Archive for the 'Finance' Category

How is India affected by financial crisis?

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

“Fundamentally strong” is the phrase most often used to describe the Indian economy in this period of global financial crisis. Why then have these fundamentals, been unable to prevent the Sensex from falling below 9000 mark, or the dollar from crossing the 50-rupee mark?
The free-fall of the Sensex can largely be attributed to the withdrawal [...]

Making Sense of the Financial Crisis

Monday, October 20th, 2008

How does a 158 year old company, the 5th biggest investment bank in the world go bankrupt overnight? Why the TV channels have lost their obsession with Sarah Palin and are hanging on to every word uttered by Hank Paulson, US Treasury Secretary.
Though popular articles may have you believe that Lehman Brothers went bankrupt overnight, [...]

Financial Bootstrapping: Smartly funding your start-up

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Bootstrappers are entrepreneurs determined to make a business pay for itself. The freedom from relying on capital invested by VCs is a great motivator, if one knows how to acquire it from the right sources. Their secret weapon, is being nimble and cutting through the bureaucracy to grow faster.Most are entrepreneurs, who have a drive [...]

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