Rental tax in Bombay

While countries like Hong Kong are lowering taxes and attracting MORE business the locals in Bombay feel the opposite works. In yet another…

Food Fight

This ain’t no amateur style food fight but on a global scale.  Rice, wheat and corn are at near record highs.  Oil…

Reverend Wrong

Tough week for Obama when you have friends like Reverend Wright slamming the people you want to be your friends –…

Derivatives Deja Vu

I just raced through the latest book from Satyajit Das titled “Traders, Guns and Money” and you would think it…

The Business of Cricket

We are just days away from the launch of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on April 18th.  There was a…

DMA…Welcome to India

At last the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has agreed to allow Direct Market Access (DMA) which will…

I am Liquid

Although at the moment the financial markets seem okay, there is still an undertone of pessimism. When thinking of the…