Mukesh Ambani world's richest now Oct 29, 2007 7:16 am Mood: powerful, 2715 Views Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Monday became the richest person in the world, surpassing American software czar Bill Gates, Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim Helu and famous investment guru Warren Buffett, courtesy the bull run in the stock market. Following a strong share price rally on in his three group companie, India's most valued firm Reliance Industries, Reliance Petroleum and Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd, the net worth of Mukesh Ambani rose to $63.2 billion (Rs 2,49,108 crore). In comparison, the net worth of both Gates and Slim is estimated to be slightly lower at around $62.29 billion each, with Slim leading among the two by a narrow margin. Five richest people in the world with their net worth 1. Mukesh Ambani ($63.2 billion) 2. Carlos Slim Helu ($62.2993 billion) 3. William (Bill) Gates ($62.29 billion) 4. Warren Buffett ($55.9 billion) 5. Lakshmi Mittal ($50.9 billion) Warren Buffett, earlier the third richest in the world, also dropped one position with a net worth of about $56 billion. Ambani's wealth of about Rs 2,49,000 crore includes about Rs 2,10,000 crore from RIL (50.98 per cent stake), Rs 37,500 crore from RPL (37.5 per cent) and Rs 2,100 crore from RIIL (46.23 per cent). Slim's wealth has been calculated on the basis of his stake in companies like America Movil (30 per cent), Carso Global (82 per cent), Grupo Carso (75 per cent), Inbursa (67 per cent), IDEAL (30 per cent) and Saks Inc (10 per cent). According to information available with the US and Mexican stock exchanges where these companies are listed, Slim currently holds shares worth a total of $62.2993 billion, with more than half coming from Latin American mobile major America Movil. Slim is closely followed by Gates with a net worth of $62.29 billion currently. Earlier last month, US business magazine Forbes had named Gates as the richest American with a net worth of $59 billion, calculated as on August 30. The magazine had said that a movement of two dollars in the share price for Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker, could "add or subtract a billion dollars" from his wealth. Since August-end, Microsoft's share price has risen by $6.58 (based on yesterday's closing on Nasdaq at $35.03), which results into a gain of $3.29 billion in Gates' wealth based on Forbes assumption. Besides a stake in Microsoft, Gates' wealth also includes the commission and license fees earned by him and gains through his shares in an investment holding company that invests across the market. Gates is followed by Buffett at the fourth place in the league of the world's richest with a net worth of $55.9 billion through his holding in his investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway and in other companies. At the end of August, Buffett's wealth stood at $52 billion, as per the Forbes magazine. Berkshire Hathaway's share price has gained by about 7.5 per cent since then. Earlier on September 26, Ambani had overtaken steel czar Lakshmi Mittal to become the richest Indian in the world. Mittal currently ranks as the fifth richest in the world with a net worth of $50.9 billion through his 44.79 per cent stake in world's biggest steel maker ArcelorMittal. While most of Mittal's wealth comes from his steel empire, though he has also spread his wings into businesses like oil and real estate, those of Ambani and Gates are mostly through petrochemicals and software respectively. However, Buffett and Slim are making money from investments across a host of sectors. 11 Comments

STANDYBY FOR YOU ALL~~ Oct 29, 2007 1:47 am Mood: courageous, 3077 Views Love you baby. Well, where to begin? This is not going to be short email . Actually dictating it to Maeve, my nurse, after we chat. It's just too difficult to sit upright and type for any length of time. "Too difficult," of course, means: it hurts like hell. First, I want to thank you for everything. I no need to enumerate right? Also for the tremendous outpouring of support, good wishes, and prayers from IFF friends. I cannot thank you guys enough. As we all know, a life with cancer includes moments of fear and loneliness. But remembering that we are all in this together can banish those feelings and give me the strength to keep walking down this road, no matter how difficult the next step may be. Thank you as well for the call. It was total surprised . Never expected, BJC, would bother to check if am dead or alive. Even if he was snubbed by Mr, ...., still he did not lose hope. Thank you my baby. Love you. The last surgery is over. OK, I should know better than that. The latest surgery is over.The doctors re-opened my spine and washed out the area where the infection had been. I have no idea what that actually means. It's hard not to picture some sort of dentist tool or waterpik or something. But they're happy. So I'm happy. I had two nights in the ICU and now I'm in a regular room. Another sign that I'm getting through this crisis. I'm beginning to understand how serious it was. But my readings are getting better. And I'm starting to feel a little more human. Funny, this has been one of the toughest fights so far. And I don't think I've used the word "cancer" in days. The spinal surgery seems to have gone as well as anyone could have hoped. My surgeons are thrilled. All I have to do now is get through the recovery. In a few weeks, I hope, the pain will be just a memory. But right now, it is a part of every minute. It's amazing how fast your body can atrophy in the hospital. You strength can go so quickly. But within a week or so I'll be home, I hope, looking at a long recovery and about six or eight weeks of antibiotics. It's funny how something like this can block out everything else. I've got a tough recovery ahead of me, and then I guess I'll get back to worrying about the things that seemed so large before. In the meantime, I'll keep taking my medicine, keep trying to get past the hospital food, and look forward to going home.It's the little things that mark the line between a good day and a bad. I cleaned up today. That was good. Tomorrow I get a semi-permanent IV line because I have to be on antibacterial for weeks to come. It all changes when the pain comes. That's the major challenge I face right now. I have to admit, I'm a little surprised at how calmly I'm taking the rest of it. The pain changes everything. It makes it hard to speak, difficult to concentrate, nearly impossible to stay human. It crowds every other kind of thought out of your brain. Now, it's not like I wasn't warned. My doctors told me the recovery from the surgery would be long and difficult. For some reason, the pain medications don't seem to be very effective for my pain. We're not sure why, but we're looking for new possibilities. Nighttime is the worst. Lying watching the minutes tick by. Hoping that when you finally do fall asleep, you'll wake up three or four days later and the pain will be gone. But, of course, that's not going to happen. I know that what I'm going through now was worth it. I know that without this surgery I very likely would have died within a matter of months. So all I can do now is what all of you do. Fight like hell to get through the next day. Time. That's really what cancer is all about. It's painful, it's sad, it's scary. But I think what really my fear is that it's stealing life, my future. It's stealing time. Before I was diagnosed, if you asked, I probably would have said that I had all the time in the world. Time to accomplish things, time to experience things, time to waste on a lazy afternoon. But the diagnosis changes all of that, of course. Then time becomes precious, something to be hoarded, something to be valued. Time can also become a burden. Sometimes I hear the ticking of the clock and feel pressure to make every moment count. There's no time to waste. Every moment must be used. That's impossible, of course. And I'm not sure it's good for me, either. It's okay to do nothing. To spend an afternoon just listening to music, or reading a book, or just staring out the window. Or reminiscing our times together. That's all time well spent. Has cancer made me a better person? I don't think so — just a different person. I know some things now that I wouldn't have known otherwise, but who's to say I wouldn't have learned different things in that other life? But my path was chosen for me, and that can't be undone. You don't get to go partway down that road, look around, and say, "You know what? I think I like the other road better." So I have accepted the journey that I'm on — it's the only one available. But sometimes I'm just curious. What would that other life have been like? Who would I have become? It's just a practical issue. So why does it feel like it's one more sign of how the beast has changed my life? But I'm not done yet. Not by a long shot. You take care. Am missing you , more after we are done chatting. Hmmm , what to do??? Yea nothing . Love you. Lorena, P. S.: Throughout song was playing in my ipod, suddenly there was sadness in music. Have you ever listened to sad music? Kept listening to the point where the music penetrated your bones, and wrapped your whole in sanctity? Have you sat there—while listening—staring blankly at the open window? Not really looking outside, but rather looking inside? Remembering the skeletons in your closet maybe? Or seeing your demons, that you once thought they were gone? Then you sweetly surrender to the music, and let it pull you away from your reality. You start dreaming away your feelings, start seeing beautiful worlds one moment, the other you are drowning in the why’s and the when’s; the more you ask the more answers seem impossible to find. Sitting in one particular place, but your being is being shattered to thousands of places… Until the tears wake you up, carving their way slowly on your face. You look down, and let the empty sigh shake them to the ground. Another empty sigh while looking up at the window again. This is the beauty of sadness: it strips away every feeling, and all comes down to nothing but what is really inside. To what you have been trying to hide since the moment you saw the light. It all comes down to what life has given you: simply, humanity. Have you ever been there? Have you ever felt the human inside you? I have………. I wish I have not……… I love you………………….. 27 Comments

STANDBY NEEDS PRAYER~~ Oct 25, 2007 12:33 am Mood: sad, 3491 Views is being operated now, pls pray for the success of it. She's on the table for 4 hrs now, Please... prayer she need badly...will update u as soon as she is out. 40 Comments

A Messege for Every Friend of Standby Oct 24, 2007 4:11 am Mood: courageous, 2699 Views Only now I am fit enough to reply of course with the help of Gwen. Hug her for me…. give my love. This email is not complete without mentioning all the people of IFF…for their continuously support, praying for my speedy recovery, prayers, hugs and kisses: Love you guys: am going to mentioned their name in no particular order ok. (tell the guys don’t feel bad if their names mentioned last…hehehh)Pooja and Shades (my loves) Mehendi, Rainstorm, Rsahjy, Isabella, Anamika76, Foxfire, Eversmilling (hug her for me), Pretty44, Fairy, Who_lamhe, Giitchi, Jaysilver ,CoyCristy, Janya, Pappu, 4friend2 (love him),Casty, Hungry, Pragmatic, Tauras, Edwin, King, Mahee, Iamchi, Southie, (damn, does she has to mentioned each and every name?), those I failed to mentioned …please don’t feel bad…can’t remember each and every guys…..thanks you all …hugs….. 15 Comments

She is getting better. Oct 21, 2007 8:34 pm Mood: calm, 1967 Views Standyby's is getting better. A friend of her has sent me this mail Was with her this morning , good news so far she is improving, can move and talking. Though looking fragile....so touchy too. To cheer her up, I've produced copy of ur lengthy email along with our YM conversation. She had this smile upon seeing. Said "as usual"! ask what was it, "oh typical bjc.., so sweet in writing nothing in email?, at least that mail made her smile. Did not stayed long cuz we don't want to tire her much. She has message for you. Take care, don't let ur mom wait nor shout to call you. Have fun with your ladies over IFF....give regards to IFF and thanks. She said she miss all friends a lot. Along with her tight hug and kisses. Happy?? 17 Comments

Who Am I ( Just for Laugh) Oct 19, 2007 9:49 pm Mood: energetic, 1575 Views This mail is just for fun... No intention to hurt anyone... if anyone gets hurt... please visit Dr. Casty for your hurt I am not the body(I am no body) I am not the emotions(I am emotionless) I am not the thoughts(No one think about me) I am not the mind(I have no mind) I am the sour (yeah I am) I am a being of Divine Intelligence, Divine love, Divine Power.(see how proudy I am) I am one with my higher soul(Higher Proudy) I am one with the No Spark with in me (As I said I am not man) I am one with God ( Yeah I am dead) I am one with all (as a ghost i don't leave anyone) I and my father are one .(I am my father and I am my son) SO WHO I AM I am I am I am Kabootar The SISSY 7 Comments

Prayer for Standby1934 Oct 8, 2007 7:56 am Mood: courageous, 3016 Views Standyby, A brave lady fighting with leukemia, is undergoing a surgery in thailand rightnow. She promised me she won't die.... I would like every friend of mine to pray for her good recovery and power to fight with the tough times. Standby.. Get Well Soon 43 Comments

Is It The Right Time!!! Oct 4, 2007 6:29 am Mood: anxious, 2573 Views To Write A Blog..... 58 Comments

~~~Client~~~ Aug 25, 2007 11:38 pm Mood: crazy, 1859 Views The beautiful secretary of the president of a bank goes on a sight-seeing Tour with a very rich African king who was a very important client. The Client out of the blue asks her to marry him. Naturally, the secretary is Quite taken aback. However, she remembers what her boss told her... Don't Reject the guy outright. So, she tries to think of a way to dissuade the King from wanting to marry her. So, after a few minutes, the woman says to the man, "I will only marry you Under three conditions. First, I want my engagement ring to be a 75-carat Diamond ring with a matching 200-carat diamond tiara." The African king pauses for awhile. Then, he nods his head and says, "No Problem!! I have. I have. "Realizing her first condition was too easy the woman says to the man, "I Want you to build me a 100-room mansion in London. As a vacation home, I Want a chateau built in the middle of the best wine county in France." The African king pauses for awhile. He whips out his cellular phone & calls Some brokers in New York and in France. He looks at the woman, nods his head And says, "Okay, okay. I build. I build." Realizing that she only has one last condition, the secretary knows that She'd better make this a good one. She takes her time to think & finally she Gets an idea. A sure-to-work condition. She squints her eyes, looks at the Man and says, rather coldly, "Since I like sex, I want the man I marry to Have a 14-inches." The man seems a bit disturbed. He cups his face with his hands and rests his Elbows on the table, all the while muttering in African dialect. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the king shakes his head, looking Really sad, and says to the woman, "Okay, okay. I cut. I cut. 7 Comments

A Request~ Aug 15, 2007 12:14 am Mood: rejuvenated, 1876 Views To All INDIANS Lets Work Hard, Punctualy and Intelligently. Lets Be One. Lets Show The Word What Is INDIA VANDE MATARAM 9 Comments

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