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Sourav Majumdar
Don’t rejoice just yet. Falling gold prices may not reduce CAD
It may be too early to conclude that the recent fall in gold prices will have a positive impact on the yawning current account deficit, an HSBC report has said. This is because the high price sensitivity of demand may actually increase Indians’ demand for gold and eventually end up #Current Account Deficit #Economy #ExpertView #Gold #gold imports #Inflation #policy #RBI
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Mahesh Vijapurkar
Monkey menace: Langurs are passe, will foreign help work?
In 1977, an entire town was held to ransom by the Indian Rhesus Macaque or simply the Indian monkey because just nobody wanted to hurt them. It is alright to see a guy making a monkey do some tricks, firmly holding it on leash, but harming them was, and is, #California National Primate Research Centre #HowThisWorks #langur #monkey
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Nikhil Taneja
Movie Review: Iron Man 3 is both a hit and a miss
Shane Black is that guy who wrote Lethal Weapon – the buddy cop movie that became the template for every cop movie to follow – when he was just 23, the exact age most Bollywood screenwriters start watching the movies they can copy later on. Black also wrote some of the #Gwyneth Paltrow #Iron Man 3 #Movie review #Robert Downey Jr. #The Avengers
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Jay Mazoomdaar
Media’s credibility rests on journalists, not the owners
While it took the collapse of the Sharadha group to bring the plight of journalism under focus, tainted money and dubious motive have been running scores of news organisations. Such owners and investors make unethical demands of journalists and find enough takers among the greedy, the gullible and the desperate #India #Media Watch #Sharadha group #Times of India
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Gautam Viswanathan
Van Persie has alienated himself from Arsenal fans forever
August 15th, 2012. A date that will live in Infamy. No, no, not if you are an Indian. If you are an Arsenal fan. Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s well-documented phrase aside, that was the day Arsenal fans’ worst fears were confirmed. On that day, the club had announced that their talisman, captain and #Arsenal #football #KickingAround #Manchester United #Robin van Persie #Van Persie
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Mahesh Vijapurkar
Explaining Pawar’s sudden opposition to building demolitions
It is quite possible Mumbai’s civic body will demolish the 140 illegal apartments on 35 floors of seven buildings in Worli on Monday because the Supreme Court has ordered it. It is quite likely that nothing, including humane considerations, may work to save the residents because no official or government #Demolitions #India #Mumbai #Mumbra #PoliticsDecoder #Sharad Pawar
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Arjun Parthasarathy
Manappuram Fin NCDs: High yield with high credit risk
Manappuram Finance, a once highflying company in the gold loan lending business, saw its fortunes fall in equity markets as well as bond markets. The company’s stock price has collapsed by 80 percent since July 2011 after a 12-fold rise during 2008-11. Prices of its non-convertible debentures (NCDs) declined as #CompanyWatch #Manappuram Finance #NCD
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George Albert
Nifty and gold will correct, but gold may rally in a bit
Nifty and gold hit technical resistance levels last week and are likely to correct or move sideways. The precious metal and Nifty bounced off strong support levels a couple of weeks back after steep selloffs. Resistance levels are areas where the supply exceeds demand, leading to a drop in price. Support #Business #Chart View #Gold #Industry #markets #nifty #S&P500
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Arjun Parthasarathy
P Chidambaram, Narendra Modi are Sensex 40,000 PMs
The General Elections in India are just one year away though it might be sooner if mid-term polls are called. Financial markets are poised to give a thumbs up to the right person who is voted for the Prime Minister’s chair. Markets may not really worry on the party or #Chidambaram #Industry #InMyOpinion #Investing #investors #markets #Narendra Modi #Sensex
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Shining Path
How winning Karnataka polls is great for MLAs’ wealth
The Great Indian Election Bazaar is about to get underway in Karnataka. Promises will be made, cash/food/liquor distributed, colossal non-achievements will transmogrify into stellar achievements at public meetings and rallies, odes to democracy will be sung by some perennially blind and horrendously out of tune political commentators and #Karnataka #MLAs #PoliticsDecoder #riches
