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Standard Chartered Bank INDIAN DEPOSITORY RECEIPT…Looking Beyond the Financials…At the Exchange Risk Involved…What if the Rupee Appreciates !?

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I’m Looking Beyond the Financials here…..at the Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) INDIAN DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS (IDRs) Issue….am not inclined to recommend Investment,although the Pricing looks reasonable and it will not form part of the Overseas Investment Annual Limit of US $ 200k per Indian Citizen….probably a contrarion here as all seem to be recommending the IDR….I’m a bit …

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S & P’s Sovereign Rating of USA remains at Top ‘AAA’….Amusing!

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One often gets wise after the Event…. but what if one does not !… does not deliberately want to actually! I don’t want to get into the game of Bashing up the Rating Agencies… but was curious to see how Standard and Poors have rated USA on long term and short term sovereign domestic and fx …

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Your Family is being Dictated by Another that’s Living with you !

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There’s another Family that’s Living with you and dictating your Life…Your eFamily TV is the Husband & Father…..Computer is the Wife and Mother…..CellPhone is the Elder Child……and the IPod is the younger sibling And they’re all dictating your Life …..your upbringing is full of moral convictions,no expletives and curses,ban or restrictions  on alcohol and tobacco and total …

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‘Tainted’ Telecom Minister A Raja ! ? The Conviction grows stronger…for his deliberately ‘gifting’ the 2G Licenses on a First Come First basis for just Rs 1000+ crs when the current auction of 3G Licenses has fetched over Rs 16000 crs!

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In November 2008,I had covered in two blogs,what our Telecom Minister,A Raja had blatantly done….he had gifted 2G Licenses to vested interests at a pittance…just over Rs 1000 crs,when he could have got ten times more for the Government Today, after a 34 days auction process it has been announced that the 3G Licenses auction has …

‘Tainted’ Telecom Minister A Raja ! ? The Conviction grows stronger…for his deliberately ‘gifting’ the 2G Licenses on a First Come First basis for just Rs 1000+ crs when the current auction of 3G Licenses has fetched over Rs 16000 crs! Read More »

Tayals of Bank of Rajasthan are having their Cake and eating it too in the Amalgamation with ICICI Bank!

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Ostensilbly under great pressure to vacate the banking field,the Tayals of Bank of Rajasthan are having their Cake at eating it too! The Board of Directors of the Bank at their meeting yesterday have given an in-principle approval to amalgamate the Bank with ICICI Bank The important issue here was what would the swap ratio be….Mrs …

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At Long Last a Long Overdue Directive from SEBI to all Exchanges to make available latest Annual Reports of all Listed Companies on their websites

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Well Done SEBI ! I have been advocating this for years !…that Annual Reports of Listed Companies had to be filed with the Exchange where listed as per the Listing Agreement….What prevents the Exchange from making these available on their website!?…I had asked an ex CEO of BSE this at one of our annual faculty …

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