Basil & Spice: Ben Bernanke Graded Behind Paul Volcker

Banks not using resources efficiently: Subbarao

By: sharma

MUMBAI, Nov 25: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D Subbarao today said the Indian banks are not using their resoruces in the most efficient manner though overall efficiency and productivity have improved. In his keynote address to the International Finance and Banking Conference organised by the Indian Merchants’ Chamber (IMC) here, Dr ...

1 day ago

REFLECTIONS ON BENEVOLENT CAPITALISM

By: krsurendran

About three-four years back Bill Gates, the Microsoft legend paid a visit to India, apparently to interact with the cream of our society. In the course of his visit, he along with the then head, now the Chief Mentor of Infosys, N.R.Narayana Murthy and the media baron, Dr.Prannoy Roy had an interaction with a few invitees- media men, science and IT ...

12 days ago

New Study Shows that Transforming African Infrastructure will require ...

By: chnarendra

A study recently conducted in 24 African countries shows that the poor state of infrastructure in Sub Saharan Africa – its electricity, water, roads, and information and communications technology (ICT) – cuts national economic growth by 2 percentage points every year and reduces business productivity by as much as 40 percent. “...

16 days ago

Patriot Act still unconstitutional

By: mvwsr

By Michael Webster Syndicated Investigative Reporter:   Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to reauthorize three expiring provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act. While the bill they passed allegedly strengthened civil liberties in reality, the Committee failed to make any meaningful improvements to the Patriot provisions that ...

about 1 month ago