India : Economy & Policy 7 April 2008

India : Economy & Policy

Is India heading for an economic slowdown?
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
To control inflation the Reserve Bank of India's 'dear money' policy has kept interest rates high and restricted liquidity. But this has taken a toll on ...
 

Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India: A book review
Merinews - New Delhi,India
In any case, students of Indian politics, comparative political economy, and development policy will find this book quite interesting.
 

'Consumption demand is unlikely to pick up'
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
What are the factors contributing to the slowing of India's GDP growth? The anticipated slowdown in Indian economy is a combined effect of global and ...
 

AV Rajwade: Politics vs economics
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
The Economic Times recently published a debate titled "Can global financial turmoil derail India's growth?" To me, it seems much more likely that domestic ...
 

With eye on resources, India hosts Africa meet
AFP -
NEW DELHI (AFP) — India will host the leaders of several African nations this week as resource-hungry New Delhi seeks to fuel its booming economy and raise ...
 

Subir Gokarn: The merits of the status quo
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Monetary policy actions are relatively easy to specify when the growth rate and the inflation rate are both moving in the same direction. ...
 

India: Art & Culture 7 April 2008

India: Art & Culture

A taste of Indian culture makes its way west
Wilkes Beacon (subscription) - Wilkes-Barre,PA,USA
Dr. Elizabeth Stone is a freelance writer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and has participated in archeological digs in India, including a notable ...
 

Nagas and the rituals of art and culture
MorungExpress - Dimapur,Assam,India
(MExPix) Indigenous wood handicraft Dimapur | April 6 (MExN): The ritual of art and culture is deeply rooted in the lifestyle of Nagas. ...
 

India, Africa to create new symphony through culture, dance
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
They also have their trance and possession dances that preach transcendence to another plane through art," Ishwara said. African dances use the concept of ...
 

Art review
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
After a year of living in Bangalore, Lilian Hasler's exhibition at Sumukha (March 31 to April 5) fleshed out her aesthetic-existential encounter with India. ...
 

'Kahin Na Kahin' set to be shot in Kuwait
Mangalorean.com - Mangalore,India
T-Bush graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in fine Art, majored in Audio-Visual from Goa University, India and to set himself on the road to professionalism ...
 

India : Management & Marketing News 7 April 2008

India : Management & Marketing

Swiss hospitality
Times of India - India
Today it includes from education to sports management. The hospitality sector in India has witnessed five consecutive years of double-digit growth and ...
 

'Management does not mean only managers'
Times of India - India
And it makes no sense teaching professionals what economics or marketing means. We will train them in soft skills, communications, negations etc so that ...
 

SIT marketing arm extends beyond NZ for trainee pilots
The Southland Times - Southland,New Zealand
... commercial pilot licences and studied management papers. Mr McDonald said this trip would be the first time India was included in the marketing tour. ...
 

Bend it like an artist
Times of India - India
"Singapore has already established its reputation worldwide in management education. However, we also want overseas students to come and explore design, ...
 

Rice shortage bites
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
It may reach $US22 by November, said Dennis DeLaughter, owner of Progressive Farm Marketing in Edna, Texas. ''Rice will gain substantially over the next two ...
 

From Personnel to HR to Talent Management
Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan
Maria Aguila, Alpha UK Marketing Manager said. "Delegates can understand how talent management can help identify attract, hire, reward, motivate and retain ...
 

India : Banking & Finance 7 April 2008

India : Banking & Finance

Ithmaar Bank to launch investment funds
Emirates Business 24/7 - Dubai,Dubai,United Arab Emirates
... acquisition of Shamil Bank has directly broadened the activities of Ithmaar Bank to cover the entire spectrum of Islamic banking and finance services. ...
 

superpower war: China, America over Taiwan, oil, trade, politics ...
Indymedia Estrecho - Andalucía,Ceuta y Melilla,Spain
China's Banking, Insurance, and Stock Market Reforms VI. The Taiwan Issue: Current Affairs and Trends (federation as an VII. India vs. ...
 

Rajan panel moots more freedom for financial sector
Livemint - Delhi,Delhi,India
Rather than look at the finance sector as comprising discrete segments related to banking, capital markets, and other such, the Rajan committee has looked ...
 

Fiscal 2009: Challenges abound for banks
Financial Express - Bombay,India
Analysts pointed out the worse for the Indian banking sector was far from over. Equity analysts reckon that the slide in banking sector stocks is like to ...
 

StanChart and Suzhou government to promote cross-border investment
The Asian Banker (subscription) - Singapore
Employing almost 19000 people, the Bank has played a significant role in the history of the banking industry in India since opening its first branch in ...
 

Hollywood, celebrity 7 April 2008

Hollywood, celebrity

Charlton Heston a Revered Paradox, Says Hollywood
Hollywood Today Newsmagazine - Los Angeles,CA,USA
His love of tennis kept him in excellent shape and he was a tremendous player, one of the best of the celebrity players that I have ever played with and ...
 

Chris Rock's sense of shame
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
"I don't want to embarrass you," said Pellicano, all concern for his celebrity client. This brief taped interlude is certainly a lot less juicy than the ...
 

The Cinderella Man packs a punch
Zee News - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
Unpretentious, unassuming….are some of the traits rarely associated with a Hollywood celebrity, but it is this facet of his personality that makes Russell ...
 

Charlton Heston Takes Some of Sci-Fi's Best Lines to the Grave
Wired News - USA
By Lewis Wallace April 06, 2008 | 10:16:58 AMCategories: Celebrity, Movies, Sci-Fi Charlton Heston, the Oscar-winning actor who went from biblical epics to ...
 

Hewn from Hollywood gold
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
She only remembers two incidents where she felt the family's celebrity was a burden. "Once was after a birthday dinner for my mother. ...
 

Welcome to Hollywood, says Cameron Diaz
Courier Mail - Australia
Diaz peels off (partly) for GQ magazine in a shoot that has several respondents to a celebrity website making caustic comments about the wonders of ...
 

Palm Springs claims Hollywood cachet, desert beauty
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
Open the local paper and there are Dick Van Dyke and Jill St. John, in town to help Barbara Sinatra host the 20th annual celebrity golf tournament and gala ...
 

Indian Markets & Investments 7 April 2008

Indian Markets & Investments

UNREAL FINANCIAL MARKETS
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
As they liquidated investments to become liquid and shore up their credibility, they also liquidated Indian stock- market investments. ...
 

Tech Group taps into Indian market Property
Maktoob Business (press release) - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
The Indian government has thrown open the lucrative parts of the Indian realty market to global investors for the first time, securing $12b worth of FDI. ...
 

Provident funds, insurers may get to invest overseas
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
In recent times, policymakers have been grappling with the rupee appreciation on account of large dollar inflows into the Indian markets. ...
 

'India is one of our most important markets'
Livemint - Delhi,Delhi,India
India is one of the sophisticated markets in respect to media evaluation. In India, if you want to find out who's watching television, there are bodies that ...
 

"India will learn to manufacture faster than China will learn to ...
India PRwire (Press Release) - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
It is not merely an investment advisory, but rather equips corporations working in Emerging Economies with information and insight that can drive their ...
 

'Inflation, biggest global challenge'
Hindu Business Line - Chennai,India
Drawing upon his vast experience and industry insights, he explained how they view the markets and India. How do you view the current global economic ...
 

Citi Venture, AIG scrap Akruti investment plan
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Indian real estate companies have been attracting investments from foreign funds, which were apparently bullish about the sector. Among the few major deals ...
 

PEs invest $3.3 bn in Jan-Mar 2008
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
"Last year, PEs competed with the public markets for investments. If the competition for public markets slows down, then more deals will get done among ...
 

Blogs Alert for: Indian Markets & Investments

India's first Social Capital Exchange to be launched (I'm serious!)
By Santhosh
Also, the need for a 'social investment exchange' makes ample sense in the short run, over the long run, social businesses might just well be able to merge into traditional capital markets (under the grand and idealistic premise that ...
ThinkChange India - http://thinkchangeindia.wordpress.com

Why India continues to lag far behind China in industrial progress?
By US-India Friendship(US-India Friendship)
... and are also attractive markets in many ways because of the size of their populations. If someone were to do a domestic equivalent of Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index, and match that to investment numbers in ...
US-India Friendship - http://usindiafriendship.blogspot.com/

THE WORLD today!
By 1read
The largest share of final demand at around 70%/$44 Billion, comes from jewellery, accounting India, the world's largest gold jewellery market by volume for around 522 t, followed in terms of consumption demand by the United States, ...
1read's Weblog - http://1read.wordpress.com

Investing in Emerging Markets-From Russia with Love ?
By RT(RT)
State ownership has always meant that investment levels tend to lag behind what you would expect from private ownership.This is certainly the case in Russia, the limited investment in the Siberian Oil fields has seen an impact over the ...
Stock Trading Views - http://retirementtrader.blogspot.com/

Grassroots Food Supply Issues
By Grassroots New Mexico
From Cairo to New Delhi to Shanghai, the run on rice is threatening to disrupt worldwide food supplies as much as the scarcity of confidence on Wall Street earlier this year roiled credit markets. … China, Egypt, Vietnam and India, ...
Grassroots New Mexico - http://grassrootsnewmexico.wordpress.com/

Web Alert for: Indian Markets & Investments

World Markets; Foreign Investment Roars Into Bombay - New York Times
Foreign institutional investors are also tapping the Indian market by raising ... turned to it instead of trusting in such traditional investments as gold. ...

Survey: Pharmaceutical companies cautious of investments in ...
Home >> Locations >> Locations >> Survey: Pharmaceutical companies cautious of investments in emerging China and India markets ...

India : Life & Leisure 7 April 2008

India : Life & Leisure

Brazils Samba Dance: Viva La Carnival
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
During the official programs as well as in the leisure time especially in the evening and nights in various cities of Brazil, this scribe had an opportunity ...
 

Odds around around the world 7 April 2008

sexy, sex, Odd, celebrity

TV Movies: April 6-12
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
2 PM (CC) • The Best Sex Ever 5: Sexy Pictures '02. Angela Davies. The sexy host of a late-night radio show listens to callers' scintillating stories. ...
 

Indian Markets 7 April 2008

Indian Markets,

Range-bound fare likely to continue
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
The Indian markets had entered last week on a high note after a strong closing the previous week, only to witness profit-taking. The benchmark Nifty fell ...
 

What happened to India story?
Livemint - Delhi,Delhi,India
Unfortunately, the Indian market is one of the worst performers even among emerging markets. MSCI India is up a mere 3.4% since 17 March. ...
 

Indian company buys London's oldest stockbroker
Xinhua - China
The acquisition of Hichens Harrison is expected to help Religare boost its investment banking operations and extend its reach in emerging markets. ...
 

India: Opinion & Analysis News 7 April 2008

India: Opinion & Analysis

Crude Oil and Gas Oil Elliott Wave Analysis
The Market Oracle - London,UK
when recently asked his opinion in a public interview about the forecast that US consumers would soon (somewhere in 2008) pay $ 4 for a gallon of gasoline ...
 

There is no justification for IIMs to hike fees
Livemint - Delhi,Delhi,India
If we do a quick analysis of income and expenditure figures of IIM-A that I got last year using RTI, the hike seems unnecessary. ...
 

Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Crikey (subscription) - Templestowe,Australia
If you just want to log your opinion, say - "not a formal complaint/no response needed" - it will still be read by the ABC, but you will save your taxpayer ...
 

Festivals News 7 April 2008

Festivals

Spring awakens annual palace festivals
Korea.net - South Korea
It is common knowledge in Korea that our palaces are built with a particular emphasis on harmony with nature. For that reason, spring in all its glory of ...
 

AFI Dallas International Film Festival brought glamour and quality ...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
And the AFI Dallas International Film Festival, which drops the curtain on its sophomore year today, had all of that in spades.Charlize Theron? ...
 

Blogs : Festivals

I hate your festivals
By jmeunier
God says the festivals and the stench of the sacrifices are not what he wants. He wants justice and mercy from his people. In Ezekiel, he says the sins of the father do not pass down to the children and grandchildren. ...
Come to the waters - http://cometothewaters.wordpress.com

The Festivals are coming
By Sahar
Brandeis is about to experience a festival bonanza. Right now we've just started EarthFest 2008, which IP has previously covered. That runs from Sunday April 6 to Wednesday April 16th. Sunday, April 6th. Film Screening ...
Innermost Parts - http://innermostparts.org

Chinatown
By azfilmfest(azfilmfest)
Playing documentaries, independent movies, and film festivals in addition to orchestra concerts, operas, and stage plays, The Fox Tucson Theatre may well be on its way to being Tucson's entertainment hub – and events like this one are ...
Arizona International Film Festival - http://azfilmfest.blogspot.com/

2008 Mazu Pilgrimage Festival
By Craig
It is thought that the Mazu pilgrimage is one of the three largest religious festivals in the world. Last year I wrote a detailed post describing the history of Mazu. Rather than rewrite it today, I'll point you here for a look at the ...
CraigFergusonImages - http://www.blog.craigfergusonimages.com

The Singing Revolution
By James McNally
During the Soviet occupation, these festivals were practically the only allowed outlet for Estonian culture, despite being, for the most part co-opted to promote Communist ideas. At the end of the official program (Communist songs sung ...
Toronto Screen Shots - http://www.torontoscreenshots.com

Indian Mutual Funds News 7 April 2008

Indian Mutual Funds,

Passage to India Eased With Some New ETFs
Wall Street Journal - USA
A handful of mutual funds target the subcontinent, and a few prominent Indian companies like Infosys Technologies and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories list American ...
 

IIM Lucknow students' fund bests Nifty
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
MUMBAI: Mutual funds and brokerages are well-advised to take lessons from a clump of students at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow on how to beat ...
 

Here come the quants
Livemint - Delhi,Delhi,India
Lotus India Mutual Fund launched India's first quant fund in November 2007. Reliance Mutual Fund has recently decided to convert one of its index funds into ...
 

Both have performed dismally
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
The Indian mutual fund arena is made up of as many as 30 fund categories. While most of the categories comprise numerous mutual funds, there's one category ...
 

Going public
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
... representing just 3.7 per cent of Indian households. As on March 2005, 20.1 million had invested in equities, debentures and mutual funds representing a ...
 

Indian Financial; Markets News 7 April 2008

Indian Financial; Markets

How to Fix India's Financial Sector
Wall Street Journal - USA
Government ownership of 70% of the banking system and hindrances to the development of corporate debt and derivatives markets have stunted financial ...
 

India Panel Urges 100 Small Steps on Financial Revamp (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
Regulation of all trading must be left to the capital markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, and banning markets in cases of ...
 

JPMorgan Says Use Rupee Forwards to Gain From India, US Rates
Bloomberg - USA
By Anil Varma April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Investors should borrow in Indian rupees and lend them once local money-market rates have risen and do the opposite in ...
 

Rupee may be firm on easing pressures, high inflation
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
Speculation about the action of the central bank remains one of the key drivers of financial market action. It is clear that the monetary policy will have ...
 

Now, algorithmic trading
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
This process has not begun in India because such computerisation was banned. Hence, Indian financial firms are inexperienced and will need to rapidly catch ...
 

Inflation overrides all other concerns financial scene
Hindu - Chennai,India
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) held its 19th party congress at Coimbatore last week. Price rise naturally figured prominently in party deliberations ...
 

Market.view From Socrates to Soros
Economist - UK
In his latest book, "The New Paradigm for Financial Markets", published on April 3rd, he sets out to illuminate the credit crunch through the prism of ...
 

Raghuram Rajan panel recommends more reforms
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
For further improvement the financial markets, the 10-member committee said that all regulations related to trading, including those on government bonds, ...
 

Hong Kong Economic Future discussed by Financial Secretary Mr John ...
eGov monitor - London,UK
Hong Kong, with its well-developed financial system, deep and liquid capital markets and sound regulatory environment is well placed to develop a market for ...
 

Blade servers demand in India growing
Livemint - Delhi,Delhi,India
... the market was dominated by HP India followed by IBM and Dell. Apart from the traditional sectors such as telecom, banking and financial services and ...
 

India Tax News 7 April 2008

India Tax

MoCA proposes Intermediate Sales tax of 15 - 16% on ATF across India
TravelBizMonitor - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Praful Patel, Minister of Civil Aviation, had also recently written a letter to all the Chief Ministers in India asking them to reduce the rate in sales tax ...
 

Microsoft may have to pay tax in India: Legal implications
Moneycontrol.com - Mumbai,India
Microsoft may be forced to pay tax in India. For the very first time, every time someone in India buys a Microsoft software product, he actually buys the ...
 

Are bonus shares really a 'bonus'?
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Goods are directly shipped from ports outside India. Payment is made in foreign exchange. In such a case is my client liable to deduct tax at source while ...
 

RBI increases overseas invst limit to $ 7 bn
Moneycontrol.com - Mumbai,India
The Reserve Bank of India has increased the overseas investment limit for mutual funds to USD 7 billion, from the earlier limit of 5 billion. ...
 

PMO stretches STPI scheme
Indiatimes - New Delhi,India
... Software Technology Park of India (STPI) scheme, have something to cheer. They can continue to enjoy tax holidays under the industrial park scheme. ...
 

PMO seeks tax sop for IT cos in industrial parks
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
... Technology Parks of India (STPI) scheme, have something to cheer about. They can continue to enjoy the tax holiday under the industrial parks scheme. ...
 

Property sale
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
You can save your capital gains tax by investing in specified bonds of Rural Electrification Corporation or National Highway Authority of India. ...
 

Royal Biz: Microsoft case exposes opaque tax policy
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
An appellate authority ruled that the company was liable to pay tax in India as the transaction involved royalty. Microsoft, which sells its software in ...
 

Maya blames Centre for price rise
Howrah News Service - Howrah,West Bengal,India
"The government of India has conceded that the rise in prices was a result of its own policies and has now brought down the custom duty on cement, ...
 

What should RBI do now?
Livemint - Delhi,Delhi,India
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) finds itself in a pickle with wholesale price inflation touching a three-year high, industrial production and overall ...
 

India insurance News 7 April 2008

India insurance

India in 2025: Shining bright!
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
Some of the most promising industries in India are Power, Retail, Insurance, Rural education, and IT. Rupiz Infotech already has a strong establishment in ...
 

LIC scores a measly 4 against private players' century
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
It was a precedent gone for life insurance industry. For the first time Life insurance Corporation of India (LIC) was beaten in premium collection and that ...
 

Cybercrime on the rise but insurance policies lag behind
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Yet, not a single Indian insurance company offers a comprehensive anti-cybercrime policy for the corporate sector. HDFC Ergo General Insurance, for instance ...
 

Risk takers must pay higher premium
Livemint - Delhi,Delhi,India
Among large public sector banks, Industrial Development Bank of India Ltd has lost more than 48% and Canara Bank some 44%. State Bank of India has lost ...
 

PSV insurers reject plans to form motor pool
Business Daily Africa - Nairobi,Kenya
Last year, The India Motor Insurance Pool (IMIP) was formed by 12 public and private sector non-life insurers. The India Motor Insurance Pool (IMIP) was ...
 

Tollywood's changing policy on insurance
Times of India - India
Till 2005, except for a tiny group of producers, insurance was literally an Aparachitudu (stranger) to the Telugu film industry. ...
 

BoM scouting for partner in general insurance JV
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
BoM already has agreements with the Life Insurance Corp and United India Insurance for the distribution of insurance products. Besides, it has also entered ...
 

300 million impoverished Indians to get medical insurance
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
New Delhi: The government plans to provide medical insurance to India's 300 million poor people, most of whom work in the unorganised sector and are thus ...
 

Fun News, Odd News 7 April 2008

Fun News, Odd News

If you don't have anything nice to say, then be funny
Inside Bay Area - Oakland,CA,USA
It was one of those rare evenings when a performance came close to being a religious experience, quite odd when you consider between 20 percent and 30 ...
 

'IT'S A BIT OF HARMLESS FUN - ENJOY IT'
thisisgloucestershire.co.uk - Gloucester,England,UK
I asked my wife about it and her opinion was that the odd wolf-whistle gave you a bit of confidence. Where is the harm in that? ...
 

That'sa QED - on "odd internet risks"
ZDNet - USA
And at no point in their fun 'n' games did anyone think, "Whoa, I wonder if this is in compliance with our procedures." Why would you? ...
 

Alex MacIntyre champions of Labatt Rec. League
Northern Daily News - Kirkland Lake,Ontario,Canada
The other thing that won the game for MacIntyre was not allowing any odd man rushes for Blackburn, which in game one was the main source for pretty much all ...
 

Blogging the 2008 Juno Awards - Part 3
The Gate - Toronto,ON,Canada
I'd rather watch the Oscars go two hours over time with the odd bits of random fun than see the Junos finish dead on-time with barely any memorable moments. ...
 

Final exam tonight for Calipari, Self
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA
You know, it was just fun. I mean, it was a fun time." Calipari started doing odd jobs. To eat, he often volunteered as a server at the athletes' training ...
 

Personal Finance News 7 April 2008

personal Finance

Dangerously flirting with personal debt
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Banks and non-banking finance companies were able to get some money back through the strong arm tactics of recovery agents. But due to lot of hue and cry ...
 

Third front turns a pipedream
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Of course, the SP chief has his own compulsions, personal and political, to buy peace with the Congress Party. A senior Congress leader was equally candid ...
 

VIEW: Decision time —Syed Mansoor Hussain
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
From an objective point of view, the head of Pakistan cricket is there only because he was the personal choice of the President of Pakistan. ...
 

India Information Technology News 7 April 2008

india information technology

India's IT trade body Nasscom appoints Zensar's Ganesh Natarajan ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
BANGALORE, Apr. 7, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- India's top information technology (IT) trade body, the National Association of Software ...
 

Go Wireless Young Tech Worker: CompTIA Survey Reveals Wireless ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
A survey of more than 3500 information technology (IT) managers reveals that wireless and RF mobile technology is the skill set expected to increase the ...
 

For the best in hvac news, technology, comment and jobs
H&V News - London,UK
"This acquisition will further enable us to provide our clients with a range of new services focussed on exploiting the impact of information technologies ...
 

INDIA AND KAZAKHSTAN SHOULD EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL FOR COOPERATION ...
Press Information Bureau (press release) - New Delhi,India
It is here that India can make a useful contribution to Kazakhstan . The quality of our professionals be they engineers, doctors or information technology ...
 

A warning against the Internet's dangers
New Europe - Brussels,Belgium
Despite the fact that the Indian Information Technology Act 2000 is an ecommerce enabling legislation, still the Indian government inserted various ...
 

A Tech Department that Speaks English
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA
He's starting with the emails that the information-technology department sends out whenever it has to make changes to a system. ...
 

Cambridge Who's Who
24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - USA
Since then, his skills in delivery and operations management have been put to good use, enhancing the company's services in information technology ...
 

AbleNet Announces Five International Assistive Technology Grant ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
For more information visit: http://www.pomorsu.ru/eng/ Located in India, the Spastics Society of Karnataka is a Non-Government Organization (NGO) dedicated ...
 

Sensex rises 269 pts
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
After a highly cautious start, the market has turned upbeat this morning with stocks from information technology, FMCG, oil and banking sectors leading the ...
 

JAX India 2008 Kicks Starts Tomorrow
SDA India Magazine - Singapore
The core of JAX India 2008 is aimed at dissemination of information on all Java technologies, Eclipse and related technologies, Enterprise Architectures, ...
 

India Information Technology News 6 April 2008

india information technology

Comments By Indian Minister of State for External Affairs at the ...
eGov monitor - London,UK
... decades to be precise, our people have done us proud by ensuring that India leapfrogged to a leadership position in the field of information technology. ...
 

'Tata name helped clinch Jaguar-Rover deal'
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
"I feel that now the higher end of technology could be our prime focus, given India's high levels of technical capabilities. It's time the Indians thought ...
 

Online tools help Treasure Coast parents track students' grades ...
TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
Thanks to new technology, parents of middle and high school students in Indian River County, and parents with children in Martin County and St. Lucie County ...
 

Pakistan searches for solution to power shortages
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Professor Irfan Younas with the Institute of Information Technology in Rawalpindi agreed wind should play a big part of solving Pakistan's energy shortages, ...
 

The next big thing is to start call centres
Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
This technology has both commercial and community applications such as notification and call reminders. There is also use of information systems that handle ...
 

Personal Finance News 6 april 2008

india- personal Finance

Inclusive growth shouldn't mean ignoring OBCs
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
A cursory glance at the much-hyped "inclusive growth budget" of Finance Minister P. Chidambaram is indicative of how the government ignored the OBC segment ...
 

Karvy plans to acquire NBFC by May
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Karvy is one of the fast growing financial services provider in India and has operations in segments such as stock, commodities and insurance broking, ...
 

Fun News, Odd News 6 April 2008

Fun News, Odd News

Ribald fun - and some heart-wrenching moments
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
It's odd to see one of music's most illustrious personalities make such a low-key entrance to her own massive production. After the 110-foot wide LED screen ...
 

No sun, but still fun
Meridian Star - Meridian,MS,USA
They then take the scraps to festivals, schools, and other places where people line up in droves to turn the junk into their own odd creations. ...
 

Chris Remick: Giggles make the world go 'round
Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover,NH,USA
I am baby deprived although I do seem to be surrounded by an odd assortment of jokers and clowns. Life is a circus. Of all the things that tickle my fancy, ...
 

Doctor Who 4.01 'Partners in Crime'
Firefox News - Maricopa,AZ,USA
Plus, the Adipose are huge fun, well realised and oddly benevolent and the way they're dealt with could, conceivably lead to some very interesting questions ...
 

This week in theater: A 'Forum' chat and visit to 'Mr. Green'
The Herald-Times (subscription) - Bloomington,IN,USA
I wasn't jumping for joy over the department's choice of "Seussical" to start the season, believing it was an odd match for the university demographic. ...
 

Sony PFR-V1 Personal Field Speaker
PC Magazine - USA
Sony's PFR-V1 Personal Field Speaker looks rather odd, but it provides a fun and interesting audio experience. Unfortunately, it's also overpriced, ...
 

India Tax News 6 April 2008

India Tax

Weekly Wrap: Sensex plunges on surging inflation
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
The suggestion by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India that companies should disclose marked - to - market losses incurred on derivatives trades ...
 

Delhi defers 30% tax rise for Scotch whisky
Scotsman - United Kingdom
The proposal to impose an additional 30% tax on bottles of foreign imported liquor would have badly damaged Scotch whisky's ability to compete in India's ...
 

Gratitude is exempt from tax
Business Line - Chennai,India
Until 31st December 2007, he was employed in India and tax was deducted at source by the Indian employer on the entire salary until that date. ...
 

India may allow visa on arrival by 2009
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
To take advantage of the private sector skills in tourism development, tax incentives are also being given for hotel development as well as for funds set ...
 

Rice prices highest in 20 years
Manila Times - Philippines
Egypt imposed an export tax on rice, India restricted non-basmati rice export, Vietnam imposed export quotas. FAO notes increased imports by Bangladesh, ...
 

Czech police detains Indian for large tax evasion - press
Czech Happenings - Pragues,Czech Republic
The Indian businessman is facing tax evasion and related charges, for which he can be sentenced up to twelve years in prison, Pravo writes. ...
 

India insurance News 6 April 2008

India insurance

Search Love & Money for the following word(s):
Wall Street Journal - USA
Finally, in dealing with an unrelated legal matter, I found two flawed insurance policies in my grandmother's files. One named the wrong beneficiary; ...
 

Bank of Maharashtra signs agreement with ECGC
Deepika - Kottayam,India
The Bank ventured into Bancassurance business with United India Insurance Company in May 2006 for general insurance and with LIC of India since July 2006 ...
 

Ex-gratia extended to late cyclist's kins
E-Pao.net - Manipur,India
Today's programme was also attended by departmental officials, president of Manipur Olympic Association Regional manager of United India Insurance Company.
 

Offshore Outsourcing: The Guardian View
CIO - Framingham,MA,USA
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America took a slightly different path in its Indian outsourcing endeavor. By Stephanie Overby June 01, ...
 

Indian Financial; Markets News 6 April 2008

Indian Financial; Markets

Emirates NBD set to emerge as a global player
Emirates Business 24/7 - Dubai,Dubai,United Arab Emirates
There is a balancing act from the size perspective to be able to absorb the shocks in the global financial markets. And how is Emirates NBD poised to deal ...
 

Alok Sheel: Petrodollars ahoy!
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
A tsunami of petrodollars has been generated and the first waves are already striking global financial markets. Where will this money be invested? ...
 

Indian Mutual Funds News 6 April 2008

Indian Mutual Funds,

Choosing a mutual fund
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
All mutual funds are also required to put their NAVs on the web site of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). The investors can access NAVs of ...
 

Inflation, not US, takes centre stage
Business Line - Chennai,India
Global investors pulled $13.5-billion out of money market funds (mutual funds that invest in short-term debt instruments) for the week ended April 2. ...
 

Rising Sensex, falling NAVs?
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
The mutual fund industry in India is extremely well organised, transparent and regulated. Mutual funds are not allowed to retain some profits and transfer ...
 

For a safe future
Newindpress on Sunday - Chennai,India
who would take a 2-3 year view on the market and would wish to invest it into mutual funds. There are two ways to go about investing into mutual funds in ...
 

Knowing when to pull the plug on a loser fund
Globe and Mail - Canada
Inevitably, some mutual funds will get caught up in them and lose serious money for their clients, who are then faced with the decision of whether to hold ...
 

Realty MFs to throw doors open to investors soon
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
The Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) chairman AP Kurien said the REMFs would not be open-ended or close-ended but would be close-ended interval ...
 

India: Opinion & Analysis News 6 April 2008

India: Opinion & Analysis

Resting on laurels
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
While the jury is still out on whether logical rigour was part of Indian work, the general opinion is that it was not. Was it true that Indians went more by ...
 

Morality and ethics
The Post - Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan
Simultaneously, as per demand it is the subject of time and space, it is a subject of wide discussion and minute analysis. ...
 

No one wants Kosovo ghost in Sri Lanka
Sunday Observer - Columbo,Sri Lanka
This seminar which was organised by Centre for Security Analysis of Chennai, India, was chaired by Lalith Weeratunge, Secretary to the President. ...
 

Involving the audience
Daily Pioneer - New Delhi,India
In fact, items which should belong to sports, film or political analysis programmes are now crowding the news bulletins instead of sticking to their slots. ...
 

Festivals News 6 April 2008

Festivals

Throughout Appalachia, wild leek festivals signal the start of the ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
The season is celebrated at several ramp festivals held in small Appalachian towns south and east of Pittsburgh. Right now, in woodlands across Appalachia ...
 

Where there's festival muck, there's brass
Independent - London,England,UK
With the opening of Glastonbury's ticket office, festival mania is back. In the coming months, hundreds of thousands of people are likely to find themselves ...
 

Have festivals gone middle-aged?
Times Online - UK
Festivals used to stick it to 'the Man'; now they cater for men like me. Can we still get back to the land to set our souls free, asks Rod Liddle There'sa ...
 

Area students ready for festivals
LondonTopic.ca - London,Ontario,Canada
The TVDSB will be hosting the festival, which provides elementary school students the opportunity to perform and compete in front of parents and friends in ...
 

College dean inducted into festivals hall of fame
St. Catharines Standard - St. Catharines,Ontario,Canada
David Veres was inducted into the Festivals and Events Ontario Hall of Fame at a recent conference in London. The head of the college's hospitality and ...
 

Fylde festivals
Crewe Guardian - Crewe,England,UK
WARRINGTON bowlers are invited to take part in two festivals on the Fylde coast this year. The Freeport Fleetwood Bowls Festival will be held at the Marine ...
 

Indian Wells Arts Festival dares to be different
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
As the emerging Indian Wells Arts Festival heads into its sixth year this weekend, it looks to distinguish itself from the veteran festivals down the road. ...
 

Seatwave Predict The Rise and Rise Of Smaller Festivals
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Seatwave, the UK's favourite fan-to-fan ticket exchange, is predicting that 2008 will be the year of the smaller, boutique festival. ...
 

Regional films in the spotlight
Emirates Business 24/7 - Dubai,Dubai,United Arab Emirates
"It is healthy to have different festivals to focus on different films. A city like Paris has 300 film festivals. That is great for the city itself – as ...
 

UK's classical festivals struggle to make money
Reuters - USA
By Hazel Davis MANCHESTER (Billboard) - Classical music festivals are booming in the United Kingdom -- but promoters warn strong ticket demand does not ...
 

Blogs: Festivals

IndieCade Opens Submissions for 2008 Festivals and Announces ...
By costik
The IndieCade 2008 flagship festival will take place July 10-13 at the contemporary art gallery Open Satellite in Bellevue, located in Seattle's technologically progressive Eastside. The opening festival launches a half-dozen global ...
Play This Thing - http://playthisthing.com/allposts

God's Festivals - Apr 06,2008
God's Holy Days, Old and New Testaments, Passover season, According to Scripture.
The Living Word Mission - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the_living_word_mission_life_Church

Daniel Martinico is a film and video artist based in Los Angeles ...
By S'NOT NARRATIVE(S'NOT NARRATIVE)
... Art in General (New York), VideoEx (Switzerland), Vidarte (Mexico City), and the Oberhausen and Rotterdam International Film Festivals, among many others. He currently serves as visiting faculty in UCSD's Communication department.
S'NOT NARRATIVE student video... - http://snotnarrative.blogspot.com/

THE FESTIVAL SEASON HAS BEGUN
By Alexandra McLoughlin
Now that I have revealed my 2 favourite festivals on the planet and the ones that I have chosen to attend this year, it is time for you to leave a comment by telling the world what's your favourite festival and why? ...
My Telegraph : Alexandra McLoughlin - http://my.telegraph.co.uk/alexandra_mcloughlin/

A Visit to the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival
By Ferdzy(Ferdzy)
After a long, snowy winter it was time for the first community agriculture-based festival of the year around here: the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival. They bill themselves as the world's largest one-day maple syrup festival, and I believe ...
Seasonal Ontario Food - http://seasonalontariofood.blogspot.com/

 

Indian Markets 6 April 2008

Indian Markets,

Templeton India Equity Income Fund: Invest
Business Line - Chennai,India
With its value orientation and allocation to stocks outside the Indian market, Templeton India Equity Income Fund (TIEIF) is a reasonable option for ...
 

Etisalat casts eye to Indian market
TeleGeography - Washington,DC,USA
Etisalat's chairman, Mohammad Omran said in a statement, 'India is a very attractive market for Etisalat and we are studying different market entry ...
 

Indian company buys London's oldest stockbroker
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
... overseas markets, mainly in emerging markets. Religare is also expected to use Hichens' status as a nominated adviser to introduce more Indian companies ...
 

Indian Investments News 6 April 2008

Indian Investments

Portugal seeks FDI in IT, pharma
Financial Express - Bombay,India
Kolkata, April 5 Portugal is keen on attracting more Indian investments in pharmaceuticals and information technology. "We want more Indian investments in ...
 

Broadcasting sector favour FDI hike sans Zee, Reliance, Times
Indiantelevision.com - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Cable networks should remain at 49 per cent as this does not require huge amounts of capital investment, and Indian companies are more than able to raise ...
 

India : Life & Leisure 6 April 2008

India : Life & Leisure

Subramania Bharati's Letters: a treasure trove
Hindu - Chennai,India
And again incessant explanations would hardly have left us any leisure for constructive propaganda. And God knows, too, that our revilers were too many and ...
 

The king of good times
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
His airline plans to now launch regular flights between India and Singapore. He has another connection with the Lion City: He spent some time there in the ...
 

Hollywood, celebrity 6 April 2008

Hollywood, celebrity

Hollywood kids benefit, suffer from parents
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
One cites Bible verses and grounds his daughter when she misbehaves; the other drinks cocktails and goes club-hopping into the wee hours with her celebrity ...
 

India : Banking & Finance 6 April 2008

India : Banking & Finance

puzzles of China's entrepreneurship, management, finance, politics ...
Indymedia Estrecho - Andalucía,Ceuta y Melilla,Spain
How to manage rising China, India? How to face borderless business, finance, investment, banking, labor, politics and international relations? ...
 

Let a thousand flowers bloom
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Last fiscal, the company set up three new businesses — NIIT Imperia, NIIT Institute of Finance Banking & Insurance (IFBI) and NIIT Litmus — with an initial ...
 

Does the IIP offer clues to corporate growth?
Business Line - Chennai,India
As part of the exercise, service sectors such as software, banking, finance, hotels and entertainment were removed from the CNX 500 basket, to make it more ...
 

REGIONAL BRIEFS
The Tribune - Chandigarh,India
'Disha' organised: With a view to augment livelihood resources, a non-banking finance company (NBFC), Fullerton India Credit Company Limited, ...