Income by Religion: Where do Hindus Stand?
At the top. 43% of the Hindus make more than 100,000+. Check it out for yourself (Source: Good.is).
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Go-Go-90s: Introduction (1 of 3)
The purpose of this post is two-fold. To give some background on my earlier blogging (or its predecessor: bulletin board life) on the subject of economy and financial markets; and To lead you into a phenomenal video produced by PBS Frontline on this subject as a sequel to this post. I have been educating myself […]
Goldman Disects Hedge Fund Holdings
There is a valid place for the financial sector in the economy. But it should be the cart pulled by a horse called manufacturing economy. Not the other way round as it has been in the last 7 to 10 years. In other words, the economic activity has to be based on production and sale […]
Zero, Nada, Zip: That Would be the Number of Arrests
The legend has it, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” [Something like that.] Bill On financial matters, Bill Black is one of the guys always worth listening to. He was a successful bank regulators who handled the Savings and Loan debacle in late 80s and early 90s. In this […]
“Who are We as Telugu People?” Nalamotu Chakravarthy (3 of 3)
This is the third and concluding part of the 3-part interview with Sri Nalamotu Chakravarthy on “Who we are as Telugu people.” In this part Chakravarthy talked about Harihara Rayalu’s bravery, Reddy Raajulu, Velama Kingdom, Musunuri Nayakas. How Pratapa Rudra and hence the Kakateeyas fell. Also toucched were war ethics of Hindu and Muslim rulers. […]
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Rest in Peace, Padmanabham Garu
Basavaraju Venkata Padmanabha Rao popularly known as Padmanabham: 20 August 1931 – 20 Feb 2010. In his 65-year old film career, he made millions laugh and at times cry as an actor. One of the most significant gifts he gave the Telugu community is introducing SP Balasubrahmanyam in his production, Sri Sri Sri MaryadaRaamanna. The […]
Adios, CitiBank
CitiBank’s stock price revisited the level at which a massive secondary was issued in late 2009 ($3:15). The secondary was issued so that they can get out of TARP and issue bonuses. Now it recovered some. Is Citibank in trouble again? The following is via Seeking Alpha: Seen on a recent Citibank (C) statement: “Effective […]
“Who are We as Telugu People?” Nalamotu Chakravarthy (2 of 3)
Who are we as Telugu people? What are our origins? What are ups and downs in our history? Where did we come from and where have we been? For a while I wanted to cover I wanted to do a show on this topic. I have some knowledge on this subject but it does not […]
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Many Faces of Hate: A TV5 Reporter
At various venues I often used the phrase “hate-mongers.” To give more clarity on whom I am calling hate-mongers, here after I will give you examples whenever I see one. Of course, my focus will be on persons who might have some influence in masses. Here is an idiot and a dangerous hate-monger. He is […]
Hyderabad Political Conferences, Andhra Maha Sabha and “Andhra”
In his latest article, “Telangana state demand is NOT over 50 years old” Chakravarthy garu brought some more historical facts that fly in the face of separatists’ lies. That article talks about the origins of the demand for a state for Andhras (read: Telugu people – not just people from coastal districts), which was supported […]
This is Sad but May be How it Begins
This is not a major news event – but significant, nonetheless. If you take anything to an extreme, what we will be left with is a revolution. A revolution to change the status quo. A classic example is the French Revolution of the 18th century when the monarchy that ruled France for centuries completely collapsed […]
Crying Theatrics Turn into Barking Buffoonery
I do not believe that the Obama’s stimulus plan has done any long term good to this economy. In fact, it may have hurt the economy in the long run. But there is no doubt in my mind that the Obama’s economic team was able to save some jobs with this gigantic stimulus bill and […]
Print to PDF – Free
I am a big user of Adobe Acrobat distiller, which I use to convert a lot of my documents into PDF format for posting them on my class website. Adobe Acrrobat Pro doesn’t come cheap. Here is an alternative to Adobe software if you like your windows documents printed to PDF and archived. Free PDF […]
Citibank didn’t have Enough
Citibank neither had enough, nor do they think that they gave us, the citizens enough of their crap. In the Mexican peso crisis of 1994-1995 CitiBank should have gone kaput. Thanks to Clinton’s Treasury Secretary Rubin and Alan Greenspan, Mexico was bailed out. The bailout gave a respite to the Orange County, CA pension fund […]
Weather Blues, Again
Not much snow in Vancouver, BC (Canada) where Winter Olympics are taking place. But there is a lot of that white stuff in US. More is on the way, this time in the southern states. Here is an interesting statistic: On this Monday, February 15, 2010 – there is snow somewhere on the ground in […]