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India’s Power Generation capacity is 147403 MW…Deficit is 20000 MW

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As of December 2008,the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) reports that India’s Power Generation Capacity is 147402.81 MW,up 8651 MW from 2007…India continues to reman a power deficit country…Current Deficit is 20000 MW NTPC,a leading PSU, is the biggest  generator with 28333.99 MW from the Eleven Central Sector PSUs…It may be recalled that Reliance Power,in the Private …

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Ernst & Young did Maytas Properties Valuation of Rs 6523 crs in just one Day !?

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Just read a very interesting update on Maytas Properties in todays’ edition of Financial Express Maytas Properties is facing the prospects of the Government taking it over the Board,just as they did for Satyam The matter was being heard by the Company Law Board (CLB) and the company’s counsel suggested that the Government could appoint an observer …

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Just viewed Bogle v/s Seigel…Index Investing v/s Stocks

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At 1 am Mumbai Time,just a half hour ago,I got to see on CNBC TV 18,two of my favourites,John Bogle,founder of Vangaurd Group of Mutual Funds and a staunch advocate of Index Investing over specific Stock Selection and Jeremy Seigel.Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a strong advocate of Stocks Both made some very interesting …

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Will Satyam Investigations deliberately reach a Dead End !?

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I’ve been reading R Jagannathan’s Columns in the DNA more frequently than before…As Editor of DNA,he is fearlessly and without favour coming across strongly in his Opinions…..does not hesitate to pen them while calling a spade a spade…surely a big burden to bear in these vested times !  I’ve met R jagannathan in a professional capacity before …

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

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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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Firstsource Solutions declares Q3 Results…Mounting FX Translation Loss evaporating Reserves

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Very Cleverly,as is also not mandatory,Firstsource Solutions has avoided stating the Reserves position for the Nine Months ended December 31,2008 in both their Consolidated and the Standalone Results Firstsource Solutions has a current Equity of Rs 428 crs and had Consolidated Reserves of Rs 313 crs and Standalone Reserves of Rs 201 crs as at March …

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