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Reliance Industries announces a Bonus of 1:1 !…Now ! Now ! Now !

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Reliance surprised all yesterday with a post market bonus declaration of 1:1….It last gave a bonus in 1997…and before that in 1983 and 1980 Dhirubhai Ambani,the Founder was the dramatic architect for all these bonus issues…but he passed away in 2002……Investors were like Children in those days…and the father was Dhirubhai !….his bonus announcements were always […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO,BRAZIL just wins the Bid for the 2016 31st Summer Olympics

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It’s RIO ! Was engrossed in exciting CNN coverage in Copenhagen,Denmark of the Awarding the Olympics Ceremonies….It was four cities….Chicago was surprisingly eliminated in the first round,even though President Obama and the First Lady made a personal pitch…The underdog,Tokyo lost out in the second round of Voting It was down to Rio and Madrid I was rooting

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Karan Johar…Baapu ! aaj toh sach bolo…Gandhi Jayanti hai !

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It’s our Father of our Nation,Baapu’s Birthday today…Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti….He would have been 140 years old today …and the news channels are broadcasting Karan Johar personally visting Raj Thackeray of the MNS to apologise for the use of the word ‘Bombay’ instead of ‘Mumbai’ in his new movie being released today ‘Wake up Sid’ I’m not

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New Direct Taxes Code and a Stock Market Selling off….What’s the Connection ?

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Right from August 12,2009 when our FM,Pranab Mukherjee released the New Direct Taxes Code for Discussion,there has been developing apprehension on increased taxation on Capital Gains I’ve been warning Clients about the  Market Selling off towards 2011 as Investors book Gains,both short and long term, to take advantage of lower tax rate and tax exemption respectively……and today

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Remembering My Parents on the recent deaths of Cricket Crazy,Rajsingh Dungarpur and ‘Dirty Dancing’ Star,Patrick Swayze

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Rajsingh Dungarpur passed away a few days ago…Cricket and Rajbhai were synonymous…He played for Rajasthan State  decades ago and then assumed pivitol administrative roles in our Country’s Cricket Structure…The Cricket Club of India,Mumbai (CCI)  and Rajbhai were one soul….Yet,in the past year he was sen often in solitary bliss,gazing out soulfully at the Golf Greens while enjoying a

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Some Saturday Morning Shots…..of Strikes and Statues…..Austerity Measures and IPOs

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Amusing or not so…you decide…….some Saturday morning shots…. Jet Airways Pilots Strike enters the fifth day…and I see  a Business Standard ad (Page 16) of Jet2Kerala with a tag line ‘Your dream holiday can now touch down’…Problem is you yet cannot take off !…Jet Airways has teamed up with Kerala Tourism to help you land the best

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