The global economic downturn, especially the US and European economic decline in the last one year, has started haunting even the mighty Microsoft.
While analysts were expecting Microsoft to report muted results for the June 2009 quarter, they never expected it to post a 29% decline in net income. The company was badly hit by the 5% decline in computer shipments and also over 15% decline in Windows operating software sales.
The company has also projected a flat outlook for the coming quarters, citing weak economic conditions. The Microsoft results are in fact an eye opener for all those optimistic investors who are blindly investing in equities and commodities in the past few months.

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You are an employer. And, you get to know that your trade secrets are being sold out. Your best designs are getting copied and the competitor gets to know. How would you tackle this issue? If I were you, I would put up a hidden camera right near the xerox machine. I would put up a flower pot and the hidden camera can sit on the flower pot, observing who is coming and taking xerox copies. I would probably also put another one near the sensitive files cabinet. Now, I would not consider this as wrong. I need to protect my company.

But, the problem is, putting up a Hidden Camera is not ethical under all circumstances. For example, putting a hidden camera in your bedroom would be in extreme bad taste.

A hidden camera can be hidden anywhere in some of the most ordinary objects. It could be put in a clock. In a pen. In a light bulb and so on. And, some of the hidden cameras are very very powerful.

One of the things to consider before using a hidden camera to spy on is whether you would accept it if you are the one being spied on. Is there a situation which warrants it. Will it lead to helping the person being spied on. If yes, then usage of hidden camera is for a good cause. Otherwise, you need to think through it again.

The Chinese government seems to have got it right by spending over 500 billion dollars on stimulating the domestic economy. The Chinese economy has grown at a healthy 7.9% in the June quarter this year, which is way above the 6.% recorded in the first quarter of 2009.
The Chinese government is most likely to cut down on the stimulus spends in the coming months, which might cut down the growth rate in the coming quarters. But it might be more than offset by the likely revival in the exports to US and Europe.
With the 7.9% growth rate, China continues to be the fastest growing economy in the world.

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It also puts on a blog post where different information about different online casinos are discussed. They prove to have very interesting and useful information. It offers one section on the top casino games so that we can choose what most people have chosen to play. There is another section on top casino software if we have a software bent of mind and are particular about playing with a specific software. There is one more section on the most popular pages which helps us to get onto what others are reading. There is a forum also where people can share their thoughts and point of views on the online casinos and the games.

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The April to June quarter has proved to be a bonanza for Goldman Sachs employees, because all of them will get a hefty and unbelievable bonus amount of approximately 226000 dollars per employee.
Just a month back the company repaid the entire TARP fund taken from US government during the peak of the financial crisis last year. The company has attributed the profits to the massive increase in business coupled with healthy margins due to low competition.
The results are indeed raising questions on the government bailout funding strategy in the first place, since the funds given to Goldman Sachs could have been used for more useful purpose.