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China – Saving Grace for World Economy!

by Rishabh on August 24, 2011 |

Further to my previous post on how corporations in US are still doing well (with highest proportion of companies with positive EPS) and how we’re still not going to have recession this time, The recent economic news for emerging economies like China are already showing signs of marginal rebound in economic growth. The …

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New Banking License may now be a Reality!

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The last time RBI had issued banking licenses was 2004; Kotak Mahindra Bank and Yes Bank were established. We have seen the kind of wealth creation that they were able to create in just six years. However, RBI seems to have a concern on how to improve quality to existing banking services and …

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First Mover (Dis)advantage!

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Do you remember wasting your childhood chasing Mario’s girlfriend on a TV videogame? Well good news for iPhone and iPad users is that the best selling video game “Mario” is now jumping to Apple’s platform post the failure of Nintendo’s 3DS console released in early 2011. The games developer has resorted to such …

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Dear World: This is not Recession!

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A lot of people around had given up the hope that world is going down with recession after US was downgraded in last week from AAA to AA+. Yes, the stock markets have responded strongly as they have plummeted back to 2008 trends. But if you look around, you will soon understand that this is [...]

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Gold: The New Superhero!

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Gold is an evergreen investment vehicle to hedge against economic, social and political crises. Since past few weeks, it is more popular as it is reaching new peaks day after day. In fact gold is behaving more like a currency than just a commodity. Past five years have shown investment in precious metals have given [...]

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Dear United States Government: S#!T happens!

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United States of America, supposedly the world’s strongest country (both financially and military wise) is into yet another problem after it just tried to get up after the Global Recession in 2008. Few experts say the problem can be solved while others say it’s a trap and another Financial Tsunami is ‘in the making’. …

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A week of Good policies & Bad policies!

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Let us start on a good note, M&A landscape is set to change as SEBI comes with new takeover code today. The high profile open offer trigger is increased from 15% to 25% and the non-compete fees is scrapped. In Mutual Fund segment, introduction of transaction fee (INR 100-150 for investment of INR …

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Property prices in Mumbai to touch sky high again!

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A recent study by Mercer’s 2011, Cost of Living Survey claimed that New Delhi (rank 85) is India’s most expensive city followed by Mumbai (rank 95). The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) seems to have been taking steps to improve Mumbai’s rank and have designed a new policy which will hike property prices in Mumbai by [...]

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Air India: Living dead PSU of India!

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One of the very early mascots of India,”Maharaja” is easily recognized as it stands tall on the mammoth sky scraper at Nariman Point (Mumbai). In 1946, Tata Airlines was converted into a public company which was renamed as Air India. The move was explained by the GoI as something which was meant for public good. [...]

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Are we taking the right medicine for inflation?

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Inflation is India’s biggest problem now (apart from corruption, scams, parliamentary standoffs, corporate governance). Of course every emerging country has to go through this phase once in its growth phase. Theoretically, some proportion of inflation is necessary for the country to grow. But the problem begins when the inflation is uncontrolled and disproportionate. Let’s look [...]

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Green Mortgage: Wave of the Future

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There’s something I want to share on how financial institutions, specifically Housing finance companies help making India Green. This is now being implemented in United States and few European countries. Let’s hope Reserve Bank of India can consider this as a good proposition. In this era of global warming, many lenders have started with the [...]

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Indian corporates looking for youth entrepreneurs!

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Few days back, I was selected for Airtel’s iCreate, a corporate event where Airtel invited students from top business schools to submit their business plans for few segments in which Airtel operate (mobile entertainment, mCommerce, digital television and rural VAS). They selected 4 entries finally from over 600 entries to present it to top management [...]

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Why are newer Indian telecom companies not happy?

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Telecommunication has been the second fastest growing sector (I.T being the first) in last 15 years. Airtel who started in 1995 is today one of the Asia’s largest telecom operator. Companies like Reliance, Hutch (now Vodafone) also have grown to new heights. If biggies like them are happy with the growth, why aren’t …

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Can India Beat China?

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Last night, I was reading about Professor Jagdish Bhagwati (renowned professor on Indian Political Economy at Columbia University) who quotes that ‘we will more or less become what China is today and that will make us the fourth largest or maybe even third economy in the world’. …

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Indian B-Schools sensitizing students with social issues

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Doctors spend some 5 years taking MBBS exams and then they have to take practical training for another 1 year in a public health institution before they get a degree and start practicing elsewhere. On the other hand, top B-School students which are recognized to have high intellectual students are recruited by Fortune 500 companies [...]

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