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All the CEO’s and directors of today’s modern business are very much concerned on the situation and their day to day performance. Over the last couple of years most of the companies has consulted with specialists to work on their Six Sigma. Multinational companies are even conducting trainings or scheduling their training programs for Six Sigma. It shows and monitors statistically the impact of business expenditure and customer impact to achieve targeted GOP and shows the outlook of the coming months/quarters. Six Sigma is a business improvement methodology, originally developed by Motorola to systematically improve processes by eliminating defects. Defects are defined as unacceptable deviation from the mean or target. The objective of Six Sigma is to deliver high performance, reliability, and value to the end customer. Since it was originally developed, Six Sigma has enjoyed wide popularity as an important element of many Total Quality Management initiatives. The core of the Six Sigma methodology is a data-driven, systematic approach to problem solving, with a focus on customer impact. Statistical tools and analysis are often useful in the process. However, it is a mistake to view the core of the Six Sigma methodology as statistics; an acceptable Six Sigma project can be started with only rudimentary statistical tools. Still, some professional statisticians criticize Six Sigma because practitioners have highly varied levels of understanding of the statistics involved. Six Sigma as a problem-solving approach has traditionally been used in fields such as business, engineering, and production processes.

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Early US presidential election polls

Hillary Rodham Clinton is the clear favorite in early polls for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. So, what does that mean? Not a lot, if history is any guide. Republican hopeful Rudy Giuliani, however, is sitting pretty. For at least three decades, Republicans have been far better than Democrats in early polls at getting behind the candidates who end up winning the party's presidential nomination. Republicans have picked the early front-runner in seven of the past 10 elections, according to Gallup polling. In the other three elections, Republican incumbents cruised to re-election. Democrats nominated a former vice president, Walter Mondale, in 1984, and a sitting vice president, Al Gore, in 2000. For those elections, the early polls were more predictable at picking the front-runner. Why has the Republican Party been better at predicting winners? "There is this sense among Republicans — a belief that it's a certain person's time to run for president," said Thomas Mann, a political analyst at the Brookings Institution. But the Republican track record is probably due more to chance and the Republicans' success at winning the White House since 1968, he said. (Read full article)

Starwood looks to Asia

Starwood Hotels CFO says the hotel operator would be interested in acquiring an established hotel brand in Asia which would complement its global portfolio. The hotelier is looking for an "acceptable prize which would fit well with what we do. "Separately, CFO says there is new demand for hotels around the world that didn't exist 20 years ago and that Starwood is looking to expand its "under-penetrated brands." Starwood currently has 9 brands with over 863 hotels. And they are W Hotels, Sheraton, Fourpoints, Aloft, Luxury Collection, Le Meridien, Westin and Stregis the existing brands and company is looking to add more. Starwood's brands and hotels are rapidly growing globally and focusing on Asia Pacific where Starwood recently opened its first ever Resort in the Maldives at Fesdu island.

Surprises a head in 2007

There are more than 2 billion USB peripherals in the world including, most likely, your printer, mouse, keyboard, ipod, camera and just about anything else attached to your computer. But what if they didn’t have to be attached? That’s the promise of wireless USB, or WUSB. A new global standard those PC manufacturers will begin incorporating into their machines soon. Faster, easier to connect, and less power consuming than Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, WUB’s ultra-windeband radio technology can deliver data at a hyper fast 480 megabits per second the same as USB 2.0 at a range of up to 10 meters. And WUSB enabled machines can support as many as 127 connected devices simultaneously. That makes for a lot fewer cables on your desktop.

iPhone - Introducing Next Generation Technology

The Apple iPhone, which was announced by CEO Steve Jobs, will be available starting in June exclusively through AT&T's Cingular Wireless. Apple has said it hopes to sell 10 million units in 2008, or about 1 percent of the market.

Phone combines three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device. iPhone also introduces an entirely new user interface based on a large multi-touch display and pioneering new software, letting you control everything with just your fingers. It is completely redefining what you can do on a mobile phone.
Pricing of the iPhone – expected to be $499 for the 4GB version and $599 for the 8GB version. However, analysts criticized Apple is setting an aggressive price and it will drop very soon. Most of the market analyzers estimate the 4-gigabyte version of the iPhone, with a retail price of $499, will cost Apple $245.83 to make, the 8-gigabyte version, priced at $599, will cost Apple $280.83. And this is a 50 percent gross margin on sales price. Greg Joswiak, Vice president of Apple Company is totally against all these comments by viewers and customers world wide. And all he added is “Unfortunately most phones haven’t had much to compete on today other than price.” to MacWorld news earlier this month.

Who is on the race for USA 2008

Senator Barack Obama's Announcement for President

Let me begin by saying thanks to all you who've traveled, from far and wide, to brave the cold today. We all made this journey for a reason. It's humbling, but in my heart I know you didn't come here just for me, you came here because you believe in what this country can be. In the face of war, you believe there can be peace. In the face of despair, you believe there can be hope. In the face of a politics that's shut you out, that's told you to settle, that's divided us for too long, you believe we can be one people, reaching for what's possible, building that more perfect union. That's the journey we're on today. But let me tell you how I came to be here. As most of you know, I am not a native of this great state. I moved to Illinois over two decades ago. I was a young man then, just a year out of college; I knew no one in Chicago, was without money or family connections. But a group of churches had offered me a job as a community organizer for $13,000 a year. And I accepted the job, sight unseen, motivated then by a single, simple, powerful idea - that I might play a small part in building a better America. Checkout (Campaign Site)

United States presidential election, 2008

The United States presidential election of 2008 will be held on November 4, 2008. The election will determine electors for the United States Electoral College. Whichever presidential candidate receives a majority of votes in the Electoral College (at least 270) will be the 44th President of the United States, and whichever vice presidential candidate receives a majority of votes will be the 47th Vice President of the United States. If no presidential candidate receives a majority in the Electoral College, then the president-elect is selected by a vote of the House of Representatives. If no vice presidential candidate receives a majority, then the vice president-elect is selected by a vote of the Senate. As in the 2004 presidential election, the allocation of electoral votes to each state will be partially based on the 2000 Census. The president-elect and vice president-elect will be inaugurated Tuesday, January 20, 2009.

ask if you dont know

Most of the people when it comes to first time in their life everything is new! There are people who are born with intelligence and think logic, some call them genius others call them nerds. whatever you call they invented many real stuffs and we apply those theories in our day to day life. Well there are also people who think that they know everything. But the truth is they know nothing. what we call them? To all of them i say, ask if you don't know...