Yesterday was the 8 year anniversary of September 11, 2001. That day is permanently etched in my memory. I remember walking through the rubble from my office near Broad & Water Streets in lower Manhattan all the way up First Avenue to the UN building where I got a cab. The entire city was down in the…
The Obama Administration has made education a priority issue. President Obama is committed to improving education in America’s schools. In his speeches, he has referred to India as a success story that America should follow. Mr. Obama has made the case that India’s progress is due to India’s success in educating its middle-class. If America…
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There are two updates to our Top 10 list since our last monthly update on August 22. “The Karna-Arjun Battle in The Maha-Bharat – Beyond Adjectives“ has risen to 2nd place from 3rd place. (Personally, this is our favorite article. So we are deeply and humbly gratified that our readers like it.) “Afghanistan-Pakistan – Will the Sins of England…
Editor’s Note: This is an article about issues discussed on financial television and in newspapers. This is not an investment article and no one should base any investing decisions or conclusions based on anything written in or inferred from this article. Investing is a serious matter and all investment decisions that should only be taken after a…
We have been thinking about this concept for some time. Given the amount of financial television we watch, it would be surprising if we did not. This week two events helped to crystallize our thoughts. The first was the appearance of John Madden on CNBC’s Fast Money show and the second was the rude treatment…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with brief comments. Our Web Software does not permit embedding of the clips into our articles. So we shall have to be content to include the links to the actual videoclips. We are very happy with the tremendous response from readers to this…
There are two updates to our Top 10 list since our last monthly update on July 11. “The Karna-Arjun Battle in The Maha-Bharat – Beyond Adjectives“ has risen to 3rd place from 6th place. (Personally, this is our favorite article. So we are deeply and humbly gratified that our readers like it.) “Flagrant Foul on Mark Haines and Erin Burnett – Their…
The question sounds utterly frivolous and dumb. Until Thursday, August 13, we would have thought so as well. But that evening, we read media articles which made us wonder whether we are living in the Twilight Zone. Wonder of all wonders! That day, the Indian Finance Minister unveiled a new tax regime that promises to “drastically cut the tax…
Sometimes the funnier moments on Television end up being the most educational. The appearance of Regis Philbin on CNBC’s Fast Money is one of these rare moments. What can we say about Regis? The man is genuine and funny. We enjoy watching Fast Money but see big problems with that show. So we looked forward to hearing…