The season with minimal festivals, June-July-August, is the season of discount sales. The thing about these sales is one would end up buying even if they don’t actually need it at the time of sale. Blame it on credit cards or yourself, it’s hard to resist when you’d see a good tees or shoes going [...]
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Discount sale shopping
Posted in bangalore, market, tagged adidas, bangalore, discount, Nike, Puma, Reebok, shoe, shopping, Woodlands on August 8, 2008 | 25 Comments »
Price of oil
Posted in business, market, milliondollars, Oil, USA, tagged crude oil, Dubai, India, Oil, OPEC, petroleum, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA on July 10, 2008 | 35 Comments »
The alarmingly high price of crude oil, touching nearly $150 a barrel, has alarmed every nation across the world but the ones producing. Is it really the excess usage of non-renewable source of energy causing its depletion or a mere speculation using the threat of depleting resources for their ulterior motives? Really hard to say, [...]
Everything seems to be costing more but telecom services!
Posted in business, India, Life, market, people, tagged bsnl, dollar, DSLR, hutch, India, inflation, rupee, std, telecom, tria, vodafone on June 10, 2008 | 15 Comments »
This last month or so, inflation seems to be sky rocketing without any bound. The dollar is again touching 43 rupees just when i shortlisted a DSLR to buy. Nearly 4 rupee rise per dollar would increase the cost of owning the DSLR by 12%. Though the rising dollar would be a good sign for [...]
Copyright Violations
Posted in market, Music, Uncategorized, tagged China, copy, copyright, creative, fashion, India, manufacturing, Music, Thailand on March 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Copying happens all the time in the creative industry, be it in flicking the music tunes or the movie concept (and mentioning it as an inspiration or not even mentioning it if not for the critics to figure out) or in the technology or fashion or manufacturing if not in mining and oil exploration industries. [...]
US dollar and the world
Posted in business, market, USA, tagged crude oil, dollar, economy, IT, rupee, US dollar, world on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The decline in the US dollars in the past few months, and increase in the cost of a barrel of crude oil to nearly $100 has given glimpses of the US dollar decline on it’s stronghold. It is not just the Indian rupee that has gained in the recent past, but the currencies of many [...]
Hamara Bajaj to Hamara Tata
Posted in business, market, tagged automobile, bajaj, car, cars, hyundai, Nano, Ratan Tata, small car, suzuki, tata, tata nano on January 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The launch of Tata’s one lakh car has got more publicity and global attention than any other Indian product ever. A revolutionary step in the automobile sector, with many companies saying it can’t be made. Ratan Tata, the man behind this small wonder, said this has been achieved despite rising steel, tyres and other item [...]
My stint with the market
Posted in market, shares, stock trading, tagged , facebook, FSX, investment, market, shares, trading on October 28, 2007 | 7 Comments »
A lot of speculation, and some hype. Stories of bankruptcy, and riches. A relatively not-my-cuppa-tea (kareem’s quote) venture. Seems to be promising, very bullish. Darn, did i miss out any? Well, how does this work? How do i learn more, quick, and better? As they say, the best way to learn something is by ‘doing [...]
