On a topical afternoon, The Song of the Lark. Harris” and the Pulitzer Prize in 1923. She was imminent for her straightforward patois talking about everyday people.

Sunday, 12th April 2009 – a day that was marked out on the calendar of close to 4 lakh students across India. This was the day when the IIT-JEE, the most keenly contested Engineering Entrance Examination in the world was conducted across the length and breadth of India and even in select centres abroad.

Analysis

Paper 1 did not throw up any “surprise” to a well-prepared student. The four different patterns of questions – Straight objective type, Multiple Correct Answer type, Matrix Match type and Linked Comprehension type were all patterns they were familiar with. The only “surprise element” was that there were five options to deal with in the Matrix Match type. To be fair to the increased complexity, the paper awarded two marks for every correct “row” and a total of eight marks for an entire question. However well-prepared students should have got solutions for most of the problems.

The total marks in Paper 1 of 2008 were 246 from 69 questions. This year, the total marks in Paper 1 were 240 from 60 questions. Comparing the reactions of the students in 2008 and 2009, we felt that Paper 1 was a trifle more challenging than the corresponding Paper in 2008. However well-prepared students should have got solutions for most of the problems.

Paper 2 of IIT-JEE 2009 was the real “surprise element” since everybody was looking for one. With only 19 questions per paper, depth of knowledge is the key for arriving at the correct solution.

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With headlines like ‘MBA salaries dip by 10%’, MBA aspirants are confused as to whether an MBA is the right career choice now.

An objective examination of the issue can offer us some answers. First, while it is true that the starting salaries of MBAs have not grown this year, it is also true that MBAs from good B-schools have got much better jobs than the other graduates.

Secondly, most economists agree that India is far less affected by the global economic turmoil and will recover much faster. The current scenario is, therefore a correction in salaries.

Thirdly, most economists agree that the global economy will recover in the next two years and that by 2012 the worst will be over. So if an MBA aspirant takes CAT ‘09 and gets admission into one of the IIMs for the 2010-12 batch, she/he will be best-positioned to take advantage of the economic upturn expected by 2012. This is probably the best time to prepare for an MBA if you want to be in the right place at the right time.

So, how does an MBA help?

Fact 1: An MBA from a good B-school (not just IIMs) builds capability and is a force-multiplier in career growth.

Fact 2: There is hardly a postgraduation course that is better than an MBA and can significantly improve your career
prospects.

Economic slowdown results in lower investments by organisations and lower growth in salaries. Hence the best time to build capability through education is during the slowdown when existing career opportunities are limited.

The history of MBA enrolments and economic activity in the US also suggest that there is a good correlation between economic slowdown and MBA enrolments in the top B-schools.

To sum up, now is perhaps the best time to do an MBA. However, don’t be complacent. The competition to get into one of the IIMs is fierce. A serious aspirant needs holistic assistance to bag one of those 1,800 seats at the IIMs.

Coaching institutes not only help you build strong fundamentals and benchmark your performance against other aspirants, they also help you to identify your relative strengths and weaknesses and fine-tune your strategy.

T.I.M.E. is one of the largest and fastest growing coaching institutes in India for MBA entrance preparation. It has a brand turnover of Rs 200 plus crores and has consistently produced good results.

More than 50% of the students studying at IIMs have been trained by T.I.M.E. With a 2000 plus strong team, including the largest number of IIM graduates in the industry, T.I.M.E. is possibly the best guide to help you get into a top B-school.

Source: http://timesofindia.com

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The Oracle Corporation, the technology information company, announced Monday that it would acquire a rival, Sun Microsystems, for $9.50 a share, or about $7.4 billion.

The agreement with Oracle came about two weeks after I.B.M. ended its talks with Sun. The Sun board balked at that deal after I.B.M. lowered its offer to $9.40 a share from $10. Still, Monday’s deal represented a 42 percent premium over Sun’s closing price of $6.69 on Friday.

Oracle and Sun said in a statement that net of Sun’s cash and debt, the deal was valued at $5.6 billion.

Lawrence J. Ellison, Oracle’s co-founder and chief executive, and Scott G. McNealy, Sun’s co-founder and chairman, have been two of Silicon Valley’s closest allies over the last 20 years. Their companies turned into two of the superstars of the Internet build out, and both executives made ribbing rival Microsoft a favored pastime.

Historically, most of Oracle’s database sales have occurred in tandem with Sun’s servers. Over the past few years, however, Oracle has moved to make Hewlett-Packs and Dell stronger allies, as Sun’s business has declined.

“This combination is a natural evolution of our relationship and will be an industry-defining event,” Mr. McNealy said.

Sun’s directors have unanimously approved the transaction. It is anticipated to close this summer, subject to Sun stockholder approval, the companies said in a statement.

Oracle said it expected the purchase to add at least 15 cents a share to its adjusted earnings in the first year after the deal closes. The company also estimated that Sun would contribute more than $1.5 billion to Oracle’s adjusted profit in the first year and more than $2 billion in the second year.

Sun shares rose as high as $9.20 in premarket trading after closing Friday at $6.69, while Oracle shares fell as low as $18.34 after closing Friday at $19.06.

The deal immediately disrupts the traditional relationships formed between some of the technology industry’s largest players and thrusts Oracle into the hardware business.

Oracle, for example, has long-standing partnerships with Sun’s rivals, including Hewlett-Packard and Dell. These sellers of server computers work to fine tune Oracle’s database and business software for their computers.

I.B.M., which competes against Oracle in the software market, also comes under new threats with the deal.

For years, I.B.M. has used it homemade servers as leverage for selling higher-profit database and business software. With Sun, Oracle opens up the same opportunity and gains access to thousands of existing Sun customers.

In addition, Oracle has now obtained the MySQL database, which Sun acquired last year for $1 billion. The open-source software has proved popular with companies looking to expand their Internet operations.

Last year, Oracle began a flirtation with the hardware market. It started reselling a server computer from H.P. that relied on its software for managing and analyzing large volumes of data.

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source: ny times