A Lion’s eye on the Bulls and Bears
“In India, companies may fall sick, but promoters rarely do!”
Kya Life Hai ! Yesterday was Friday the 13th…many carry a Fear of this Day…the phobhia is called ‘PARASKAVEDEKATRIAPHOBIA’….that’s Greek..’Paraskave’ denoting ‘Friday’ and ‘Dekatria’ meaning denoting ‘Thirteen’ and ‘Phobia’ standing for ‘Fear’ Interestingly the Fear for the Number 13 is called ‘TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA’ Now you know why Some Tall Buildings prefer to label their 13th floor as …
Gaelic is a Noun.It’s a Celtic language spoken in parts of Ireland and Western Scotland and even a part of Canada..It has three variants,Irish,Scottish and Manx…It was on the verge of fading out but there has been a revival of sorts and the Scotland Government is keen to support it’s existence….Barely 100000 people have some ability to …
This is a gist of the Conference call that Larsen organised today to justify and clarify the 12% stake in Satyam L&T management clearly stated that L&T is no longer just an E&C company. It’s businesses span a range of activities in manufacturing as well as services, including heavy engineering, manufacturing, power, process engineering and …
Larsen’s CMD, Mr A M Naik tries to justify increasing stake to 12% in Satyam Read More »
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 …
Anthropophagy…Came across this Killer ‘Cannibalism’ Word Read More »
A Wall Street Commentator just described ex Fed Governor,Alan Greenspan as duplicitous and the one man responsible for this unholy unprecedented Financial Earthquake in USA……..Duplicitous means Deceitful
I just love reading write ups in ‘The Economist’…for two reasons really….For One,they always present a comprehensive yet concise and rational viewpoint on Issues and secondly I learn a lot of words Take this write up for instance in their July 26,2008 edition on Pages 20 and 22 where ‘The Economist’ agrees on Morgan Tsvangirai,Opposition Leader agreeing to …
Learnt ‘Filibuster’ and ‘Pusillanimous’ whilst reading on Mugabe of Zimbabwe Read More »