A Lion’s eye on the Bulls and Bears
“In India, companies may fall sick, but promoters rarely do!”
This Morning this brief news release on breakthroughs in Stem Cell Research caught my attention It also added two words to my vocabulary ~ Autologous & Allogeneic in this regenerative medicine space The Japanese Shinya Yamanaka who won the 2012 Nobel Prize for his research on stem cells has created a new exciting approach termed …
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Came across the use of Opprobrium in context of the shaming the conduct of Valeant Pharmaceuticals, once the darling of Wall Street It stands for Harsh Criticism or Censure or public disgrace for shameful conduct…. Valeant has been accused of Price gouging, secret network of speciality pharmacies & fraud Always loved the Bluntness of Charlie …
Opprobrium~Harsh Censure~ Charlie Munger thrashes Valeant Pharma calling it a sewer Read More »
Mumbai Votes today in Civic Elections to elect it’s Municipal Councillors These days I don’t hear the Greek Definition of an Idiot as someone who did not Vote ! …I suppose this has everything to do with an other stronger Greek Definition emerging that defines an Idiot as a Greek who let his Country go bankrupt ! …
Copasetic….It’s an American Slang adjective that means “Everything’s ok” or “Completely satisfactory” …came across it while browsing through the official website of the ongoing Asian Games 2010 at Guangzhou in China…check out http://www.gz2010.cn/10/1120/23/6LVISNVR0078002T.html …Everything copasetic at Guangzhou Asian Games Town Copasetic does not feature in the English Oxford Dictionary….that gave me a hint that it could …
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Life is certainly Lively ! Do you believe in Ghosts !?…. You would if you are frantically woken up at 3.30 am in the morning by your Wife frantically whispering that our Entrance Door was ajar and kept gently banging ! This happened to me a few hours ago….. and this is how it went….. Red …
Sinecure….. A Paid Job requiring little or no work Now wouldn’t all of us just love a Sinecure ! Have come across this word several times and recently here in the Editorial of the Monday,August 2,2010 Edition of the Mumbai Tabloid, The Afternoon & Despatch Courier http://afternoondc.in/afternoondc/editorial/higher-judiciary-too-cut-from-the-same-tattered-cloth-isnt-it/article_6327 It reveals that a few years ago, a …