Well first it was Global Trust Bank Then it was Satyam Computers RBI screamed and shouted foul. They said it was only our Hyderabad unit, not all of us. Then people chuckled. They said did you know that the partners of Arthur Anderson (btw the founders were from PWC) are still around. Well read on…NOW […]

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‘Subra you did a post on do not trust an employee…can we trust a big branded financial company?’ asked a reader. Of course you can trust a big financial company as long as you can remember that: MF Global misplaced US $ 633 Million (or was it Billion or Trillion – when it comes to […]

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In Hindi there is a saying ‘Bali ka bakra’ – it is the goat which has to be sacrificed. There is no sacrificing of the lion or the elephant, but just a goat. We saw it in the case of the Adag -Reliance communication telecom scam also. Everybody knew who was the beneficiary. He was […]

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It is the world of capitalism (Socialism has failed they say). So Ayn Rand is here to stay. RIP Ayn Rand, please stop shrugging like Atlas! If we were to believe that capitalism works, we have to assume that all the people connected with one company should have the company’s good at heart, correct? Well […]

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this was written in 2007-8 and appeared in an abridged form in moneycontrol ….   Hello, Congrats on the nice job you have got! With a degree from an Ivy League school this was a nice job to land. I know you have majored in Finance and are hoping to make money by the tons. […]

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  Not long ago I used to appear on TV at regular intervals. The channels that I used to appear regularly are ET TV, Bloomberg Utvi, and much less frequently on Cnbc and Cnbc Awaaz. So obviously PR agencies had seen me – and two of them approached me. One of them said ‘look at […]

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Most Hindu kings – or the Kings of Indian origin – acted as a trustee when they managed the kingdom’s money. Even though they were the owners, and theoretically they could do whatever they wanted to do with the money, they managed as though they were to be there permanently. This is easy to believe […]

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