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Indian Private Consumption Falling As % of GDP

While I like to believe India is a great consumption economy, look at the way private consumption has gone in the last thirty years: From IMF paper. From ...

Minimum 25% Public Shareholding: Finmin

The Finance Ministry has announced its budget-promised amendment to the listing rules for all public companies. The salient features of the amendment are as ...

Global: Moody’s/Buffett, US Home Sales, Mortgage Walkaways

David Segal over at the NYT has Questions for Moody’s and Buffett.The “Invest in what you know” advice that Buffett spews is at risk; in a hearing of the ...

AIG Says No, Steel to fall 5%, RIL Freak Trade

AIG rejects Prudential’s lowered offer of $30 billion for the Asia insurance unit, from $35 billion. They were supposed to use the money to pay back the US ...

DB Corp’s Business Bhaskar Plagiarizes from Jago Investor

Manish Chauhan of Jago Investor has brought to my notice a troubling fact: A Dainik Bhaskar Group newspaper, Business Bhaskar, has copied a detailed article ...

Fool’s Gold and Credit Default Swaps

In the New Yorker, John Lanchester writes of books on the world of high finance. (“Outsmarted”) – he brings in “Fool’s Gold” by Gillian Tett, a ...

Katla Eruption Is Close: Iceland President

  Ólafur Grímsson, Iceland’s president, said that a significant eruption is likely soon at Katla. Katla is a HUGE volcano next to the recently erupted ...

RBI Cuts SLR Temporarily to Ease Liquidity Concerns

RBI announces a temporary cut in SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio, or what percentage of deposits go into govt. bonds) of 0.5% to even out huge demands in the ...

Links – Euro Bailout Hidden Clauses, 3G Fund Raising, 4000 cr. for Mumbai property

Mahindra may take over Reva for 450 cr. Reva’s small battery run car retails at too much – 3.5 to 5.5L – but having a network like Mahindra’s ...

Spain’s Bank Rescue Causes Jitters

Spain’s gone and rescued a bank yesterday. THE BANK of Spain stepped in at the weekend to rescue CajaSur, a Cordoba-based savings bank owned and controlled ...