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November 2008

Conspiracy of Silence : The Officially sanctioned loot of Rs 60000 crs in the Telecom Sector !

It is chiefly for Virendra Kapoor’s ‘Inside Story’ column that I read Mumbai’s revived afternoon paper ” Afternoon Despatch & Courier”  His Column in yesterday’s edition (sorry no weblink is available) is titled ‘A conspiracy of silence’ This is a shocking gist of what he highlights of the recent Telecom Policy to sell additional spectrum, …

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Took the Inaugural Sessions at the Five Day Financial Markets Seminar of DTRTI for Income-Tax Commissoners from all over India

It has been a privilege to have been invited thrice to take the pre lunch inaugural sessions at the three Financial Markets Seminars conducted by the Direct Taxes Regional Training Institute in Mumbai…the First one was in September 2007,followed by one in February 2008 and the latest began yesterday…While the Coordinators keep on changing,the DTRTI continues to …

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Anthropophagy…Came across this Killer ‘Cannibalism’ Word

Anthropophagy means Cannibalism !…Humans eating other Humans !….It a combination of two words….’Anthropos’ is Greek for Human Being and ‘Phagein’ means to eat It is also practised widely on all Stock Exchanges around the Globe It’s does not feature in the Oxford English Minidictionary…came across it in the ‘Open Space’ Segment,Page 24 of today’s Times …

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British Bank,Barclays says ‘No’ to it’s own Government but ‘Yes’ to Middle East Sovereign Funds for Equity Capital Infusion!

Just wondering ! Is it unpatriotic to seek Equity Capital Infusion from Ruler and Sovereign Funds of Abu Dhabi and Qatar and refuse help from your Own Government ? Britain’s second biggest bank,Barclays is doing just this…It has turned down the UK Government for Funds Injection but is now set to dilute shareholding where Gulf Investors will …

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