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		<title>India Post/USPS &#8211; a comparison on how they fare in this recession/operational metrics</title>
		<link>http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/india-postusps-a-comparison-on-how-they-fare-in-this-recessionoperational-metrics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: 8th September 2009
Today&#8217;s papers carried the news of Accenture being awarded the contract to operationalize and install a single software in all branches of India Post. India Post also says they have 9000 vacancies that would be filled by youngsters. Furthermore, India Post&#8217;s GPO at Bangalore has a brand new look and they have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=1020&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>Comparison of revenue per employee/IT products versus IT services</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take two top companies in their respective sectors:
For a change, for IT products, we don&#8217;t choose Microsoft but choose Apple Inc. for IT products. As expected, we choose India&#8217;s media IT service darling company, Infosys Technologies Ltd for IT services. Let&#8217;s see how they compare on this one metric.
Here is a quick snippet on how they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=979&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I voted, did you vote?</title>
		<link>http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/i-voted-did-you-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 06:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no point criticizing the Government, the public offices, the institutions, the politicians etc. if you don&#8217;t exercise your fundamental right and cast your vote. So, get up and vote &#8211; for a change. Let&#8217;s make India a better place to live in!
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		<title>Economic recession and a pandemic &#8211; correlation</title>
		<link>http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/economic-recession-and-a-pandemic-correlation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It appears this correlation appears to be quite high. The last economic crisis hit in 2001 with the dot com and telecom bubble burst and that was instantly followed by 9/11 and then the SARS crisis in South East Asia and the Anthrax cases in USA.
This time, there was an economic crisis that hit the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=898&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Votonomics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got my new voter id card (I had an old one issued in 2005 as well) yesterday. The process is quick and painless but the queue isn&#8217;t. I had to make my way through a long serpantine queue for almost 3 hours &#8211; thankfully, the saving grace was the sun had set and this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=884&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Economics of a Tata Nano</title>
		<link>http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/economics-of-a-tata-nano/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image credit/source: The Tata Nano website (http://tatanano.inservices.tatamotors.com/tatamotors/)
http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/the-tata-nano-launched-in-multiple-variants/
http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/specifications-of-the-tata-1-lac-car/
http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/the-tatas-1-lac-car-the-nano-officially-lauched/
Can they really achieve profitability or is it just an exercise for Tata Motors to say they did it first, build market share in the entry level segment (they have effectively created an A- segment in the entry level segment in automobiles in India!) and built the world&#8217;s cheapest car ever [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=875&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should a recession affect your purchasing decision making?</title>
		<link>http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/should-a-recession-affect-your-purchasing-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the reduction in purchasing decisions/actual purchases made a good thing or a bad thing during recessionary times. While technically, India is still motoring along at over 5.5% GDP growth and is tipped to be the 2nd fastest growing economy in the world for 2009 (a miserable year for other world economies), should the discerning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=813&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Berkshire Hathaway Annual report 2008 / a must read</title>
		<link>http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/berkshire-hathaway-annual-report-2008-a-must-read/</link>
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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>Has the retail bubble in India burst?</title>
		<link>http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/has-the-retail-bubble-in-india-burst/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had blogged about retail opportunities in India about an year and a half ago here - http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2007/07/25/retail-opportunities-in-india/
It was not even an year ago that we witnessed almost every large corporate worth their salt open up stores in the name of &#8220;retail&#8221; looking for every opportunity to outwit and throw out your neighbourhood &#8220;kirana store&#8221;.
But, less [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=797&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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