Recall my interview with Nalamotu Chakravarthy about our ‘glorious Telugu roots?’ Well, this is a follow-up to that. Chakravarthy Nalamotu’s recent post, “Why I sell my book?” got my attention. Two noteworthy things that speak a lot about the title of his post: Some people have the gall to ask him that question; What speaks […]
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Early in September 2008, McCain campaign was sitting pretty with the momentum generated by the vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. It sure looked like McCain was going to be our next president. Looking back at that fateful September (fateful for McCain) one can say three things destroyed his campaign. His totally clueless statement in the […]
Remember the pet-rock fad? People were stupid enough to buy those “pet-rocks.” Surprisingly, the business itself was legitimate. There is another ‘legitimate’ business, which is essentially fraud: several for-profit universities in USA! Online education by the ‘for-profit universities’ is the next biggest fraud to be exposed. These schools are businesses. They sell “degrees.” Nothing appears […]
Greenspud was on the hill today and tried to distance himself from any responsibility for helping the banks rob you in the broad daylight.[Via NY Times] In his testimony, an unflinching Alan Greenspan fended off a barrage of questions about the Fed’s failure to crack down on subprime mortgages and other abusive lending practices during […]
Dylan Ratigan gave a 6 1/2 min summary of how banks pocketed $121 bil of your money in bonuses from 2000-2006. He compared the banks to mob and Alan Greenspan to the God Father. Then he talked to Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida and Bill Fleckenstein about this crisis. I agree with both Grayson and […]
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“The best way to rob a country is to own a bank.” A big bank. William Black explains the thievery of Wall Street in simple and easy to understand terms. Biggest take-away from this interview. Current financial melt-down is 30 times worse than the S&L crisis of 80s. Yet, the number of regulators working on […]
They played for P.O.T.U.S. Guess who won? Watch CBS News Videos Online
శిశుర్వేత్తి, పశుర్వేత్తి, వేత్తి గానరసం ఫణి: Watch them all in sequence: First a very rhythmic, though stupid, song, and great dancing by Beyonce & Co. Ariana dancing to “All the Singel Ladies.” A cute baby dancing to the same song. And, she is ‘single’ too. (Very cute and funny) “You are not a single lady buddy!” […]
“When it comes to its role in the financial crisis, Goldman Sachs has a message for the world: Not guilty. Not one bit.” Here is how they “made” $13 billion in 2009. The following is via Business Week: Goldman’s reputation with its clients—who must have at least $10 million to open an account—has never been […]
Who needs introduction to Dr. JP? Don’t answer that.. It hits home! For, I needed an introduction to JP as recently as 2 1/2 years ago when listeners on my show kept asking me to interview him. A few went on to say that I even talk much the same things he usually talks about. […]
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Decimal or binary, it won’t make much of a difference – of course, ‘my 01 cents’ is ‘my two cents.’ I could add more, but that is where digital piracy is taking some of my (rather large) investments. Earlier on TeluGlobe, Krishna Chaitanya posted an excellent article on digital piracy and its effect on the […]
Question: How do you solve alcohol addiction? Answer: Give the addict heroine! Don’t laugh – this is the solution of the US Federal Reserve Board for more than two decades. Bill Fleckenstein is a savvy investor, fund manager and an analyst. A decade ago, I had the pleasure of interacting with him on Silicon Investor […]
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The Smart people at Google never fail to surprise us on April 1st. This is funny. A different kind of company name 4/01/2010 12:01:00 AM Early last month the mayor of Topeka, Kansas stunned the world by announcing that his city was changing its name to Google. We’ve been wondering ever since how best to […]
Tax evader and Treasury Secretary Geithner is singing “I understand your pain” mantra. దెయ్యాలు వేద మంత్రాలు వల్లించడం అంటే ఇదే. Take a look. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy MIT’s Simon Johnson – break those big banks:
