“Don’t blame God for creating the tiger, but thank him for not giving it wings. “One wonders if ancestral Indian wisdom has not again struck. And this time, Narendra Modi, having triumphed in power in...
Few would argue that this is still a men’s world, in which women are often denied equal opportunities. A report by the World Economic Forum is now providing fresh evidence for that, but also sees...
The US S&P 500 failed to sustain the early upside momentum, but global equities are moving higher today, and there is some optimism on the trade front. Emerging market equities and currencies are also doing...
IL&FS was incorporated in 1987, initially promoted by the Central Bank of India (CBI), Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC) and Unit Trust of India (UTI). IL& FS is a systemically important Non-Deposit accepting Core...
It’s high time to unload houses and condos in Silicon Valley and San Francisco, one of the most expensive housing markets in the US. Sellers are now flooding the market with properties. Inventory listed for...
The biggest US equity advance since Q1 has helped lift global markets today. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose for the fourth session, and nearly all the bourses in the region rallied with the notable...
Yesterday’s 3% drop in the NASDAQ is setting the tone for today. The US stock market advance had been led by a narrow group of equities, and those have come under strong pressure amid slower...
It is the height of irony or tragedy that what was offered as a non-binding referendum on UK’s membership in the European Union to bring the country, or at least the Tory Party, together is...
There were company-specific debacles that sank some of the gorillas, such as Goldman Sachs, Apple, and – oh gosh, not again – GE; and there was the general issue of fears circulating that the bull...
Markets were the lead story in October and definitely not a happy one. Instability, Rotation, Fed tightening, Trumpian unorthodoxy, Italian recalcitrance, Brexit ineptitude and, of course, the all-conquering overvalued FAANGs: all of them have contributed...
Teaching in the 21st century is a challenge for most professionals. We live in the age of information overload. Information, data and knowledge is available to students at the tip of their fingers. Teachers are...
A basic building block of matter, electrons, are so complicated that it is recognized that by deciding to measure the speed, one cannot determine location, and if one tries to measure location, speed is indeterminant....