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Different modes for investing in real estate

In India,  one can invest in real estate through following types of properties/assets :   residential property ,  commercial property ,   land ,   real estate (Private Equity)  funds . We would be discussing  each of...

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Is Streaming the next big thing for Indian Television

Decades of viewing cable TV has India craving yet another technology that is now making waves across the world – On demand video streaming services. A service that gives consumers the flexibility to watch mega-serials...

Decoding: online retail – An India Perspective

The first article of this two part series on Online Retail The Current Situation India’s retail industry currently accounts for 14 to 15% of the GDP and is estimated at approximately USD 450 billion dollars,...

Financial Planning for Women

Women are underserved and underestimated as consumers… ~ Geraldine Laybourne The general perception is that only men ideally need financial planning.  Most educated and working women feel that managing money is a man’s job. Why...

Are you ready for second diesel price hike?

Second hike in diesel price within months would be a surprise for an economy fighting with inflation, misaligned goals by unstable Government and falling currency. However the first one was no surprise when you look...

MeMumbaikar – Clean, Talented and Honest

Our city’s leading historian, Sharada Dwivedi, who passed away much too early recently, told me that the best possible birthday of Bombay is June 21,1661.That was when it was handed over to Charles II by...

COAL INDIA : Board say ‘No to price pooling mechanism’

The management of Coal India failed to convince its board of directors on the feasibility of a price pooling mechanism to fulfil its proposed supply commitments to power plants commissioned since April 2009. Opposing the...

German export growth propelled by emerging economies

Strong demand in countries such as China, India and Brazil has disproportionally contributed to booming German exports, a new study has found. But Germany’s trade with emerging economies is not a one-way affair. In 2011,...

US & China growth intertwined

The Basic In Corporate Finance 101 course every MBA grad would have come across the price yield relationship graph under bond valuation section. As shown below the relationship between bond price and yield is inverseand...

India – Emerging Markets sinking sentiments

RBI has slashed lending rate by 50 bps yesterday but today USDINR exchange rate has crossed 51.80 with a low of 51.90. In past one year the exchange rate has hovered in the vicinity of...

TCI may initiate legal action against Coal India

Failing to protect the interest of minority shareholders Coal India Ltd may face legal action from UK-based hedge fund TCI. TCI is protesting very strongly against Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) which commits Coal supply by...

Fallacy in Airline Industry

Understanding some causal affect relationship between economic factors and firm profitability, we try to derive any pattern which gives rise to merger of two firms. Investors interested in investing in this sector can gain by...