management Systems (India).The Awards, based on detailed industry research, recognize Best Practices and outstanding performance by companies in India's Fire Safety, Security and Building Management Systems industry and its segments.

Source: Business Wire India

168 new members in Billionaire Club

Dollar billionaires more than double to 48; real estate barons have a field day

Powered by the booming stock markets, India produced 168 new billionaires — easily the highest ever — in 2006-07. As many as 30 have moved up at least 100 places — another record.

As a result, the membership of the Billionaire Club has touched 533 and their combined wealth stands at Rs 12.32 lakh crore. The top five are worth over Rs 50,000 crore each.

To put these figures in context, eight years ago, when Business Standard compiled its first list of the wealthiest people in the country, the 100 that comprised it were worth Rs 84,000 crore.

The details of the rankings of India’s richest are being carried in The Billionaire Club magazine, which is being distributed free with the paper today.

There are now 48 Indians with wealth above $1 billion (Rs 4,000 crore, or Rs 40 billion), making them dollar billionaires. There were 23 last year and only three in 1999.

Source: Business Standard

HD Video-on-Demand Now Playing on Verizon FiOS TV

1,000 HD VOD Titles Expected by the End of 2008

NEW YORK - Just in time for the holiday season, Verizon is unwrapping high-definition video-on-demand in many of its FiOS TV markets.

HD VOD is now available over the FiOS TV systems in Richmond and Virginia Beach, Va.; Tampa, Fla.; Fort Wayne, Ind.; and Pittsburgh. It is coming soon to the FiOS systems in the Washington, D.C., metro area, Massachusetts and Rhode Island; and to Verizon's remaining FiOS TV markets next year.

"Whether they're buying their first HDTV or their fourth this holiday season, HD customers always want more HD programming," said Shawn Strickland, Verizon's vice president of video solutions. "We're delivering HD on demand with the same amazing picture quality that customers expect from FiOS TV -- and with the promise of more HD programming in 2008."

Source: Verizon

Fidelity is Now Everywhere with Fidelity Anywhere™

Fidelity Fund Management Launches Mobile-Friendly Lite Web Site

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, December 04, 2007 -- (Business Wire India)Fidelity Anywhere™, a mobile-friendly lite web site, was launched by Fidelity Fund Management today.Anyone with a handheld device or a mobile phone which has an internet browser and GPRS connectivity can access Fidelity Anywhere™ (www.fidelityanywhere.co.in). As a lite web site, it is custom created for mobile and handheld devices which makes it quicker to access and easy to navigate. Fidelity Anywhere™ is an informational web site launched by Fidelity’s domestic asset management company in India. It provides the latest NAVs for Fidelity’s funds in India and allows its customers there to request application forms and investor guides which are then delivered via email. Customers who do not have GPRS enabled mobile phones can use the SMS facility to get the latest NAVs.

Announcing the launch of Fidelity Anywhere™, Ashu Suyash, Managing Director and Country Head, Fidelity Fund Management, said, “With Fidelity Anywhere™, we have taken a pioneering step towards increasing customer convenience. This new service virtually provides an investor service centre on the mobile. At Fidelity, we are constantly working on innovative ways to improve the customer experience and by offering multiple channels to reach us, we are giving customers the choice to use the one that they find most convenient.

Source: Business Wire India

Risk factors:
Mutual funds, like securities investments, are subject to market risks and there is no guarantee against loss in the Scheme or that the Scheme’s objectives will be achieved. -- As with any investment in securities, the NAV of the Units issued under the Scheme can go up or down depending on various factors and forces affecting capital markets. -- Past performance of the Sponsor/the AMC/the Mutual Fund does not indicate the future performance of the Scheme. Please read the Offer Document of the schemes before investing.

Statutory:
Fidelity Mutual Fund (‘the Fund’) has been established as a trust under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882, by Fidelity International Investment Advisors (liability restricted to Rs. 1 Lakh). Fidelity Trustee Company Private Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, with a limited liability is the Trustee to the Fund. Fidelity Fund Management Private Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, with a limited liability is the Investment Manager to the Fund.

Citi's Pandit a Frontrunner for CEO Spot--Reports

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vikram Pandit, head of institutional clients at Citigroup Inc , is a front-runner for the bank's chief executive spot, according to media reports.

If Pandit were made chief executive, his ascent at Citi would be fast. He joined in July, when the largest U.S. bank closed on its purchase of his hedge fund, Old Lane Partners LP in a deal worth an estimated $800 million.

That purchase was announced in April and was widely seen as a way to deepen Citi's management ranks, as questions were arising about who would eventually succeed Charles Prince.

Prince resigned on Nov. 4, when Citi said it might face a $8 billion to $11 billion of subprime mortgage-linked write- down in the fourth quarter. The expected size of that write-down has only risen as asset values have decreased, analysts have said.

Source: Reuters

UK-India biz set to fly on ‘angel’ wings

Major initiative towards increasing deal flows between Companies in India and the UK by January

Mumbai, November 25, 2007 In a major initiative towards increasing deal flows between Companies in India and the UK, a separate network of ‘angel’ investors from both the countries will be launched in January. The angel investors network will offer financial assistance to Indian firms seeking to enter the UK and vice versa.

To be launched by UK Trade Minister Digby Jones when he visits India in January, the initiative is being spearheaded by well-known market expert and fund manager Alpesh Patel, who is also a member of the UK-India Business Council board.

Source: Financial Express

India's Finance Minister delivers Mahindra Lecture at Harvard Business School

Address on challenges of development cosponsored by Harvard South Asia Initiative

BOSTON - The Honorable Palaniappan Chidambaram, the finance minister of India and a member of the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 1968, returned to HBS on Oct. 18 to deliver the 2007 Harish C. Mahindra Lecture on "Poor Rich Countries: The Challenges of Development."

The event was cosponsored by Harvard University's South Asia Initiative and Harvard Business School and made possible by a generous gift from the family of the late Mr. Mahindra, a Harvard College alumnus and a pioneer in the firm of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., a maker of off-road vehicles and tractors and part of the Mahindra Group, one of India's largest and most prominent conglomerates.

Speaking in Harvard Business School's Spangler Auditorium before a filled-to-overflowing audience comprising students and faculty from across the University, including HBS, Harvard Law School, and the Kennedy School of Government, Chidambaram told a tale of two Indias - a country rich in natural and human resources but unable to take full advantage of them because of the prevalence of poverty (a third of the population of 1.1 billion people lives on an income of less than a dollar a day), inadequate schools and health care, and interest groups that favor the status quo rather than progress.

Source: Harvard Business School

Wildlife Sanctuary Receives Cisco and IBM Technology Donation

Carnivore Preservation Trust (CPT) to Improve Animal Care and Educate Public on Endangered Animals

SAN JOSE, Calif., and ARMONK, N.Y - 19 Nov 2007 Cisco® and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a joint initiative to outfit the wildlife sanctuary, Carnivore Preservation Trust (CPT) in Pittsboro, N.C., with a high-performance server and networking infrastructure and other state-of-the-art technology. The Carnivore Preservation Trust is a nonprofit organization that rescues and nurses back to health leopards, tigers, binturongs and other carnivores. With voice, video and Web technology provided by Cisco and IBM, CPT staff and volunteers can improve the quality of care they provide to the exotic carnivores and can better educate the public on the importance of saving these endangered animals.

CPT’s daily operations were inhibited by its aging technology infrastructure that included failing servers, spotty Internet access, no voicemail and a lack of modern mobile telephony to communicate in the field. After learning about the technology upgrade CPT needed, a team of Cisco and IBM volunteers came in to help modernize its operations. CPT deployed a high-performance clustered-server solution based on IBM System x servers coupled with Cisco networking technology.

Source: Cisco, IBM

Greening the ghetto - environmental justice in the South Bronx

About this Talk
In an emotionally charged talk, Majora Carter explains her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx. This MacArthur-winning activist shows how minority neighborhoods have suffered most from flawed urban policy, and energetically shares her grassroots efforts to "green the ghetto." Her talk from the heart drew a spontaneous standing ovation at TED, and has proved equally moving online. As blogger Mike Maupuia records: "So I'm sitting at my desk at work, earplugs inserted, and tears running down my face. I'm watching this video of Majora Carter's presentation at TED, and thinking ... I love this woman! But don't listen to me ... go listen to her!"

About Majora Carter
Majora Carter is dedicated to fighting "environmental racism" in her hometown of New York's South Bronx. She's working not just to hold back the polluters who target neighborhoods like hers, but to bring back the green. Majora Carter is a visionary voice in city planning who views urban renewal through an environmental lens. The South Bronx native draws a direct connection between ecological, economic and social degradation. Hence her motto: "Green the ghetto!"

"We could not fail to be inspired by Majora Carter's efforts to bring green space for exercise to the South Bronx. We need more ideas like these to bring solutions to minority communities."
- Time

K P Singh: World's richest realty developer

DLF's Kushal Pal Singh is fourth on the 2007 India Rich List

November 16, 2007 India's booming real estate sector has more than doubled the number of billionaires from this space in just 12 months, with DLF's Kushal Pal Singh emerging "the world's richest real estate developer."

Singh, the wealthiest in this space, has been ranked as the fourth richest Indian with a net worth of $35 billion, according to 'Forbes' India's 40 Rich List' for 2007. "Kushal Pal Singh is fourth on the 2007 India Rich List with a net worth of 35 billion dollars, making him the world's richest real estate developer," Forbes said.

The four richest Indians are worth an astonishing $180 billion. Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, who lives in London, is No. 1 again, worth $51 billion, but Mukesh Ambani, whose Reliance Industries is India's most valuable company, is quickly closing the gap. His net worth jumped $30.5 billion to $49 billion, making him the year's biggest gainer. His estranged brother Anil is close on his heels, up $30.2 billion to $45 billion.

Source: Forbes, Rediff

Juan Enriquez: Why can't we grow new energy?

About this Talk
Juan Enriquez offers a glimpse of some ground-breaking research to explore the potential of bioenergy. Our current energy sources -- coal, oil, gas -- are ultimately derived from ancient plants -- they're "concentrated sunlight." He asks, Can we learn from that process and accelerate it? Can we get to the point where we grow our own energy as efficiently as we grow wheat? (Less than a month after this talk, his company announced a process to do just that.)



About Juan Enriquez
Juan Enriquez is an authority on the economic and political impact of science. In his 2001 best-seller As the Future Catches You, he examines the profound changes that genomics and other life sciences will cause in business, technology, politics and society.

Oracle Announces 2007 Oracle Excellence Award Winners

Global Award Recognizes Customers for Creative Use of Oracle® Fusion Middleware with Oracle Applications


ORACLE OPENWORLD, SAN FRANCISCO 13-NOV-2007 05:00 AM Oracle today announced the recipients of the 2007 Oracle Excellence Award. The award, co-sponsored by the Oracle Applications User Group (OAUG) and Quest International Users Group (Quest), recognizes organizations for their success in extending the business value of their Oracle Applications with Oracle Fusion Middleware as a result of Oracle's "Applications Unlimited" program.

Customers, and their implementation partners, representing multiple industries across the globe submitted nominations for the Oracle Excellence Award. Each of the award recipients delivered exceptional business value through their use of Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Applications. The top five winners will be featured in a cover story article in the January/February issue of Oracle's Profit magazine and will make an exclusive appearance on Appcast, Oracle's podcast series.

Recipients of the 2007 Oracle Excellence Award include: Apollo Group, Inc., BAE Systems Australia, Booz Allen Hamilton, City of Kent, Deutsche Bank, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, GE Healthcare, IKON Office Solutions, Ingersoll Rand, Logitech, Merrill Lynch, Mexicana de Aviación, Move, Inc., Northwestern University, Pepsi Bottling Group, projectiondesign, PTC, Qualcomm, Rackable Systems, Ross Stores, Inc., Secure Path Technology LLC, Syntax-Brillian, Temple-Inland and its subsidiary Forestar Real Estate Group, Tucson Electric Power, Universal Lighting, ViewSonic, VION Food Group and Wind River.

Source: Oracle

C K Prahalad is World's Most Influential Thinker (Thinkers 50 2007)

Prahalad voted the world's most influential living management thinker

Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad (C K Prahalad), India-born management guru and academician, has been voted the world's most influential living management thinker ahead of hands-on managers like Bill Gates, Alan Greenspan and Richard Branson.

Prahalad, who is the first Indian-origin thinker to claim the title, was ranked number three in last year's Thinkers 50 list brought out by Suntop Media.

C. K. Prahalad, the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, is a globally known figure and has consulted with the top management of many of the world's foremost companies. His research specializes in corporate strategy and the role and value added of top management in large, diversified, multinational corporations.


Source: Thinkers50, Rediff, University of Michigan

Mackinac Bridge celebrates 50 years

Side profile of the Mackinac Bridge taken from the shoreline in Mackinaw City near Fort Michilimackinac (southwest side of the Mackinac Bridge). The photo was taken by Tim Burke, photographer for the Michigan Department of Transportation.

50th Anniversary Celebration
The Mackinac Bridge is currently the third longest suspension bridge in the world. The bridge opened to traffic on November 1, 1957.

The Mackinac Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the western hemisphere. The total length of the Mackinac Bridge is 26,372 feet. The length of the suspension bridge (including anchorages) is 8,614 feet.

Photo Courtesy of Michigan State Police Photo Lab

50th Anniversary of Official Opening
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Free 50th anniversary memento for crossing the bridge on November 1st (while supplies last)

API and UPI correspondants who covered opening of Mackinac Bridge in 1957 will take part in 50th anniversary ceremonies

LANSING - October 26, 2007 - Two news service correspondents who were present when the Mackinac Bridge linking Michigan’s two peninsulas was opened to traffic on Nov. 1, 1957 will participate in ceremonies next Thursday (Nov. 1) commemorating the 50th anniversary of that event.

Tom Shawver, then a correspondent for the Associated Press, and Tom Farrell, who covered the opening for United Press International, were within a few feet of the toll booth when Gov. G. Mennen Williams paid the first $3.25 toll collected on the $100-millian-dollar span at 1:59 P.M. that day.

Source: Mackinac Bridge Authority

Cisco Outlines Globalisation Vision at Unveiling of Campus in Bangalore

Announces Additional $100 Million Venture Capital Funding to Expand Investments in Early-Stage Indian Companies

BANGALORE, India - October 31, 2007 - Cisco® today unveiled its state-of-the-art Globalisation Centre East campus in Bangalore at an opening ceremony presided over by former Indian President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and John Chambers, Cisco chairman and CEO.

Cisco also announced that it is extending venture investment initiative in India by another $100 million to drive growth with high-potential Indian companies This venture investment in India is consistent with Cisco's long track record of driving growth in the information technology (IT) market through investment in the innovation economy. In 2005, Cisco designated an initial $100 million in venture funding for this purpose as part of its overall $1.1bn investment plan for India.

Source: Cisco

Wall Street Journal Editor Tunku Varadarajan Joins NYU Stern as Clinical Professor of Business

Tunku will infuse his classes with his firsthand knowledge of the media industry

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE) - October 29, 2007 - New York University Stern School of Business announced that Wall Street Journal Assistant Managing Editor Tunku Varadarajan has been appointed clinical professor of business, effective October 2007.

Currently a contributing editor at the Financial Times, Varadarajan will teach the course, Business and its Publics, to undergraduates, leveraging his experience in editorial writing, reporting and law to explore the dynamic relationship between business, society, markets, politics, media, art and culture. He will also teach the course, The Media and the Business World, to MBA students as part of the School’s Entertainment, Media and Technology (EMT) Program, which offers more than 17 courses at the graduate level that focus on the marketing, finance, management, accounting, legal and economic issues facing entertainment and media firms.

“We are honored to welcome Tunku Varadarajan, a recognized business journalist and editor, to NYU Stern,” said Dean Thomas F. Cooley. “As a clinical professor, Tunku will infuse his classes with his firsthand knowledge of the media industry and share his perspectives on the role of media in shaping business issues.”

Varadarajan joins NYU Stern from The Wall Street Journal, where he served as an assistant managing editor, and, previously, as the editorial features (or op-ed) editor, as well as chief television and media critic. During his tenure there, he tackled the issues of the day, informing the debate and dialogue of everything from religion to politics, entertainment to business.

Source: Business Wire

Robin Sharma Named #6 in Worldwide Ranking of Leadership Gurus - after Jack Welch

Robin Sharma - Helping People and Organizations Get to World-Class ^TM

Toronto, Canada, October 3, 2007 - Results of an independent survey led by leadershipguru.net released last week reveal that Robin Sharma, bestselling author of The Greatness Guide and CEO of Sharma Leadership International Inc., was ranked #6 in a listing of the World''s top Leadership Gurus (Jack Welch was #5).

Sharma shot to fame with The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, a book that has been published in nearly 50 countries, translated into 42 languages, and appeared on bestseller lists around the world. HarperCollins Canada has just re-released The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari 10th Anniversary Edition, this #1 bestseller continues to inspire and engage business people and the general public around the globe.

The Greatness Guide 2, which will be published in December 2007 by HarperCollins Canada, is a powerful and practical handbook to help people and organizations get to "world-class". Offering additional practical and inspiring anecdotes, tips, lessons, and big ideas, Sharma provides readers with the tools to live their best lives.

For further info contact:
Media Relations
media@robinsharma.com or +1 416 962 7900

About Robin Sharma
Robin Sharma, LL.B., LL.M., is one of the world''s top experts on leadership and personal success. The author of eight major international bestsellers including The Greatness Guide, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and Who Will Cry When You Die?, Robin is the CEO of Sharma Leadership International Inc., a boutique training firm with a simple mission: to help people and organizations get to "world-class". His website robinsharma.com is one of the most popular personal success destinations on the Internet.

Source: Sharma Leadership International

Press Conference to Provide Update On Cisco Globalisation Centre, Bangalore

Inauguration of Cisco Globalisation Centre East

WHAT: Press Conference to Provide Update on Cisco Globalisation Centre, Bangalore

WHO:
John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco
Wim Elfrink, EVP and Chief Globalisation Officer, Cisco
Dr. Abdul Kalam, Former President of India

WHEN: Tuesday, October 30, 2007

TIME:
15:30 - 17:00 India Standard Time (Oct 30)
11:00 - 12:30 Central European Time (Oct 30)
06:00 - 07:30 Eastern Standard Time (Oct 30)
03:00 - 04:30 Pacific Time (Oct 30)

WHERE:
Cisco Globalisation Centre East
Cisco Systems India Private Limited
Cessna Business Park,
Kadabeesanahalli Village,
Varthur Hobli,
Sarjapur,
Marathahalli Outer Ring Road,
Bangalore 560087,
India

WEBCAST: Click here to attend live webcast.

For more information, visit http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2007/corp_102407.html, or visit the Cisco Island in Second Life

REPLAY: The webcast replay will be available shortly following the event at http://newsroom.cisco.com/globalisation/

Please note Cisco is also hosting a second press conference from its Globalisation Centre on Oct 31st Indian Time which will also be webcast. A separate media alert for this second webcast is also available at the above URL.

Source: Cisco

Sybase Chairman, CEO and President John S. Chen Receives 2007 New Silk Road Award from California-Asia Business Council

Award Recognizes Outstanding Contributions to Improving Business Ties with Asia

DUBLIN, CA — OCTOBER 29, 2007 — Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today announced that Chairman, CEO and President John S. Chen was honored by the California-Asia Business Council (Cal-Asia) with its 2007 New Silk Road Award. The award recognizes each year one individual who has made extraordinary contributions to the development and growth of U.S.-Asia commerce.

“John Chen is being honored for building strong markets for American technology in China, Japan, Korea and elsewhere in Asia, and for vigorously championing the expansion of healthy U.S.-Asia commerce in Congress and in industry and policy forums,” said Brad Aris, senior vice president of Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank, San Francisco, and chairman of Cal-Asia's award committee.

The New Silk Road Award program, now in its 13th year, honors individuals who foster a healthy and active business environment between the East and the West. The name of the award symbolizes both the ancient trade routes between Asia and the Western world, and the economic importance of today's trans-Pacific commerce.

“I am honored to receive this award and offer my sincere thanks to the California-Asia Business Council for creating a forum that recognizes important contributions to strengthen business ties between the U.S. and Asia,” said John Chen. “I look forward to continuing to be part of this force and forge a greater, more robust trade relationship.”

Source: Sybase

Full text of Chen’s speech can be found at www.asianight.org/JohnChenRemarks.html.

Tony Robbins: Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better

About this Talk
In this fast-paced talk (clocking in far shorter than his typical three-day seminars), iconic motivational speaker Tony Robbins explains how to unlock your true potential, and asks the audience (including former Vice President Al Gore) for a bit of high-level interaction. The spontaneous on-stage interaction between Gore and Robbins creates an unforgettable TED moment, and also demonstrates the power of Robbins' direct -- even confrontational -- approach, which calls on his listeners to look within themselves, and find the inner blocks that prevent them from finding fulfillment.



About Tony Robbins
Tony Robbins makes it his business to know why we do the things we do. The pioneering life coach has spoken to millions of people through his best-selling books and three-day seminars

"What Tony delivers is an ever crescendoing call-and-response oratory that often gives the proceedings a teetering, Pentecostal kind of energy. "
GQ

Bill Clinton: TED Prize wish: Let's build a health care system in Rwanda

About this Talk
Accepting the 2007 TED Prize, Bill Clinton says he's trying to build a better world to hand his daughter. Unequal, unstable, and unsustainable, our world must correct its course, and private citizens ("like me") can be powerful forces for change. His Clinton Global Initiative, fresh from success negotiating down pharmaceutical prices in the developing world, is now running a pilot health care system in Rwanda, based on the work of Dr. Paul Farmer in Haiti. In 18 months, its shown potential as a model for the entire developing world. Clinton's TED wish: Help him build this system in Rwanda, to bring world-class health care to a people who have overcome deadly hatred to rebuild their nation.



About Bill Clinton
Through his William J. Clinton Foundation, former US President Bill Clinton has become a vital and innovative force for world change. He works in four critical areas: health, economic empowerment, citizen service, and reconciliation.

"Welcome to the world of the Clinton Foundation -- which, it should be said at the outset, is not a foundation at all in the traditional sense, because it has no money of its own. What it does have, of course, is Bill Clinton."
Fortune

Richard Branson: Life at 30,000 feet

About this Talk
When Richard Branson was at school, his headmaster predicted he would wind up either a millionaire or in jail. Since then, he's done both. Here he talks to TED's Chris Anderson about the ups and the downs of his career, from his multibillionaire success to his multiple near-death experiences, from Virgin's line of spacecraft to the failure of the Virgin condom. He also reveals some of his (very surprising) motivations.

About Richard Branson
Richard Branson bootstrapped his way from record-shop owner to head of the Virgin empire. Now he's focusing his boundless energy on saving our environment.

"There is luck, and then there is Richard Branson luck."
The New Yorker, May 14, 2007