Money

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 , which was recently developed…

Gold standard is such a splendid monetary system where paper money is usually backed by gold or precisely saying paper money is easily convertible to gold and vice versa. No doubt gold is always considered the best sheet anchor for the tuff…

Infosys Technologies, the second largest IT services exporter, which usually marks the beginning of the results season, is known to set the tone for the earnings season by beating market expectations and its own guidance. However, since…

Though it is no where in the writing; a humble belief – for individuals and corporate both - is that more you give, the more you get (the rule of reciprocity). That’s being alive! In the corporate world, this conscience is better known as…

The 2G spectrum allocation scam has already been busted and claimed the portfolio of former telecom minister A Raja. But, that does not decouple the government from being accountable on the controversy over licenses and radio airwaves that…

Hey you! Its time for Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions again. Unfortunately, the IPL newsmaker of the year 2010, Lalit Modi, is no more associated with the good part of the game; but as they say the show must go on – the larger than the…

Onion prices had risen to a high of more than Rs 100/kg in December bringing tears to the entire country. This coupled with tomato selling at Rs 40/kg and garlic at Rs 300/kg, the entire country seemed in a desperate situation. The ban on…

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…

It is said that economic imbalances are a major source of crisis. Moreover, certain imbalances are so hyped with over-exuberance, that only bearish recessionary situations can dampen the spirits and correct the frothy build-up that…

Diwali is round the corner and so is Dhanteras. On Dhanteras, individuals and business communities consider it auspicious to purchase gold or silver articles or at least sombre steel utensils – with the belief that new ‘dhan’ or some form…

This morning my eyes popped with disbelief when I read the news of the Tata Group donating a whooping $50 million to America’s Harvard Business School (HBS). This is by far the largest gift ever from a non-US donor to this prestigious…

Android based mobile phone prices are coming down fast – really fast. You can now get your hands on a Android Based phone for less than seven thousand rupees – And it is not a Chinese Android phone I am talking about. Acer beTouch E110…

Paypal seems to have stopped the domestic payments in India. PayPal Domestic payment means - buyers from India send payments to sellers from India. We do not have any reasoning for this yet. But this is major issues which is going to be…

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…

According to Bank Statistics monthly report released by RBI yesterday, HDFC Bank stands at number one position when it comes to number of e-transactions taking place in India, while SBI is ahead in terms of value of transactions. ICICI…

Finally, India is warming up to broadest tax reforms in the form of Direct Tax Code (DTC) and Goods and Services Tax (GST)  . The former is centered around expectations to minimize tax exemptions, but widen tax slab on personal…

Money can buy you anything... Paisa bolta hai (Money speaks)... Money hai toh honey hai... (If you have money, then you will surely get your love) You must have surely heard some of these phrases. Looks like our political parties…

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…

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…

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…