Undergrads' 25 Most Wanted Employers

Organizations that do good and companies that are doing well both rank high with students, according to Universum's latest findings



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Google vs. God [picture]

'Google can't satisfy every search'...



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12 secrets your car insurer won't tell you

Getting a good deal on auto insurance is hard enough. Keeping your premiums from rising? That can feel like playing a game where the rule maker refuses to tell you the rules.



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interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt

This detailed interview between Vogelstein and Google CEO Eric Schmidt demonstrates a couple of things: 1) rarely is entrepreneurial success accidental and 2) sometimes it takes a strong editorial effort to pull out nuggets from a tech visionary that crystallizes a story in a way that had never been done before.



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How to Complain and Win at It

Great tips from the senior editor at the Wall Street Journal about how to complain to a company and WIN. Whatever your gripe, Bounds said, you have to make a decision to make some noise if you want things to change. She gives tips on how to win against airlines, cellphone & credit card companies.



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Car Dealerships Rip You Off With The "Four-Square," Here's How To Beat It

Former used car salesman Alan Slone grows a conscience and reveals one of the major strategies dealership use to screw you when buying a new car. At the heart of it all is the "4-square." This is supposed to help you and the dealership come to an agreement, but as you'll see, it's really more akin to three-card monte dealer's deck of cards.



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Online Savings Market Watch

Compiled some of the decent interest rates given from institutions. If you don't get this rate from a tax deferred account like 401(k) or traditional IRA which you should with minimum 6 month CDs, you have to take into consideration the tax you pay on these interests. So the effective rate at which your money can grow completely safe and completely fluid is on an average is like 3.75% AP, which is .75% more than the hypothetical inflation rate of 3%.

• Countrywide Bank offers a variable rate, from 4.00% to 5.40% APY, can link to other bank accounts. $1,000 minimum to open.
• AmTrust Direct offers 5.36% APY, “no monthly service fee or minimum balance fees”, can link to other bank accounts. $1000 minimum. This is a money market account.
• WT Direct offers 5.26% APY, no fees, can link to other bank accounts. No minimum to open, but your interest rate drops if you don’t have a $10,000 balance after 60 days.
• E-Loan offers 5.25% APY, no fees, “industry’s strictest privacy policy”. $5,000 minimum.
• Presidential Online Bank offers 5.25% APY, no fees, ATM access, web interface. $5,000 minimum to open.
• Emigrant Direct offers 5.05% APY, no fees, can link to other bank accounts, web interface. No minimum.
• E*Trade offers 5.05% APY, no fees, an automatic savings plan, can link to other bank accounts. $1 minimum to open.
• HSBC Direct offers 5.05% APY (with a temporary 6.00% APY promotion), no fees, can link to other bank accounts, web interface, ATM card $1 minimum to open.
  Till April 30 they offer 6% APY for new money.
  
• Capitol One offers 5.00% APY, no fees, free checks and ATM card, an automatic savings plan, can link to other bank accounts. $1 minimum to open. This is a money market account.
• Citibank Direct offers 4.65% APY, no fees, $25 sign-up bonus. No minimum.
• ING Direct offers 4.50% APY, no fees, an automatic savings plan, web interface. No minimum.

Aruba Networks coming out with an IPO

Aruba Networks, a wireless LAN provider seems to be coming with an IPO in the coming week after their recent success with getting Microsoft in their client list. With more than 25,000 users on the network at any given time in 60 countries, Microsoft's WLAN is one of the world's largest. It is deployed in 277 buildings comprising more than 17 million square feet. Aruba, which was chosen after independent labs tested its equipment against better-known rivals (CISCO), will supply Microsoft with mobile controllers, software and 5,000 wireless access points. Aruba Networks Seems to be getting into the black zone with a million dollar profit in their first quarter results. They recently signed a potentially lucrative partnership with French telecom giant Alcatel, which will resell its wireless switches. That move was prompted by Cisco's $450 million purchase of Airespace.

IPO Profile
Expected Date	Week of 3/26/07
IPO File Date	12/15/06
Price Range	$8.00 - $10.00
Shares Offered	8.0 mm

• Total funding raising of $84M to date (in 4 rounds)
• Appointment of a new CEO, Dominic Orr
• Recruiting some great candidates from across the networking industry
• The underwriters expect to deliver the shares are Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers, JPMorgan and RBC Capital Markets.
  

Their are some mixed views about the success of this company as its competing against Cisco and Symbol technologies who are ranked higher in the WLAN domain. Lets wait and see..

5 Most Common Startup Mistakes

Startups always make mistakes, it's part of the process. But here's a list of the 5 most common ones that you should be able to avoid.



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Good one about Microsoft!!