Indian Premier League (IPL 2009) Teams and Players

Kings XI Punjab - Mohali Team
Owner: Preity Zinta/Ness Wadia; Captain: Yuvraj Singh
The Mohali team was bought by Bollywood diva Preity Zinta, her industrialist beau Ness Wadia, along with renowned industrialists Karan Paul and Mohit Burman for $76 million for a period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Yuvraj Singh is the captain of Kings XI Punjab. Australia’s Tom Moody is the coach of the team.

Kings XI Punjab - Mohali Team Players

• Yuvraj Singh
• Ajitesh Argal
• Amanpreet Singh
• Brett Lee
• Burt Cockley
• Irfan Pathan
• James Hopes
• Jerome Taylor
• Karan Goel
• Kumar Sangakkara
• Mahela Jayawardene
• Luke Pomersbach
• Piyush Chawla
• Ramesh Powar
• Ranadeb Bose
• Ravi Bopara
• Ravikant shukla
• Sahil Kukreja
• Ryan Ninan
• Shaun Marsh
• S. Sreesanth
• Simon Katich
• Sunny Sohal
• Taruwar Kohli
• Uday Kaul
• Vikramjeet Malik
• VRV Singh
• Wilkin Mota
• Yash Gandhi
• Tanmay Srivastava

Chennai Super Kings - Chennai Team
Owner: India Cements; Captain: MS Dhoni
The Chennai team was bought by India Cements for $91 million to own the team for 10 years. Team India ODI and T20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain of Chennai Super Kings. Former South Africa cricket team captain Kepler Wessels is the coach of the team.

Chennai Super Kings - Chennai Team Players

• Mahendra Singh Dhoni
• Viraj Vilas Kadbe Palani
• Amarnath Manpreet Gony
• Srikkanth Anirudha
• Murali Vijay
• Napoleon Einstein
• George Bailey
• Stephen Fleming
• Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan
• Subramaniam Badrinath
• Lakshmipathy Balaji
• Matthew Hayden
• Michael Hussey
• Shadab Jakati
• Joginder Sharma
• Arun Karthik
• Sudeep Tyagi
• Suresh Kumar
• Palani Amarnath
• Ravichandran Ashwin
• Makhaya Ntini
• Jacob Oram
• Parthiv Patel (wk)
• Suresh Raina
• Thilan Thushara
• Muttiah Muralitharan

Deccan Chargers - Hyderabad Team
Owner: Deccan Chronicle; Captain: VVS Laxman
The Hyderabad team was bought by Deccan Chronicle, a media house, for $107 million for a 10-year period. Team India’s Test player VVS Laxman is the captain of Deccan Chargers. India’s fielding coach, Robin Singh is the coach of the team.

Deccan Chargers - Hyderabad Team Players

• VVS Laxman
• Sanjay Bangar
• Halhadar Das (wk)
• Herschelle Gibbs
• Scott Styris
• D Kalyankrishna
• Abhinav Kumar
• Dwayne Smitha
• Adam Gilchrist (wk)
• Pragyan Ojha
• Dwaraka Ravi Teja
• PM Sarvesh Kumar
• Shahid Afridi
• Rohit Sharma
• RP Singh
• Harmeet Singh
• Jas Karandeep Singh
• Manvinder Bisla
• Chamara Silva
• Andrew Symonds
• Chaminda Vaas
• Venugopal Rao
• Paidikalva Vijaykumar
• Arjun Yadav
• Ryan Harris
• Shoaib Ahmed
• Tirumalsetti Suman
• Nuwan Zoysa

Rajasthan Royals - Jaipur Team
Owner: Emerging Media Group; Captain: Shane Warne
The Jaipur team was bought by UK-based company Emerging Media for $67 million to own the team for a period of 10 years. Former Australian spin bowler Shane Warne is both the captain and coach of Rajasthan Royals. Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her business partner Raj Kundra recently bought a 12 per cent stake in the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals.

Rajasthan Royals - Jaipur Team Players

• Shane Warne
• Abhishek Raut
• Swapnil Asnodkar
• Ravindra Jadeja
• Mohammad Kaif
• Kamran Akmal (wk)
• Ahad Malek
• Amit Singh
• Ashraf Makda
• Atul Sharma
• Gajendra Singh
• Lee Carseldine
• Mohammad Arif
• Mahesh Rawat
• Dimitri Mascarenhas
• Parag More
• Morne Morkel
• Pankaj Singh
• Munaf Patel
• Niraj Patel
• Yusuf Pathan
• Naman Ojha
• Paras Dogra
• Paul Valthaty
• Pratmesh Salunke
• Pushkarraj Chavan
• Raiphi Gomez
• Anup Revandkar
• Jaydev Shah
• Graeme Smith
• Sohail Tanvir
• Siddharth Trivedi
• Shane Watson
• Younis Khan
• Robert Quiney
• Justin Langer
• Shane Harwood
• Shaun Tait
• Siddharth Chitnis
• Srideep Mangela
• Tyron Henderson
• Dinesh Salunke

Kolkata Knight Riders - Kolkata Team
Owner: Shah Rukh Khan/Juhi Chawla; Captain: Saurav Ganguly
The Kolkata team is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta for $75.09 million for a 10-year period. ‘Icon player’ Sourav Ganguly is the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders. Australia’s John Buchanan is the coach of the team.

Kolkata Knight Riders - Kolkata Team Players

• Sourav Ganguly
• Aakash Chopra
• Abhishek Banerjee
• Aditya Dole
• Ajantha Mendis
• Ajit Agarkar
• Ameya Shrikhande
• Amit Das
• Angelo Mathews
• Anureet Singh
• Anushtup Mazumdar
• Arindam Ghosh
• Ashok Dinda
• Avik Chowdhury
• Bhavin Thakkar
• Brad Hodge
• Brendon McCullum
• Chetan Suryavanshi
• Cheteshwar Pujara
• Chris Gayle
• David Hussey
• Debabrata Das
• Dhiran Salvi
• Gaurav Chabbra
• Gnaneswara Rao
• Iqbal Abdulla
• Ishant Sharma
• Ishwar Chowdhury
• Kshemal Waingankar
• Laxmi Ratan Shukla
• M Sanauth
• Mark Cameron
• Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
• Mohnish Parmar
• Moises Henriques
• Murali Kartik
• Murtaza Hussain
• Nataraj Behara
• P Prashant
• Prashant Parmeshwar
• Rajesh Verma
• Ricky Ponting
• Rohan Prem
• S Niyaz
• Sachin Rana
• Sanjay Bangar
• Sanjib Sanyal
• Sanju Samson
• Shatrunjay Gaekwad
• Sheldon Jackson
• Shoaib Sheikh
• Sourav Sarkar
• Sunny Singh
• Vinit Indulkar
• Wriddhiman Saha
• Yashpal Singh

Delhi Daredevils - Delhi Team
Owner: GMR Group; Captain: Virender Sehwag
The Delhi team is owned by GMR Holdings for $84 million for a period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Virender Sehwag is the captain of Delhi Daredevils. Australia’s Greg Shipperd is the coach of the team.

Delhi Daredevils - Delhi Team Players

• Virender Sehwag
• Aavishkar Salvi
• AB de Villiers
• Amit Mishra
• Andrew McDonald
• Ashish Nehra
• Daniel Vettori
• David Warner
• Dinesh Karthik
• Dirk Nannes
• Farveez Maharoof
• Gautam Gambhir
• Glenn McGrath
• Manoj Tiwary
• Mithun Manhas
• Owais Shah
• Paul Collingwood
• Pradeep Sangwan
• Rajat Bhatia
• Tejashwi Yadav
• Tillakaratne Dilshan
• Umesh Yadav
• Yo Mahesh
• Yogesh Nagar

Bangalore Royal Challengers - Bangalore Team
Owner: Vijay Mallya ; Captain: Rahul Dravid
The Bangalore team was bought by Vijay Mallya’s UB Group for $111.6 million to own the team for 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Rahul Dravid is the captain of Bangalore Royal Challengers. Team India’s bowling coach, Venkatesh Prasad is the coach of the team.

Bangalore Royal Challengers - Bangalore Team Players

• Kevin Pietersen
• Abhmanyu Mithun
• Anil Kumble
• Balachandra Akhil
• Bharat Chipli
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar
• Cameron White
• Dale Steyn
• Devraj Patil
• Dillon du Preez
• Gaurav Dhiman
• Ishank Jaggi
• Jacques Kallis
• Jagadeesh Arun Kumar
• Jesse Ryder
• Jitendra Patil
• Karan Sharma
• Kedar Jadhav
• Kotarangada Appanna
• Manish Pandey
• Mark Boucher
• Muralidharen Gautam
• Nathan Bracken
• Pankaj Singh
• Praveen Kumar
• R. Suteesh
• Rahul Dravid
• Rajesh Bishnoi
• Raju Bhatkal
• Robin Uthappa
• Roel of van der Merwe
• Rohit Sabharwal
• Ross Taylor
• Saurabh Bandekar
• Sreesanth Aravind
• Srivastava Goswami
• Sunil Joshi
• Tinu Yohannan
• Udit Patel
• Vinay Kumar
• Virat Kohli
• Wasim Jaffer

Mumbai Indians - Mumbai Team
Owner: Mukesh Ambani; Captain: Sachin Tendulkar
The Mumbai team is owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited for $111.9 million for a period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Sachin Tendulkar is the captain of Mumbai Indians. Former Team India manager, Lalchand Rajput is the coach of the team.

Mumbai Indians - Mumbai Team Players

• Sachin Tendulkar
• Abhishek Nayar
• Ajinkya Rahane
• Chaitanya Nanda
• Dhawal Kulkarni
• Dilhara Fernando
• Dwayne Bravo
• Graham Napier
• Harbhajan Singh
• Jaydev Shah
• Jean Paul Duminy
• Jude Singh
• Kyle Mills
• Lasith Malinga
• Luke Ronchi
• Mohammad Ashraful
• Pinal Shah
• Rahil Shaikh
• Rohan Raje
• Ryan McLaren
• Sanath Jayasuriya
• Saurabh Tiwary
• Shikhar Dhawan
• Yogesh Vijay Takawale
• Zaheer Khan

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Carol Bartz leading Yahoo! into its next era of growth

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), a leading global brand and one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, announced today that Carol Bartz, a veteran technology executive who was most recently Executive Chairman of Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK), has been named Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately.

Roy Bostock, Chairman of the Board, said, "We are very excited to have Carol Bartz leading Yahoo! into its next era of growth. She is the exact combination of seasoned technology executive and savvy leader that the Board was looking for, and we are thrilled to have attracted such a world-class talent to Yahoo!. She is admired in the Valley as well as on Wall Street for her deep management expertise, strong customer orientation, excellent people skills, and firm understanding of the challenges facing our industry. Carol meets all of the criteria we set for the search and is the only person to whom we offered the job. The Board is united in its view that her energetic and decisive leadership style, coupled with a proven track record of driving growth, operational excellence and shareholder value, is exactly what Yahoo! needs to get back on a path toward achieving its full potential." Source

Super Resources Acquired by Google

July 9, 2007 - that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Postini, a global leader in on-demand communications security and compliance solutions serving more than 35,000 businesses and 10 million users worldwide. Under the terms of the agreement, Google will acquire Postini for $625 million in cash, subject to working capital and other adjustments, and Postini will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google.

April 14, 2007 - that it came to a definitive agreement to acquire DoubleClick for $3.1 billion in cash. The expected timing of the transaction is not certain. But Google and DoubleClick may not be able to close the transaction. Several companies, including Yahoo, AT&T and Microsoft, are encouraging regulators to examine the deal, and may file formal objections with regulators in the US or Europe to try to prevent the transaction.

July 2, 2007 - acquired voice communications management company GrandCentral on Monday; a move that it hopes will strengthen its service offerings. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, although some have pegged the purchase price at somewhere around $50 million. It is thought that GrandCentral's technology could eventually make its way into Google Talk.

June, 2007 – acquired Zenter (”a company that provides software for creating online slide presentations”) to help complete their upcoming Powerpoint/presentation application. The price wasn’t disclosed. Zenter was focusing on the front end of the application, as well as community/sharing features.

June 5, 2007 - acquired PeakStream, a startup company that provides a software development platform for multicore programming on high performance computing systems. No details were provided about the terms of the acquisition. Google's interest in PeakStream is not immediately apparent. Although the search engine giant maintains an enormous grid of commodity servers around the world, Google currently uses standard development platforms to develop and maintain its own software.

June 3, 2007 - FeedBurner was acquired by Google for a rumored price of $100 million. FeedBurner is news feed management provider launched in 2004. FeedBurner provides custom RSS feeds and management tools to bloggers, podcasters, and other web-based content publishers. Services provided to publishers include traffic analysis and an optional advertising system.

June 1, 2007 - Google acquired Panoramio is a community photos website that enables digital photographers to geo-locate, store and organize their photographs -- and to view those photographs in google Earth. Other users can search and browse panoramio photos and suggest edits to the metadata associated with the photos. panoramio also offers an API that enables web developers to embed panoramio functionality into their websites.

May 11, 2007 – Google acquired security company GreenBorder Technologies. GreenBorder, the industry’s first Desktop DMZ software for Windows, keeps Internet invaders out and enterprise data in. It allows users to safely connect anywhere, go to any website, open any Internet email or attachment, and use any downloaded files without worry. GreenBorder’s unique, signature-less approach never needs updating and provides continuous protection against corruption, theft and invasion of business data systems.

Nancy Davis Reagan

Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins on July 6, 1921) is the widow of former United States President Ronald Reagan and served as an influential First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. She became the First Lady of the United States in January 1981 following her husband's victory, but experienced criticism early in his first term largely due to her decision to replenish the White House china.

Born in New York, her parents divorced soon after her birth; she grew up in Maryland, living with an aunt and uncle while her mother pursued acting jobs. As Nancy Davis, she was an actress in the 1940s and 1950s, starring in films such as Donovan's Brain, Night into Morning, and Hellcats of the Navy. In 1952 she married Ronald Reagan, who was then president of the Screen Actors Guild; they had two children. Nancy became the First Lady of California when her husband was Governor from 1967 to 1975.

Kate Bolduan is a national correspondent for CNN Newsource

Kate Bolduan is a national correspondent for CNN Newsource in Washington, D.C. She files feature stories and breaking news reports as well as provides custom live reports for more than 800 CNN Newsource affiliates.

From CNN correspondent Kate Bolduan's perspective, the political differences on energy policy are little more than a "partisan standoff" between Democrats and Republicans.

Kate's career began with a summer internship for Dateline NBC, during which she worked on the Dirty Dining story, the first of a series of groundbreaking reports on the cleanliness of over 1,000 fast food restaurants across the country. During college she also interned at WRC News4. While working for the NBC affiliate in the District she was promoted from intern to producer of a highly publicized series with reporter Pat Collins investigating the dramatic increase in fatal car accidents involving teenagers in the DC metro area.

She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the George Washington University with a bachelor's degree in journalism.

John Andrew Boehner

John Andrew Boehner born November 17, 1949, is an American politician of the Republican Party who is currently serving as the House Minority Leader in the 110th Congress, and a U.S. Representative from Ohio's 8th congressional district, which includes portions of the Cincinnati and Dayton suburbs, as well as a small portion of Dayton itself.

Kathleen Parker is an American syndicated columnist

Kathleen Parker is an American syndicated columnist. Her columns frequently focus on family, sex roles, and race. Her column is syndicated nationally by The Washington Post Writers Group. Parker is a consulting faculty member at the Buckley School of Public Speaking, and makes appearances on television shows like The O'Reilly Factor and The Chris Matthews Show.

Kathleen Parker has contributed to more than a dozen newspapers and magazines during her 20 years as a journalist. She began her twice-weekly commentary column in 1987 as a staff writer for The Orlando Sentinel. After entering into syndication in 1995, her column rocketed in popularity and now appears in more than 300 papers nationwide.