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Your Family is being Dictated by Another that’s Living with you !

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There’s another Family that’s Living with you and dictating your Life…Your eFamily TV is the Husband & Father…..Computer is the Wife and Mother…..CellPhone is the Elder Child……and the IPod is the younger sibling And they’re all dictating your Life …..your upbringing is full of moral convictions,no expletives and curses,ban or restrictions  on alcohol and tobacco and total […]

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‘Tainted’ Telecom Minister A Raja ! ? The Conviction grows stronger…for his deliberately ‘gifting’ the 2G Licenses on a First Come First basis for just Rs 1000+ crs when the current auction of 3G Licenses has fetched over Rs 16000 crs!

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In November 2008,I had covered in two blogs,what our Telecom Minister,A Raja had blatantly done….he had gifted 2G Licenses to vested interests at a pittance…just over Rs 1000 crs,when he could have got ten times more for the Government Today, after a 34 days auction process it has been announced that the 3G Licenses auction has

‘Tainted’ Telecom Minister A Raja ! ? The Conviction grows stronger…for his deliberately ‘gifting’ the 2G Licenses on a First Come First basis for just Rs 1000+ crs when the current auction of 3G Licenses has fetched over Rs 16000 crs! Read More »

India reflect Global Blues and Cues as Stock Indices drop a little under 3% today…confirm your Asset Allocation matches your Risk Profile…you’ll sleep sounder

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Sensex just closed down 460.03 points (2.72 %)  at 16415.76 and Nifty dropped to 4921.40,down 144.80 points (2.86%) reflecting Global Blues and cues…..Volumes were relatively high and this does not augur too well for the immediate short term…tomorrow’s opening may just be weak too There was red ink all over,with just a few specific stocks

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Tayals of Bank of Rajasthan are having their Cake and eating it too in the Amalgamation with ICICI Bank!

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Ostensilbly under great pressure to vacate the banking field,the Tayals of Bank of Rajasthan are having their Cake at eating it too! The Board of Directors of the Bank at their meeting yesterday have given an in-principle approval to amalgamate the Bank with ICICI Bank The important issue here was what would the swap ratio be….Mrs

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Bombay Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange…Both Heritages linked to Trees !…Fascinating

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Fascinating…..The Heritage of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) are linked to Trees ! NYSE is 218 years old and BSE is 135 years old  For NYSE it was the Sycamore or Buttonwood Tree On May 17,1792,Twenty Four Stock Brokers of New Your City signed under the Sycamore or Buttonwood Tree at 68

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Mumbai is 40 !…Ahmedabad,Hyderabad and New Delhi are 45 !…and my wife is 100!

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Oof ! this Heat can be unbearable !….and with the Humidity ,can be simply devastating….saps energy levels even in inertia…actually leads to inertia! Mumbai is sweltering and touching 40 degrees….but’s its 45 + in other cities like Ahmedabad,Hyderabad and New Delhi…one is bound to get the ‘lu’ if out in the Sun too long…even the airconditioning

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