2. Internet search giant Google Inc has approved a
handsome pay hike of 30 per cent and bonuses of
250 per cent of the base salary for its top
executives starting next year.
Google said its four top executives - Patrick
Pichette, Chief Financial Officer, Global Business
Head Nikesh Arora, Engineering-and-Research
Chief Alan Eustace and product chief Jonathan
Rosenberg- would each see their increase in pay
from USD 500,000 to USD 650,000 next year.
This represents a rise of 30 per cent.

3.  Sites such as Facebook are being used increasingly
by companies to screen candidates," said Marcus
Sandmann, Michael Page's head of marketing for
Asia Pacific. "
 Sites such as Facebook are being used increasingly
by companies to screen candidates," said Marcus
Sandmann, Michael Page's head of marketing for
Asia Pacific. "
 Twitter , video-sharing sites such as YouTube and
online forums or blogs are also being used to
gather information about prospective employees.

4.  A low-cost power stingy tablet for children in rural
India that can be charged using solar energy.
 Singapore's Nanyang Technological University
(NTU) and Rice University are developing an
electronic notepad that consumes very little
energy. This device, called I-slate may soon allow
some of the estimated 100 million Indian children
who attend schools without electricity to have
access to an electronic notepad.
 A nonprofit based in Hyderabad, ViDAL is
partnering with ISAID to test the first I-slates in
Mohd Hussainpalli village, some 110 kilometers
southwest of Hyderabad in a drought-prone area.

5.  Americans uncomfortable with U.S. government
ownership of General Motors may want to hear more:
One of those banks is the Industrial and Commercial
Bank of China, one of China's four big central
government banks.
 Americans uncomfortable with U.S. government
ownership of General Motors may want to hear more:
One of those banks is the Industrial and Commercial
Bank of China, one of China's four big central
government banks.
 This is the first time Chinese government banks have
participated in a major U.S.-issued IPO, according to
IPO tracking firm Dealogic. The banks are listed as co-
managers in the offering, meaning they will sell a
portion of the new shares.