What is a rubber-band economy? Imagine the rubber material to be hard cash (currency in circulation) – notes, coins etc outside the central banks and the vaults of depositary institutions. Stretching it would mean that you have expanded credit. More stretch means more credit. More and more stretch – to the point that it breaks, […]
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If you are into internet in any which way, you have a vested interest in the future shape of internet. In fact, the very fact that you are reading this article means that internet is in your life. Then, you cannot ignore the discussion and the policy on Net Neutrality. What is this net neutrality? […]
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Song #5: Ayinademo Ayinadee Priya Whoever said that NTR doesn’t know how to be romantic in songs, haven’t seen or forgotten this song. Why does this song touch us so much? For men, the sheer beauty and elegance of B Saroja! For women, a rare combination of handsome majesty and tenderness of NTR. See it […]
Song 3: Varinchi Vacchina Maanava Veerudu How romantic is this song? A lot! Is it the music? Is it the acting? Or is it sheer beauty? I say – it is a combo deal. Enjoy: ——————————– Song #4: Aa Koppu Ninda Poovuleme? In the 60s and 70s countless songs were picturized in a ‘performance art’ […]
Broadcast on June 24th. Performer – Harika
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Here is another great performance by Harika.
Recorded on June 24th, 2010
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I don’t need to write much – just watch this ABC news undercover video and see confirmation of whatever I have been saying for a couple of years. These guys at Universities of Fraud are worse than vultures. Look at the bold-faced lies by the senior official at the university. [This comes to you via […]
Chickens are coming home to roost at for-profit schools whose shares are publicly traded. For the last several weeks, the stocks have been week. Last week the stocks have take a turn for the worse. Today Strayer University was down as much as 15% . The impetus for this downfall is a report from the […]
It looks like every Telugu entertainment channel (including TORi) are promoting voting for Sriram as the next Indian idol. I just informed TORi team to change the campaign to “don’t forget to vote for Sriram – if and only if you believe that Sriram is the best.” If you don’t believe in the product – […]
Two days after I said that Feds are continuing their war on savers, one of the Fed governors came out and more or less agreed with me. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas M. Hoenig, the Fed’s longest-serving policy maker and one of 10 people who decides the interest rate borrowers pay on […]
Making predictions is a suckers’ game. (Believe me, I know). But Brett Arends of WSJ summarizes some serious concerns faced by the market. This week’s bone-rattlers may be making you wonder” and says: “way too many people are way too complacent this summer. Here are 10 reasons to watch out.” And without further ado… The […]
దమ్ముంటే Costco! అమెరికాలో ఉన్న తెలుగు వాళ్ళ దగ్గర షాపింగ్ టిప్స్ చాల చాలా తెలుసుకోవాలని మా మామగారు అంటుంటారు. నా ఫ్రెండ్ సుబ్బారావు ఇంటిపేరు ఏమిటో చాల మందికి తెలీదు. షాపింగ్ సుబ్బారావు గా పిలువబడే అతని ఇంటిపేరే షాపింగ్ అన్నమాట. షాపింగ్ టిప్స్ లో competition అంటూ ఏదైనా ఉంటె, అందులో సుబ్బారావు అలవోకగా నేగ్గేస్తాడు. మీరేమైనా సుబ్బారావు తో షాపింగ్ టిప్స్ మీద పందెం కడతారా? అయితే, దమ్ముంటే Costco! ————————– ఇంతకీ […]
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I want dignity before happiness – for, it precedes happiness. This disturbing news comes to you via Huffington Post: More than a thousand people gathered Wednesday outside a metro-Atlanta shopping mall in hopes of being placed on a waiting list for federal housing assistance. Fights broke out, children […]
Long before Before Jim Cramer became a TV icon, he used to participate on Silicon Investor bulletin board. Circa 1998-2000 I had a few nasty exchanges with him. I once told him (paraphrasing), “Jim, when history is written about the Go-Go 90s, you will go down in the books a icon of the cheer leading […]
With current financial turmoil entering its fourth year, it is time to reflect on things that got us here. Today Ben’s bandits at the Fed announced that they will buy US debt (“in small quantities”, yeah – right!) to stimulate the weakening economy. Call this quantitative easing 2 or plain old printing, it only means […]
