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Rupee hits 57.76: With FIIs pulling out, FM to woo sovereign funds now

Jun 10, 2013

The finance ministry, the RBI and market regulators on Monday discussed loosening rules for investment by foreign sovereign wealth funds in response to a sharply falling rupee and a wide current account deficit that are hurting the economy. #Debt #Rupee #Chidambaram #FII #CurrencyWatch #Foreign wealth funds
Did you know: 14 percent of Qatar's population are dollar millionnaires

Jun 10, 2013

The figure shows 143 out of every 1,000 households in Qatar holding private wealth of at least $1 million, much higher than the global average. #didyouknow #Middle East #Qatar #Private wealth #Dollar Millionnaires #global wealth management report
Chidu, please note: India has 1,64,000 dollar millionaires

May 31, 2013

#India #NumberCrunching #millionaires #Boston Consulting Group #Wealth Report

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Financials emerge largest wealth creating sector

Dec 12, 2011

This new leading wealth creating sector has steadily increased its share of wealth from 12 percent in financial year 2006 to 24 percent in financial year 2011. #Reliance Industries #Wealth #ExpertView #wealth creator #Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd
Global cues are turning positive; now we need good news here

Oct 12, 2011

Global signals are tilting towards more positive than negatives in the short-term. This should keep the bulls reasonably happy for a while #Angela Merkel #stocks #US Fed #Bonds #MarketWatch #BoE #Sovereign wealth fund #Slovakia #Market Watch #NotJobsButPassion

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Khaleej Times
Wealth creation is faster in Middle East: HNWIs

2013-06-18 16:05:00

/ 19 June 2013 A majority of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in the Middle East believe wealth creation is faster today than in the past, more than any other region globally, according to the latest report by of Barclays Wealth Insights. Over half (60 #Middle East #Barclays #Europe
Bangkok Post
Wealth report shows East-West contrast in how money is made

2013-06-17 08:37:00

Growing economies lead to growing wealth, or at least it should be that way. To ensure this, generated wealth needs to be managed properly, which is getting more and more difficult due to increasing complexity in the world market for wealth management. “ #China #Eastern Europe #India
The News-Herald
Report: North America back on top for millionaires

2013-06-19 15:26:00

Stacks of dollar bills are readied for shipment after being cut from sheets at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving in Washington. North America reclaimed the top spot with the most millionaires last year as the world's ultra-rich led the way in raising #North America #Royal Bank of Canada|RY|NYSE #Latin America

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Lok Sabha polls 2014: Back to basics for Congress and BJP

With the playing field level, from now on it will be a battle of strategies for the Congress and the BJP
Chidu's 'Ferrari' of reforms has an autorickshaw engine

A slew of economic reforms has been promised this month, but one should not expect anything more than fancy footwork from the FM.
From a fed-up, die-hard fan: An open letter to SRK

Forget all this surrogacy business. The reason we love Shah Rukh Khan is that he’s been one of Bollywood’s smarter actors. But of late, SRK’s been a bit disappointing, complains a fed-up, die-hard fan.
Dhoni has Ganguly's touch but with a difference

Rohit, Kohli, Raina, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar, Umesh – that’s the core of the Indian team today and perhaps it wouldn’t be wrong to say that they are Dhoni’s boys.

Vajpayee, Advani, Modi: Every leader has given Hindutva a twist

From Vajpayee to Advani to Modi –the Sangh Parivar has come a long way, presenting before India every few years a Hindutva face rendered presentable through a shrewd makeover
Why Nitish 'really' dumped the Modi-led BJP

While prima facie it might seem to be a clash of two strong personalities i.e. Modi and Kumar, there is much more to the split than that.
3 Indias at war: Sensex India, Maoist India, and Bharat

The current tensions in India can directly be traced to three visions of India – one of which will involve breaking the country
Last man standing: Why it's easy to feel sorry for Misbah

Sympathy for a Pakistani cricketer, especially a batsman, is a novel emotion for those of us coming from the 90s.

Fear of the unknown grips the BJP in Bihar

Although the party is maintaining a brave face, the eventuality of a split has left many leaders on tenterhooks.
In Mamata's Bengal: Zero tolerance for rape or protesting against rape?

Bengal tops the list in violence against women. There have been several reports of gang rape in the past few weeks. The Mamata government has taken quick and stern action – against the women protesting the rapes in front of the CM’s residence.
Food security: For poor’s sake, jholawalas must speak up

The subsidy to the rich accounts for more than 7 percent of the GDP while that for the poor, with the food security act, would account for 1.1 percent.
Patients get HIV in Assam hospital after blood transfusion, panic spreads

Many patients who were administered blood from the same blood bank fear the worst.

Why a BJP-JD(U) split will be good for India

Neither UPA nor NDA is an alliance. And the BJP and JD(U) were mere power-sharers, not allies. To grow, alliances have to be built around principles not just power-sharing
Chidu takes comfort in Fitch upgrade, but where are real reforms?

At a press conference, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, however, did not reveal any concrete steps but promised more reforms by August. He said the rupee’s decline is in line with that of the currencies of other countries with high current account deficit like India.
Why cutting interest rates will have little impact on industrial production

The index of industrial production (IIP), a measure of the industrial activity in the country, grew by a meagre 2% in April 2013, in comparison to the same period during 2012. The index was expected to grow by around 2.4% (source: India: Weak growth and sticky retail inflation. Sonal Varma and Aman Mohunta, Nomura). In [...]
Why 'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja is a people's genius

If one was simply to go by numbers, young and jolly Jadeja is on course to be a great. That’s not overrating him — it’s the simple logic of statistics one cannot argue against.

The Aurangzeb factor: 5 lessons from Modi-Advani tussle

Political parties need to have a process for electing leaders. This problem relates more to cadre-based parties such as BJP and CPM.
Why 55-60 to the dollar may be the new normal for rupee

A drop in the US dollar index does not seem to help the rupee; this shows that the Indian currency seems to be marching to its own gloomy beat.
Critics split on Apple iOS 7: Hideous, unoriginal or a thing of pure beauty?

The new design has sparked debates over whether Apple stole the design from Android or Windows 8 or just created an unholy union of the two. We take a look at what the critics are saying:
Is Putin the Salman Khan of international politics?

Is Vladimir Putin the Salman Khan of world politics? Our new columnist, stand-up comedian Gursimran Khamba pontificates.

Advani wins: No free hand for Narendra Modi just yet

What was the senior leader’s specific problem? Well, one is the indecent hurry in which Modi’s is being shoved down the throats of other leaders in the party.
Obama's second innings? As a junior engineer in govt service in India

Is Barack Obama about to sit for an exam for a junior level engineer in India? A man in Rajasthan says he’s got an admit card with Obama’s picture on it from the Staff Selection Commission. Actually on second thought that might not be such a bad second career for the President.
How US industries are trying to use 'treaties' to arm twist India

US companies are blatantly violating international agreements or purely lying, when they accuse India of using TRIPS flexibilities. Americans have spoken the same language against other countries such as Brazil and Thailand, but failed.