I almost want to shout out and say “I told you so”

On June 8th I predicted that President Obama will win the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Here is the Post - http://rahulnanda.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/obama-for-nobel-peace-prize/

I feel really happy and excited, not only for him winning it, but also because my prediction came true. I wonder if I had placed a Bet what are the Odds I would get and what could I have won ? … Hmmmmm

… maybe I can give competition now to Bejan Daruwala

I wonder how, I wonder why
Yesterday you told me ’bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
I’m turning my head up and down
I’m turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree

I joined the Pillar 67 Movement which is filing a plea to the Delhi Government to create a Memorial for the Construction workers who died in the mishap on Sunday (13th July) , at pillar 67 of the under-construction Delhi Metro over-bridge at Zamroodpur, that collapsed.

Join here – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=107216251926

Visit here – http://www.pillar67.com/

I predict that President Barack Obama will win a Nobel Peace Prize.

I read an article on Fortune.com on the 10 largest US Bankruptcies. Here are their Names as per the Rank, Date of Bankcruptcy and Assets lost. I have also added the type of organisation it was, for reference.

Lehman Brothers Holdings
Rank: 1
Type: Investment Bank
Date of bankruptcy filing: 09/15/08
Assets: $691 billion

Washington Mutual
Rank: 2
Type: Bank
Date of bankruptcy filing: 09/26/08
Assets: $327.9 billion

WorldCom
Rank: 3
Type: Telecom
Date of bankruptcy filing: 07/21/02
Assets: $103.9 billion

General Motors
Rank: 4
Type: Automobile
Date of bankruptcy filing: 6/1/09
Assets: $91 billion

Enron
Rank: 5
Type: Energy, Electricity and Natural Gas
Date of bankruptcy filing: 12/02/01
Assets: $65.5 billion

Conseco
Rank: 6
Type: Insurance & Finance
Date of bankruptcy filing: 12/17/02
Assets: $61 billion

Chrysler
Rank: 7
Type: Automobile
Date of bankruptcy filing: 04/30/09
Assets: $39 billion

Thornburg Mortgage
Rank: 8
Type: Real Estate Investment Trust
Date of bankruptcy filing: 05/01/09
Assets: $36.5 billion

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Rank: 9
Type: Electricity and Gas
Date of bankruptcy filing: 04/06/01
Assets: $36 billion

Texaco
Rank: 10
Type: Oil & Petroleum
Date of bankruptcy filing: 04/12/87
Assets: $34.9 billion

 

Full article:- http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/fortune/0905/gallery.largest_bankruptcies.fortune/index.html

President Barack Obama speaks to  the Muslim world from Cairo.

This year’s ultimate garage creations and the big thinkers behind them by Popular Science (click on them to see details):-

1. Invention Awards: An Escape Harness for Skyscrapers
2. Invention Awards: The Fastest Tank
3. Invention Awards: Power From Shock Absorbers
4. Invention Awards: A Real-Life Babel Fish For the Speaking Impaired
5. Invention Awards: The World as a Web Interface
6. Invention Awards: Robo-Legs
7. Invention Awards: A Better IV Catheter
8. Invention Awards: Eco-Friendly Insulation Made From Mushrooms
9. Invention Awards: A Generator That Runs on Kitchen Grease
10. Invention Awards: A Stronger, Greener Fishing Lure

Source:  http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2009-05/popsci-2009-invention-awards

Several of the best-funded and most-publicized tech launches of the last ten years have ended in failure. Many large technology companies which had significant market share and product advantages in large industries lost those advantages. Time Magazine has come out with this list:-   (click on them to know more about them)

1. Microsoft Vista
2. Gateway
3. HD DVD
4. Vonage
5. YouTube
6. Sirius XM
7. Microsoft Zune
8. Palm
9. Iridium
10. Segway

Here is the full article -http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1898610,00.html

Here are the excerpts of his speech given at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
Part 1

Part 2