Year: 2013
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The 15 years of Google
Interesting graphic that depicts the evolution of Google and its business model since 1997. In many ways, Google defined what internet is and yet it evolved quickly with what the internet came to be today. We take many things for granted today when we open a browser. When we search we expect to find most…
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Battle of ideas on India’s future
In the midst of our economic woes in India, two of the world’s leading economists are debating on what the India’s future economic growth model should be. Amartya Sen and Jagadish Bhagwati are two of the eminent economists that India has ever produced. Both have a different point of view on the path that India…
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Is Apple Listening to 7 million jail break customers?
With every iOS update it seems that the percentage of users jailbreaking their phones is increasing. What does that tell? Customers want more out of their devices than what Apple is providing. The divergence is increasing with every incremental update. Importantly, the users who want to tweak their devices are also the loyal apple developers.…
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China’s Shadow Banking System
A well researched article in FT.com warns about the exponential growth of shadow banking system in China and the potential fallout in future. Wealth Management Products (WMPs) are emerging as alternate asset of choice for investors in China seeking better returns than the bank deposits. Mainstream banks in China offer regulated and ultra-low interest rates…
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Food Inflation in India
Grab any news paper these days and we read about how the inflation is persistent in India, no matter how much the central bank tries to curtail the demand. Most economists argue that supply side economics are playing havoc with the inflation, especially so with the food items. This is an excellent video from WSJ…