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Economy
Hiding ULIP Commissions: Riding on Confusing Customers
A friend recently told me about Birla Sun Life’s Dream Plan and how they had “zero commissions”. The skeptic that I am of greedy ULIPs and ...
Economy
Low Cost Housing – Not quite "Altruistic"
Forbes India on Jerry Rao’s New New Thing: His hypothesis is a simple one. India’s real estate boom was built around its emerging middle class. Nobody ...
Commentary
NYT on the China-U.S. relationship
NYT: Will China Continue to bankroll the U.S.? Over the past decade, China and the United States have developed a deeply symbiotic, and dangerous, ...
General
Congress Wins, Poised for a Big Rally?
The Congress has won handsomely in the elections, with over 260 seats by the coalition – a majority is 273, which they can get with very marginal help. ...
Commentary
Countries in Recession (updated)
Updated 17 May 09: Added Israel. Updated 15 May 09: Added France. Updated 19 Feb 09: Added Taiwan Updated 23 Jan 09: Added Britain. Updated 1 Dec 08: NBER Says ...
Commentary
China Pushes Out the Dollar, Asks for Yuan
Xinhuanet: Yuan edges into place as international trade currency Buyers and sellers at the 105th Canton Fair in south China’s Guangdong Province are no ...
Commentary
Amit Varma's "My Friend Sancho" Launching Soon
My friend Amit Varma has released his first book, My Friend Sancho. The Delhi launch is on Wednesday and I shall go. I’ve read a tiny part of it, and ...
General
DLF's Westend Heights Project (Bangalore) in Trouble
DLF has gotten a reprimand from the BBMP – Bangalore’s Mahanagar Palike, or Municipal council on it’s Westend Heights project. The BBMP has ...
Economy
PFRDA Opens the New Pension Scheme (NPS) to all citizens
PFRDA – a horrendously complex acronym for a pension fund regulator has opened up the New Pension Scheme (NPS) to all citizens. Read the Offer Document, ...
General