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Now a home in Singapore

February 24, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for proof of average Indians’ growing financial clout, here is one. The Far East Organization, a Singapore-based realty developer for 50 years, has come to Kolkata to sell residential properties there. Their exposition at the Hotel Hindustan International ran for 2 days and concluded this evening. Response from those interested is said […]

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New design for train coaches

February 24, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

The week from tomorrow will have the country’s largest economic exercise on Friday. 2 days prior to the Union Budget is that by the railways. For the charismatic LP Yadav, this years’ railway budget will be the fifth in a row. During his tenure he has preserved and enhanced railway’s profitability. And he also sprang […]

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Cricket’s day out

February 21, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Top 5 cricketers in IPL auction [picture courtesy] Few eyebrows rose when the BCCI auctioned ownership of regional T-20 teams sometime back. Maybe people couldn’t hazard a guess what that would turn out. In the event Shah Rukh Khan emerged victorious for the Kolkata team while Preity Zinta bagged the Mohali team. For those who […]

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Crashing Sensex

February 12, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

All eyes riveted on Anil Ambani as he walked up beaming to sound the gong sharp at 0955 hrs at the BSE yesterday. It was an auspicious day. It was Basant Panchami there in Mumbai, and Saraswati Puja here in Kolkata. At Anil Ambani’s signal the shares of Reliance Power started trading at the bourses. […]

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Why Jindals need deep sea port?

January 29, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

The JSW Group of Sajjan Jindal is building an integrated steel plant at Salboni in West Midnapore district. It will have capacity to make 10 million tons of steel when completed. The total investment will come to about Rs.15000 crore. PM Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone of the plant early next month. [Image […]

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Bengal’s combat with bird flu

January 25, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

There are reports that the occurrence of bird flu in Bengal was known in the first week of Jan, but the information was officially let out a week later. This lapse and the subsequent slow approach to limit the spread of the disease to other places are being thought to be lacking the urgency they […]

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America’s fresh allies

January 23, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Bloodbath, mayhem, carnage, whitewash – you say anything, but perhaps none can truly describe the plight of people remotely connected with the Indian stock market. The avalanche of downslide came all too sudden, and no holes in any corner remained that could house the scared investors from hiding. The claws of mounting losses bit hard, […]

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The power of R-Power

January 19, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

My friend Srini, an avowed stock market enthusiast, is downcast for the past couple of days. He rang up today morning sounding somber, and wondering how long the downslide will continue. It didn’t need much prodding to make him forecast ominous days ahead for the Indian stock market. “17000 is where the Sensex is headed,” […]

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Singur is cleared by HC

January 18, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

On Jan 10 when the Nano was being unveiled at Pragati Maidan, the opposition MLA of Singur ridiculed the name of the people’s car, and said it’d be so tiny that it’d remain invisible even through a telescope. He further said that the name itself suggests that there’ll be no car manufactured from Singur plant. […]

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Is Yeni the answer to Nano!

January 14, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

I usually do not allude to speculations, especially those that are clearly evident after just a little probing. The one here is not an exception, but for the fact that I liked the images so much that I cannot prevent myself giving them here. Well, it’s about Renault’s Yeni. A friend of mine sent me […]

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