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		<title>Coming up: Economics of ebooks/readers &#8211; a detailed study</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch this space closely as I collate information and present an analysis on this shortly. Someone left a feedback for me that I was totally deviating from the primary objective of this blog &#8211; Economics and Finance and I think their point is indeed valid. I have been all over the place again. I need [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=1145&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IIFT EMIB</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been exactly five long years since I joined for my EMIB (Executive Masters in International business) from the prestigious Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi! I joined it on 9th August 2004. Time flies! But can say for sure that this degree has been my best investment made on education till date. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=1007&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Berkshire Hathaway Annual report 2008 / a must read</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/2008ar/2008ar.pdf
You can&#8217;t be mistaken when you are reading from the greatest punters in the Financial space &#8211; Warren Buffett. The Chairman&#8217;s letter to shareholders did not dissappoint me. It was filled with the usual interesting titbits on his insurance ops and business, the concept of insurance &#8216;float&#8217;, his profit margins, the stake he took in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=809&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Satyam fiasco &#8211; Ramalinga Raju&#8217;s misadventures</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for not blogging about this earlier. I did not have access to broadband Internet at my home for the last 3 days and was working off my Blackberry for office related tasks.
While the economic and financial implications have been written about far and wide and everyone is busy reading the tea leaves, what are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=681&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street &#8211; the movie / 1987</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_(film)
I saw this captivating movie on TV today and it really sums up what has been happening. A great movie about a young broker who decides to go the fast track unethical way of conveying insider information but thankfully stops short but does get nailed towards the end.
Michael Douglas (Gordon Gekko in the movie) and Charlie [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=643&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>US Government bails out CITIGROUP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As expected, the US Government bails out CITIGROUP. They are extending a lifeline of $20 billion at a higher rate of interest than that given by the TARP plan. Also, they plan to absorb some of the bad assets provided CITI takes the initial $5 billion followed by the US Government followed by the FDIC [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=596&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can large banks fail / CITIBANK on the brink</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw the developments of the last week where CITI (NYSE: C) shares really fell to $3 a share and was in danger of going bust as public confidence was eroding sharply. CITI faces a real threat of a collapse.
There were two options open to the board: 1. Fire the CEO, Vikram Pandit as a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=592&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are we staring in the face of a depression in 2008?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
If you look at the above link, some of the linkages are chilling. There was a liquidity crisis then too (forget what trigerred it), loans were hard to come by, banks collapsed like nine pins, unemployment soared and the US triggered it followed by a worldwide collapse (nearly 3/4 of a century ago when there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=543&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wells Fargo makes a counter bid pipping Citi&#8217;s Pandit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vikram Pandit, the CEO of Citigroup is not a happy man and is frankly red faced. Their exclusivity agreement with Wachovia notwithstanding, Wells Fargo made a counter bid for Wachovia and Citi &#8216;which never sleeps&#8217; was really caught napping!
Now, Citigroup (NYSE: C) has filed a lawsuit against Wachovia for trying to sell itself to a higher [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=541&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Security analysis: The classic 1934 edition &#8211; Benjamin Graham</title>
		<link>http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/security-analysis-the-classic-1934-edition-benjamin-graham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.amazon.com/Security-Analysis-Classic-Benjamin-Graham/dp/0070244960
I finally managed to get hold of this book before the book stores could so I beat them! I now need to read this book that is regarded as the Bhagvad Gita of value investing. I will treat it as my textbook on value investing.
It will be heavy on the head so will wrap up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=539&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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