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

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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Switch from Chanda to Shikha ! ? from ICICI Bank to Axis Bank !?

Now this is an intriguing switch to consider ! From Chanda to Shikha ? Just this morning I was conversing with an ex commercial editor of a Newspaper….we were discussing how the Media today is corrupt and deliberately mislead investors with guided opinions by experts and planted stories….in fact he was bold enough to even accuse a …

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Reliance Equities International launches it’s Model Equity Portfolio for India…Thinking is Defensive and unDynamic…very unReliance like…I would say it’s even flawed !

Just perused the Model Equity Portfolio for India that Reliance Equities International has launched.It’s been authored by their Head of Research Excited to know what’s in it ! ?…more  so after I tell you that the Report is titled ‘Boom and Bust’ with the tagline ‘Resistance is Futile’ !? Turned out to be a Dampener really…no Originality at …

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CDOs are Banks ‘Egregious Concoctions’

Bill Gross,the legendary Bond Investor labelled Collaterised Debt Obligations or CDOs as Bank’s ‘Egregious Concoctions’ ‘Egregious’ is an adjective that means ‘Outstandingly Bad’ The CDOs and the Credit Default Swaps or CDSs are the Devils that are will devastatingly demonize the Financial World in 2009…Outstandings at over US $ 650 Trillion….yes Trillion !….are over Ten …

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Bank of America…Bubble ?…Bankrupt ?….Breaking Down ?….Going ? …Going?….Gone?

A year ago,USA’s biggest bank ,Bank of America quoted at US $ 43.Yesterday is sank below US $ 4  and recovered to close at US $4.84…down 66 % in January alone this year Market Cap has sunk below US $ 31 Billion…Bloomberg puts it rather tongue in cheek…One share of Bank of America will not even buy you …

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‘citi never sleeps’…well ! Citigroup should !

Their Ad Tag line says it all ‘ citi never sleeps’…. Well ! Citigroup should !… so that others too can ! Citigroup is facing serious survival issues It’s share price has dipped below US $ 4, closing on Friday at US $ 3.77, from over US $ 30 just a year ago when Vikram Pandit, of Indian …

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