There are 10 independent YouTube stars who made over $100,000 in the past year, according to a study done by analytics and advertising company TubeMogul.

From July 2009 to July 2010, TubeMogul used their viewership data to estimate the annual income for independent YouTube partners, which they define as anyone who is not part of a media company or brand.

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Company raises full-year revenue guidance on greater demand, analysts stay upbeat on stock. India’s second-largest software services exporter, Infosys Technologies, today stumped the markets by reporting a lower-than-expected net profit. It, however, increased its full-year revenue prediction.

The Infosys management attributed the net profit fall to continuing pressure from the European region, currency volatility, pricing pulls, and the burden of increased tax and wage hikes.

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Eight Indian companies, including oil major Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL), have made the cut in the list of the world's 500 largest companies compiled by Fortune.

The league of 500 elite companies for 2010 is topped by US retailer Wal-Mart Stores, followed by oil giant Royal Dutch Shell and another oil major, Exxon Mobil, in that order.

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Bollywood is showing a negative return on investment — at least, if the box office collections (domestic and international) of the top five production and distribution houses are something to go by.
According to the industry, the five major film production houses -- UTV, Yash Raj Films, Studio18, Eros and Reliance Entertainment -- have made box office collections of Rs 510 crore from 19 big-ticket movies this year (till the first week of November), though they'd forked out over Rs 537 crore to either make or to buy these. The top five players account for over 70 per cent of the medium and big budget movies made in Bollywood.

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U.S. President Barack Obama can add another accolade to his already long list of awards after being named the world's most powerful person in an inaugural ranking by Forbes magazine.

Obama, whose popularity at home and abroad has boosted the image of the United States according to numerous surveys, topped the list that also features al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey as people wielding some influence over the world.

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Gujarat government's efforts to attract huge investment in the state through Vibrant Gujarat Summits seem to be paying off, as the state has emerged as the top investment destination during the year 2008-09. If a study conducted by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) is anything to go by, the state has pipped all the state in the country with highest planned capital expenditure (capex) during the year.

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A few days ago, I got an email from a friend -- yet another -- who told me that he had just been laid off from his journalism job. The job losses in our field are so huge that there is at least one website entirely devoted to tracking the loss of journalism jobs day by day.

My friend wrote that he wished he had done some planning before the ax had fallen, and he is not the only one feeling that way. Many people are in situations where they know layoffs are a possibility, yet they do little to prepare themselves.

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