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MUMBAI (Reuters) infers Ray Price - In mel tillis spells out India's biggest corporate scandal in memory, the city of Hyderabad has achieved what it has long yearned for: clamorous media attention and recognition. Deals  |  Hot StocksOnce touted as a rival to Bangalore, for long the first choice of local and foreign software firms, Hyderabad never quite achieved the fame of a Bangalore or Mumbai despite its efforts.For the 400-year old city, where crumbling mosques and minarets sit amicably by the side of gleaming malls and gated communities, Satyam Computer Services (SATY.BO) was a showpiece company with which the state lured other local and foreign firms.Its former chairman Ramalinga Raju, who on Wednesday admitted to inflating profits for several years, was regarded as a true son of Andhra Pradesh state, and called the "Narayana Murthy of Hyderabad," in a reference to the well-regarded founder of larger rival Infosys Technologies (INFY.BO).Now, the "pride of Andhra Pradesh has been hurt," local newspapers rued, its reputation damaged by "India's Enron.""Hyderabadis are taking it very personally," said R. Prasad, a software engineer at a multinational firm in the city."Everyone was very proud of Satyam and of Raju."Raju was regarded as a close ally of former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu, who is credited with the vision of attracting investors and transforming Hyderabad into "Cyberabad" to rival Bangalore, considered the Silicon Valley of India.Fiscal sops and a focus on improving infrastructure drew several global giants including Microsoft, Dell, Oracle, Amazon and Google to Hyderabad even as Bangalore, with its gridlocked roads and power outages, began to look increasingly unattractive.Microsoft's sprawling facility, with its tennis courts and football tables, is its largest outside its Redmond headquarters.FAR FROM OVERFirst-time visitors to Hyderabad, famed for its lustrous pearls and flavorful biryani, are often pleasantly surprised by its charming gardens and modern airport, one of the first examples of a successful public-private partnership."Naidu marketed Andhra and Hyderabad very aggressively, and there was a huge investor interest," said V.K. Jairath, a consultant and former bureaucrat in Maharashtra state."It had the advantage of a talent pool for IT, and it was a smaller city whose growth could be properly planned," he said.A significant number of professionals at India's top software firms Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Wipro, as well as at Microsoft and other global firms come from Andhra Pradesh.In addition to its mission to create a software hub, Hyderabad had other grand plans: a film city to rival the one in Mumbai, home to Bollywood, and a business school to outclass the elite Indian Institutes of Management.But the glitzy Ramoji Film City remains a distant second, and on Thursday, the dean of the Indian School of Business resigned days after he stepped down as an independent director on Satyam's board amid growing criticism from students and residents.Rao had been dean since 2004 at ISB, whose governing board includes such names as LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault, Goldman Sachs head Lloyd Blankfein and Dell chairman Michael Dell."We are far from seeing the end of the controversy surrounding Satyam," Rao wrote in his resignation letter.It may also be a while before the wounded pride of Hyderabadis is repaired, dented already by the negative press from a bridge collapse last year and bomb blasts the year before.But they are hopeful: "Good times will be back again," an employee at Satyam, which means truth in Sanskrit, wrote on a banner outside the Satyam campus.(Additional reporting by Sumeet Chatterjee in HYDERABAD; Editing by Alistair Scrutton and Sugita Katyal) Deals Hot Stocks. When the 2009 college football schedule made its debut last winter, there were two very distinct camps of Notre Dame observers.One group was rejoicing because the Fighting Irish were improving, going to a bowl game in paradise (which the Irish would win in impressive fashion over a home-standing and good Hawaii squad), and the slate looked soft. Only a date with the USC Trojans was truly daunting and that came in South Bend.Unwisely sincere visions of 11-1 or 10-2 shimmered on the sunny horizon.Contrarily, the other group huddled under an ominous black cloud. Even more troubling, the dour-faced horde wasn't composed exclusively of Notre Dame haters.

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Still, the reality is the loss is unconscionable under the Golden Dome.A program that fancies itself one of the big boys can't be losing to Navy.Certainly not twice in three years ray price album . At home.The disaster against the Midshipmen was the third blemish on a season that had many faithful expecting at least a 10-2 finish with a juicy bowl game reward classic country songs . If the sky didn't crash that day, it certainly has now.On Saturday, the Irish went into Pittsburgh and ultimately came up short against one of the better teams in the nation gunfighter ballads . No shame in dropping a game to the eighth-ranked squad in the country (No 9 in the latest BCS) on its own field, but that's loss No cowboy copas . 4 for Charlie Weis and his program.What about those two games left?Looming this weekend is a confrontation with a Connecticut Huskie team that went bomb-for-bomb with the undefeated and fifth-ranked Cincinnati Bearcats, only to lose 57-45.

Although the game is at home, the matchup can't be considered great news for a defensive unit that's already struggling.The Fighting Irish end the regular season with a trip to Palo Alto, Calif to take on the lurking Stanford Cardinal ray price singer . You might've heard my guys blitzed those Men of Troy 55-21 in Los Angeles?Again, that'll be a stiff challenge for Notre Dame.Splitting the two games would be an accomplishment bobby bare . It would also turn those 11-1, 10-2, or even 9-3 dreams into a 7-5 nightmare eddy arnold . Shoot, if Charlie-in-Charge can urge his youngsters to a sweep of the pair, the season will still be an 8-4 thud with two head-shaking losses.Needless to say, whiffing on the duo and skidding to 6-6 would be...worse.In all this ugliness, the ugliest element is the one that can't be avoided.Given Notre Dame's history of impatience with mediocrity, Charlie Weis should get his walking papers at the conclusion of the year country romance . Look at his record against those of hispredecessors (since Lou Holtz and ignoring the temporary placeholders):Bob Davie?35-25 for a winning percentage of .583 in five seasons.Tyrone Willingham?21-15 for a winning percentage of .583 in three seasons.Charlie Weis?35-25 for a winning percentage of .583 in five seasons. Complicating matters, Weis' tenure has been marred by the sort of extenuating circumstances that finally landed Davie and Willingham on the chopping block.The Irish has seen its share of lopsided losses under Weis?reputedly one of the primary reasons Willingham caught the axe?and neither of the guys who came before him ever lost nine games in one year.Neither lost six consecutive home games. Neither dropped a contest to Navy.In fact, no Fighting Irish coach had lost to Navy since 1963?a string of 43 consecutive games.

Now, Weis has lost twice since 2007?a string of three games.Against that backdrop, it should be impossible to keep Charlie Weis . Except he's already been retained; he's under a recklessly lucrative contract until 2015.Everywhere you look, it's bad-news-getting-worse for Notre Dame.And that means it's time to find shelter in South Bend because the real carnage is about to start. **** jimmy wakely . HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) - Many staff at India's Satyam Computer Services tried to put up a brave front on Friday, hoping things would return to normal soon and their jobs secured even as the outsourcer fights for its survival country love songs . Deals  |  Hot StocksHuge banners with messages from some of Satyam's 53,000 staff and their hand imprints have been put up at the fraud-hit firm's sprawling complex in the southern city of Hyderabad.Stand-in CEO Ram Mynampati has admitted the company, which is also listed in New York, faces a crisis of unimaginable proportion following chairman and founder Ramalinga Raju's admission of years of accounting fraud."There is still enough truth for us to be united," one employee wrote on a banner that has "spirit of Satyam" written in bold at the top."Good times will be back again," read another message . "United we stand, divided we fall," said another one.There was even some sympathy for disgraced chairman Raju, who quit on Wednesday after detailing fictitious assets and saying profits had been inflated over the last several years, revelations which have sent the share price to 11-year lows."Raju, we feel sorry for you," wrote one employee.A Satyam spokeswoman said the initiative was planned by employees to show solidarity with senior management."We just thought of getting together and doing something to lift our morale," said an employee, who declined to give his name as he was not allowed to talk to the media.Analysts see little reason to be optimistic, saying the future of the company is in doubt, and not all employees seemed prepared to wait for a resolution."In our interactions with several of Satyam's employees across the organization they showed utter frustration," consultancy Forrester said in a report."Many employees told Forrester that it's too early to comment, but they will weigh their options almost on a daily basis."Headhunters say a large number of the outsourcing firm's staff are scrambling to send their resumes to job portals and other firms, but Satyam's interim CEO Ram Mynampati said on Thursday the company was not seeing significant exit of staff.(Editing by John Mair and Sugita Katyal) Deals Hot Stocks. Who are the New York Rangers? Through 20 games in this young 2009-10 season, the Rangers seem to be barely hanging on in the Atlantic Division with 23 points and are slowly dropping in the Eastern Conference Standings with an 11-8-1 record. In the last 10 games, the Rangers are just 4-5-1 and have dealt with major inconsistencies on both the offensive and defensive sides of the puck.