Archive for the ‘Economy’ Category

India’s Rupee Gets Its Own Currency Symbol

Sunday, July 18, 2010 17:35 No Comments

The official Indian Currency, “Rupee” (INR) got its official currency Symbol now. You can use it now on web pages all over. Look how the symbol looks on a typical webpage  Picture Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_rupee_sign

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Lok Satta’s Jaya Prakash Narayan @ Google

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:04 No Comments

One of my favorites and I believe is one of the best of contemporary leaders, Jaya Prakash Narayan was recently at Google and shared his thoughts. His ideology presented in a context that most NRIs and the world could easily understand, aptly named, “19th Century Politics and 21st Century Economics”.    You may follow the [...]

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Going Green While Staying Sane And Smart

Sunday, April 18, 2010 11:01 No Comments

Proponents of Green, watch this video. If you believe in 80:20 rule, go and hit the 80% part of it with just 20% of your decisions. And leave the rest of 20% of going green, that essentially need and demand 80% changes in life styles for future study. In a short, funny, data-packed talk at [...]

This was posted under category: Economy, Environment, Notable Thoughts

Understanding the SEC’s Law suit against Goldman Sachs

Sunday, April 18, 2010 9:59 No Comments

Lots of people are puzzling through the SEC’s fraud allegations against Goldman Sachs, trying to work out how it allegedly committed fraud. The way Paddy Hirsch sees it, it’s a bit like a bookie and gambler teaming up to fix a horse race. SEC goes after Goldman from Marketplace on Vimeo.

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17 hour Power Cuts And Power Holidays Begin in Andhra

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 21:13 1 Comment

Thanks to ‘the way’ everything works in India and grandeur vision and strategies of us, the people and our leaders, this is that time of the year to reap some special benefits. Yes, I am talking about so called ‘scheduled’ power outages. Technically they are scheduled as we all know there must be outages, though [...]

This was posted under category: Andhra Pradesh, Economy, India, India After 2300