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| 12-09-2009 | Stock Market |
The correlation of gamma and ? was used by Wall Street financial engineers to calculate predicted loan "mortality" rates which some believe created the huge trouble in the securitization business (CDO, CLO, CPDO, SIV). It is interesting to note that the entire mathematical theory was lifted from epidemiology, i.e. the study of how communicative vir... More »Swine Flu pandemic and impact on world stock markets |
| 11-09-2009 | Stock Market |
At the outset, the Indo-US nuclear deal appears path-breaking and allows India to regain its techno-commercial independence and sovereignty that we lost in 1978. The deal is supposed to contribute to sustainable development, energy sustainability and fight against climate change. Unlike solar and wind energy,nuclear technology is the only one... More »Nuclear energy and its discontents |
| 28-04-2009 | Stock Market |
Hearing the new, more aggressive restructuring plan offered by General Motors reminds one of the scenario for mankind jokingly foreseen by Woody Allen. “One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us hope we have the wisdom to choose correctly.” If – and it is a big if – the plan is ... More »Automobile industry : Disruptive technologies are the need of the hour ! |
| 18-02-2009 | Stock Market |
As investments, airlines are best left to relentless optimists and colourful egomaniacs. Over the long term, a diversified portfolio of airline stocks has reliably lagged behind broader market averages. Airlines’ long-run operating margins have averaged just 2 per cent since 1950, says UBS. In 2007, during the Paris Air Show, the aviation ind... More »Aviation Industry : Back Into The 'Friendly Skies:' By Farnborough 2010 ? |
| 16-02-2009 | Stock Market |
Recent recommendations of the Trai, if accepted, will connect the 330 million plus mobile and fixed-line phone users to computers and usher in a new era of net telephony. It will also give subscribers freedom to choose a carrier of their choice for STD and ISD calls. There is apprehension that Trai directives are bound to affect the bottomlin... More »Telecom Sector : Why the Phone Will Keep Ringing ? |
| 04-11-2008 | Stock Market |
Consistent, comparable and understandable financial information is the lifeblood of commerce and investing. Presently, there are two sets of accounting standards that are accepted for international use--the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) issued by the London-based Inte... More »Convergence of IFRS, US GAAP AND INDIAN GAAP and its impact on Indian companies listing in U.S and American companies listing in India |
| 23-10-2008 | Stock Market |
The Asian Development Bank noted in January 2008 that education in India was lagging seriously behind its rapid economic growth with only 12,000 training and vocational institutes, compared to half a million in China. Short-term turbulences aside (just as we are witnessing now), India has entered an era of high economic growth. As we enter the las... More »Public-private Partnership in Education Needed in India |
| 23-10-2008 | Stock Market |
Wind power is the most mature of mainstream renewable energy technologies and, if the world's electricity generation is to be made cleaner, it must play an essential role. The IEA (International Energy Agency) estimates that, if global greenhouse gas emissions are to be halved by 2050, then wind must contribute about 17 per cent of ... More »Winds of Change Blowing Hard ? |
