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Petrol - Unregulated Prices

Welcome step...  How long will this last...  I am pretty certain that the next time the oil price shoots over 150 dpb, the govt will step in...

30$ cataract surgery

When constraints and ambitions combine, miracle happens

India and Innovations

Indians used to joke that it was prophetic that a local mathematician had arguably, around 500 AD, invented the number zero—because that was how many innovations Indians developed thereafter

Market Share n Profitability

There exists a correlation between the two not a causal relationship. Quite often, it is the underlying sustainable competitive advantage in meeting the customers needs effectively and efficiently that drives these two factors..

Shift in the centre of gravity

With the academic body of knowledge and the empirical evidence that we possess today, if one predicts the evolution of global economy in the next few decades with regards to the emerging economies and them taking the centre-stage, It is hard not to envisage more financial crises, and high unemployment in the future in the developed world... The implications are huge...  The western world will not want to lose its hegemony...  It is highly imperative that developing word focuses on developing their defence capabilities simultaneously...

Finance Reform Bill

It is so funny that the monsters Fannie Mae n the Freddie Mac didn't find a mention in the Bill.

US-UK Special Relationship

Firstly, There is no such thing... UK is a pretty junior partner in this relationship..  US just uses UK to push its agenda in the EU fora..  The so called sp. relationship massages the UK ego..  UK will continue to stay away from EU for eons to come.

Smoot Hawley Act

The implication of this legislation has to be studied deeply to fully appreciate the factors behind the protracted Great Depression..  It is gud tarriff hikes didnt happen this time around