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		<title>Rediff shopping online / my experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a terrible time shopping online with Rediff. I placed a fairly decent sized order on the Rediff Shop online about a month ago. I first of all never got a confirmation email of my order itself though the website said it had sent it (luckily I took a screenprint of the order itself [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=1243&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7 Ultimate &#8211; usage review from India</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image courtesy: http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/files/2009/10/windows7.jpg
It&#8217;s early days in my usage of Windows 7 Ultimate but it&#8217;s way better than anything I have seen with my last 2.5 years of Vista Ultimate usage.
Let&#8217;s come back to some basic items that I feel have improved.
1. Usability &#8211; those annoying pop-up&#8217;s can be customized. The general look and feel of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=1228&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IIFT EMIB</title>
		<link>http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/iift-emib/</link>
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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>Should a recession affect your purchasing decision making?</title>
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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>Has the retail bubble in India burst?</title>
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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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		<title>Why am I crazy about Wall Street/US monetary policies?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simply because, it has a huge impact - no matter where you are in this world!
What happens out there impacts every single country in this world. It impacts you you and you. It impacts the decision making we make on our jobs etc. It impacts our local domestic economy. No matter how much we claim of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=518&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hooked onto wireless and to my DELL Vostro 1200 notebook</title>
		<link>http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/hooked-onto-wireless-and-to-my-dell-vostro-1200-notebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 14:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was never a firm believer in notebooks till I bought this DELL mini. The amount of deliberations I made and the thought process that went into analyzing the investment of about half a lac on this utility item would have driven most of the people around me crazy! And, that is not even my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=299&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ecofinglobe.com and its statistics from an year ago</title>
		<link>http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/ecofinglobecom-and-its-statistics-from-an-year-ago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was chancing to look upon my blog&#8217;s readership and it has skyrocketed in last few months. To give you an idea of how much the readership for http://www.ecofin.wordpress.com has gone up by, Alexa rating has shown a consistent rise in my webpage ranking (it currently stands at 755139 worldwide and its India ranking is better [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=290&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another delay in the Devanahalli International airport opening!</title>
		<link>http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/another-delay-in-the-devanahalli-international-airport-opening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2007/04/28/a-visit-to-the-devanhalli-international-airport/ 
It looks like even without a formal Government, the administration in Karnataka is equally laggard when it comes to taking quick decisions.
This airport project has again been delayed by another 1-month (the earlier date given was end of March 2008). Moreover, there has been enough hue and cry on whether to keep the HAL airport [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=284&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lalunomics on Globonomics!</title>
		<link>http://ecofin.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/lalunomics-on-globonomics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Athresh</dc:creator>
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Source: Wiki
http://www.indianrail.gov.in/
http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Railways
This has been the single biggest turnaround in recent days of the Indian PSU sector! Indian Railways making a cash surplus (before dividend) of Rs. 25000 crore for 2007-2008 with an operating ratio of 76%. Not just this, his budget speech for 2008-2009 was topped with creamy teasings for the middle class which is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecofin.wordpress.com&blog=481625&post=281&subd=ecofin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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