Until about 1.5 years back, Investment banker was one of the hottest and wealthiest job anyone could ever have. It was the ‘Angelina Jolie’ of all campus placements. But today, if there is one profession you want to bash and kick at and get an applaud – just lash out at any top executive employed with one of the global financial institutes or banks. continue

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We all know about the sophisticated wealth management services provided to HNIs (High Net-Worth Individuals) by big banks. Advertisements for these services can be seen at places like airports, swanky hotels, galleries, golf courses etc. Have you ever wondered how it works and what services are provided to these wealthy people? continue

Ding Ding Ding:

Round 1:
Microsoft and Google enter the ring. Microsoft has been the reigning heavyweight champ for years. But Google has grown in size and strength rapidly and has become one of the top rivals to Microsoft.
Microsoft needs to make a move. It tries to beat Google by taking over Yahoo’s search engine, but fails badly. Now it jabs at Google with its own search engine: Bing. Microsoft scores some points with that one, but the young and strong Google parries the blow and seems unaffected. Instead some competitors in the search engine business to both MS and Google are affected. Microsoft manages to gain some respect in this round but things largely remain unchanged. continue

In the Runup to Budget 2009 series, we got numerous requests about knowledge intensive articles. In response to those, we present this article on Exchange Traded Funds by our guest authoress – Payal Wadhwa. This is her second article on strat.in (link: first article ) Other articles in the Budget series on strat.in are: Is Right always Right , Why should fringe benefit tax be diluted and Stock Market & Mango Man . We thank Payal for her contribution and look forward to more insightful articles from her in future as well. continue

(This post is contributed by another Guest Strater – Payal Wadhwa, who is an Index Fund and investment expert. Her article is part of her project to spread awareness about Index funds and investments – Active and Passive investments. Strat . In thanks Payal for her contribution, wishes her all the luck in her endeavours and looks forward to further insights from her. ) continue

Book publishers have reason to rejoice at the news that Google is about to enter the ebook market. According to Google, it will let the publishers decide the price at which they would like to sell the electronic versions of their books through Google. Right now Amazon dominates the ebook market in the US. It sells ebooks at a rate of $9.99 (less than half the average cost of a hard copy) which users can read with the help of the Kindle reader, which is also manufactured and sold by Amazon. continue

DLF along with Unitech should be given credit to make NCR what it is today. The vast city of Gurgaon has been built by DLF and Unitech by building skyscrapers, malls and everything else that follows. In turn these companies also grew and their promoters started coming in the list of richest people in India and the World. continue