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Switch off your TV, Stop Buying Papers, Say Real Estate Developers

Talk about ostriches with their heads in the sand. From DNA: “Journalists are blowing up the issue (of real estate slowdown) to become hot journalists ...

LEH down 40%, WM down 20%, Life is Not Good

Lehman Brothers is down 40% today, and was down yesterday too. Washington Mutual is a big bank and looks like it’s got some serious problems, being down ...

Freddie Mac. Fannie Mae to be taken over, by the Treasury

The U.S. treasury is likely to take over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae: Under the plan, which could prompt one of the most sweeping government interventions in ...

US Markets down 3%, but don't panic

The DOW is down 3%, or 344 points, in a pretty lousy day. The rupee is trading at 44.55 and looking weak. Inflation was declared at 12.34% – a very high ...

Is Haath De, Us Haath Le

Remember when the government decided to up employee salaries by some 20%, and even back date it? Well, it turns out they’re going to get this ...

Pakistan is Floored

So this is what the folks at the Karachi Stock Exchange have to say: Fantastic. So prices can’t go below Wednesday’s closing values. Guess where ...

Hedge Fund Manager wins trade secret case

An interesting case of an ex-hedge-fund manager sued for stealing “trade secrets”. Eric Falkenstein isn’t your typical 42-year-old hedge fund ...

RBI Selling Dollars?

RBI’s latest forex reserve page shows that we now have $296 billion with us. The rupee doesn’t seem to give a hoot. It’s trading at 43.78 to ...

Nifty options dated 25 Dec 2008?

Why has the NSE created Nifty options for an expiry dated 25 Dec 08? That is Christmas, a holiday! Don’t tell me they didn’t know. October 30 is ...

Rules for Investing discipline

Many people think that the best way to invest is to fill it, shut it and forget it – and they are reinforced by the dramatic successes of people who ...