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WINNING IT ALL!

    by Ken Yamada

What happens when your profits sputter, your execution stumbles, your stock tanks, and your stumbles, your stock tanks, and your senior management is in tatters? If you're Claremont Technology Group, you look for a white knight.
To complete in the fast-moving IT-services market, Claremont's other alternatives market, Claremont's other alternatives were to flawlessly execute and rebuild says Karen Fast, a Claremont senior vice president. But those things take time. We needed to grow fast enough to be a player in the market.One solution: a merger Like a white knight, Complete Business Solution Inc. (CBSI) came to Claremonts aid last April, offering an estimated $285 million in CBSI stock for Claremonts resources and clients. (The deal is expected to close this summer.)
    In return, Farmington, IL- based CBSI will extend its service offerings and client base. This is CBSIs third such deal, having recently acquired two other integrators, SynergySoftware Inc. and C.W. Costello & Associates.Headed by CEO and President Raj Vattikuti, CBSI is on a tear. With an eye on expanding beyond Year 2000 solutions, middle market IT consulting, custom software development, and staffing services and moving into enterprise wide
business consulting, CBSI is buying its way into the market. But the company is no slouch.

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MOVIE REVIEW

Hum Saath Saath Hain
by Meena Yeggina

Both Sooraj Bharjatya's movies Hum Aapke Hain Kaun and Maine Pyar Kiya Hain gave us a feeling of well-being and sincerity along with a craving for family ties, friendships and fun times.
He taps into the human hearts and makes them wish for a family such as the one he creates.His stories always focus on religious backgroundwith a strong, rich patriarchal family exemplifying filial affection, love and friendships. All his movies are based on safe subjects with no controversial material. His films are full of stereotypes   perfect wife, husband, servants (with a mai-baap relationship). And now his new film Hum Saath Saath Hain follows the same story and pattern. Its Ramayan retold in Kalyug. Ramkishan (Alok Nath) is a hardworking, sincere industrialist. He comes up the hard way ÐÐ with a rags to riches story behind him. His wife Mamta follows his footsteps and is the perfect wife (1st stereotype as a sati savitri). He has three sons (all good looking, well behaved and highly educated with tremendous love for each other.) The eldest, Mohnish Behl is the step son, but, like Lord Rama loves his step mother and his two step brothers. His right hand gets somewhat handicapped while saving one of his brothers at a very young age. Salman and Saif Ali Khan are the other two brothers.

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