Graduate Management Admission Test, or GMAT, will have their palms scanned to capture the test-taker’s unique “palm vein pattern.”

The palm-scanning device captures an image of the blood coursing through test-takers’ veins. Each person has a unique “palm-vein” image. A student whom a business school official suspects of acting fraudulently could be asked to have their palm scanned, and that image could be checked against the image the student provided for the GMAT, according to David Wilson, president of the Graduate Management Admission Council.

The PalmSecure device is already in use by healthcare organizations, government agencies, financial institutions and other global enterprises.

The Fujitsu “PalmSecure” will be available at 16 testing centers in India and Korea for GMAT candidates. It goes live in the U.S. this fall, and when fully deployed will be used in 400 facilities in 107 countries by May 2009.

[ Coming Soon to a GMAT Near You: More Security Image - Fujitsu ]

Prime Rate or Prime Lending Rates (PLR)

Prime rate or Prime lending rates (PLR) refer to interest rates charged by commercial banks for their most credit-worthy customers. Generally credit-worthy customers consist of large corporations.

The rate is a key interest rate, since loans to less-creditworthy customers are often tied to a high interest rate. For example, a “Company A ” (most credit-worthy customer) may borrow at a prime rate of 5%, but a less-well-established “Company B” may borrow from the same bank at prime plus 1, or 6%.

Bank’s good standing customers have little chance of defaulting than customer who has a higher risk of defaulting, so the bank can charge them a rate that is lower than the rate that would be charged to other customers.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is to launch a dedicated satellite for youth next year carrying scientific instruments developed by students from Indian and foreign universities.

“The Launch of this satellite is expected sometimes next year on-board a polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) ” Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair said.

This project is the brain-child of A P J Abdul Kalam, who at the same event in Bangalore termed this project as an ‘youth satellite.’

The various instruments, developed by graduate and postgraduate students of universities from India, Russia and other countries, will study and share data on earth imaging, atmospheric applications, solar emission and galactic observations. Apart from the payload (auxiliary satellite), the launch vehicle will also carry a mini remote sensing satellite, according to ISRO.

“The less than 100-kg spacecraft is being built at our satellite development center in Bangalore. The dedicated youth satellite is the brain-child of former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who proposed such a mission during his visit to Russia two years ago,” Nair said.

Learning to cope with difficult co-workers is essential to do well on the job.

According to careerbuilder, there could be 4 possible types of difficult co-workers namely The Talker, The Kiss-Up, The TMI and The Gossip.

So How to deal with these kind of difficult coworkers - Four Easy Tips

Tip No. 1: Take a break. -It’s human nature to get bothered by the little things, so just accept it and take a break from the difficult person.
Tip No. 2: Be mentally tough. - Ignoring him or her as best you can and limiting your daily interactions with them.
Tip No. 3: Discuss the problem with your co-worker.
Tip No. 4: Talk with your supervisor.

[ Handling the Irritating Co-Worker ]