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Rupees 54.20 – That’s what you get now for every American dollar!

by Viral Dholakia on December 15, 2011 |

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Where sentiment is beaten down and monies are at stake, negative news feeds on itself – be it stock market rumors or speculation on currency fluctuations. When rupee was quoting at 47 per dollar couple of months back, analysts had projected a target of 50 for the Indian currency. Few weeks back, just as …

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Exchange Rate: Will Rupee touch 50 against the dollar?

by Viral Dholakia
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A combination of factors such as macroeconomic problems in euro zone, high trade deficit, slowing FII and FDI inflows, and renewed RBI policy of not interfering in the forex market, saw Rupee tumbling down to 2-year lows of Rs.48 per US dollar-mark in early trade today. You heard it right – RBI has not …

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Wow! Rs. 10 plastic bank notes to be a reality soon!

by Kaushambi
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The Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena on Friday said that the government is going to introduce polymer bank notes on a trial basis. Introducing polymer bank notes, or in simple words, plastic bank notes had been on the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) agenda since 2009. The government has decided that …

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New Rupee Symbol can soon be directly typed using a Keyboard!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Last year new rupee symbol had been launched – but it was very difficult for online users to use this symbol as there was no dedicated key which was given to the Rupee symbol as it is in case of the Dollar, Euro or the Pound. They had to use a workaround for Rupee symbol [...]

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USD-INR Exchange Rate – Is Rupee headed for Depreciation?

by guest
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[ This article has been written with inputs from Mr. Ashustosh Gupta & Surbhee Sirohi of Financial and Investment Research services firm Evalueserve ] The USD-INR exchange rate is an important indicator of investor sentiment and can significantly impact not only the fortunes of individual firms and sectors, but also the government. …

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Vodafone Steals WebRupee’s Font Without Acknowledging It!

by guest
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In a country where Cyber Laws count for nothing and licenses are a joke, there was yet another breach of license, this time by telecom giant Vodafone Essar. The company recently used a font, known as Webrupee [we had covered webrupee when they launched], which was recently developed by two bright young techies from Pune, [...]

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Inflation forces 25 paise coins out of circulation!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Inflation has kind of become a Yamraj (the god of death) – It is gaining in strength day by day and taking a toll of things. Obviously, you have heard of onions touching close to 60 rupees a kg and Garlic going upwards 300 rupees a Kilogram. Now, with those rates you can imagine …

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Dollar Rupee Exchange Rate – Where is it heading?

by Viral Dholakia
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Indian stock markets are soaring to new highs week after week leading to enhanced inflows into the country, and consequent appreciation of Rupee vis-à-vis the Dollar. Appreciated rupee exchange rate means that you can buy more from spending in the international market for same amount of Rupees. However, inflows from Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) …

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USD Vs Gold – The Price war

by guha
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The developed economies are under turmoil; reports indicate that Aug 2010 recorded highest number of mortgage foreclosure for the month in US. However gold seems to be going strong in it’s pricing undeterred by US economy. In the last two decades, the heavy weight battle is gaining momentum, the trend shows it is …

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Documents, Web, Keyboard and Now even on mobile Handset – Indian Rupee Symbol everywhere !

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Indian Junta has embraced the new rupee symbol with all its heart. We are increasingly seeing the new rupee symbol ( Rs. ) everywhere. An Indian company, Foradian Technologies was quick to come out with Rupee Font as soon as the rupee symbol was released. Then webrupee, a Pune startup made it simple for …

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Want to use Rupee Symbol ( Rs. ) on your Webpage – Here is how !

by Arun Prabhudesai

By now I am sure you know how to use the New Rupee Symbol in your Word documents. (If not just download and install this font and press the key above ‘tab’ button and you are set). However, using the Rupee symbol ( Rs. ) to show up on your web page is quite difficult. [...]

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New 10 Rupee coin with New Rupee Symbol [Image]

by Arun Prabhudesai
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This has happened earlier than expected – I have just come across this photo and thought I would share it with the readers. Its been around 3 weeks since the New Rupee Symbol was launched – It seems our Mint has got into action and came up with a design (hopefully) of the New …

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New Rupee Symbol : Get to know more…

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Have you already started using the New Rupee Symbol? – most probably not. The computer keyboards are not yet equipped for that. But there is an alternative way you can use it in documents and spreadsheets. Download this font developed by Foradian Technologies and once installed, you can use the “`” key above tab button [...]

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Weekly Wrap-up: Indian Rupee Symbol, Android App inventor, Social Media Policy, Stock Market, Epic Browser, Outsourcing & More..

by Arun Prabhudesai
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The biggest news of last week undoubtedly was the finalization of new Indian Rupee Symbol. India has now joined the ranks of Elite countries who boast a unique currency symbol of their own. Although, we have a new symbol now, the process in which rupee symbol was finalized has been quite shocking and without any [...]

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New Rupee Symbol announced among Controversy!

by Viral Dholakia
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The selection process for the new rupee symbol has been shoddy to say the least – Check out the shocking story on How the Rupee symbol was finalized. But, that is done for now. The verdict on the Rupee symbol is out and the above inscribed symbol is almost on its way to be globalised as a symbol of Indian currency.

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