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	<title>A load of crap from an idle brain &#187; economy</title>
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		<title>Iceberg Ahead</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2011/08/09/iceberg-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Took a week off from work to rest, relax and recharge my batteries.  We are already into the 8th month of the year and i had yet to take a single leave this year.  Not to mention haven&#8217;t fallen sick for more than 18 odd months and (touch wood), would like that to remain that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nivea is 100, so is IBM</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2011/05/22/nivea-is-100-so-is-ibm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 12:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1911 marked the beginning of 2 brands that no one would have believed to still be around 100 years later.  Two world wars, countless recessions and booms later, they still exist. And not exist at the fringes of the industry or in nostalgia of someone&#8217;s minds.  But active leaders in their respective markets. My dad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India grows 8.6% in Q4 and 7.4% for 2009-10</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/06/01/india-grows-8-6-in-q4-and-7-4-for-2009-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://philip9876.com/?p=4403</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Indian economy roared past estimates to post a whopping growth rate of 8.6% in the January-March quarter of 2010. The quarter&#8217;s strong showing also helped India end the fiscal year with 7.4% growth, beating the earlier estimate of 7.2%. Manufacturing led the way, with a whopping 16.3% growth in the quarter and 10.8% overall, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank of Rajasthan to merge with ICICI</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/05/21/bank-of-rajasthan-to-merge-with-icici/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 03:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The largest private bank, ICICI is set to become even bigger.  Though the price they are paying to buy out Bank of Rajasthan seems a bit too much. Bank of Rajasthan, one of the oldest private sector banks in the country, on Tuesday announced that it would merge with the largest private sector bank, ICICI [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American education losing its charm?</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/04/23/american-education-losing-its-charm/</link>
		<comments>http://philip9876.com/2010/04/23/american-education-losing-its-charm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost a year ago, i wrote a post, End of the American dream? The bad news continues. With the Obama administration tightening the screws against the immigrants and the financial collapse of the American economy, it seems the jobs are drying up and so is the much needed funding for the education system. “There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A trillion dollar opportunity</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/03/30/a-trillion-dollar-opportunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next 7 years (2010 &#8211; 2017) of infrastructure investments in India would see an investment of almost a trillion dollars (approx 50 lakh crore rupees). Lots of money to be made for all the corrupt fellas as well as for the ones who want to earn legally. And the infrastructure push just for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Its James Chanos vs Thomas Friedman vs Bill Bonner over China</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/01/29/its-james-chanos-vs-thomas-friedman-vs-bill-bonner-over-china/</link>
		<comments>http://philip9876.com/2010/01/29/its-james-chanos-vs-thomas-friedman-vs-bill-bonner-over-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Bonner of the Daily Reckoning has for long had a bone to pick with Thomas Friedman of the New York Times. It all first started with legendary short seller James Chanos calling China &#8220;Dubai times 1,000 &#8211; or worse.&#8221; To which Thomas Friedman wrote that James Chanos should be careful about trying to &#8220;short [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The collapse of the Dubai bubble</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2009/11/29/the-collapse-of-the-dubai-bubble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was it expected?  Well, it depends on the people you are asking.  If you ask the rulers of the kingdom, then everything is and was hunky dory.  If you ask the economists and people tracking the business of Dubai, it was always sitting on a debt bubble, ever willing to burst. The tallest building, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is G-20 the new G-7 ?</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2009/10/06/is-g-20-the-new-g-7/</link>
		<comments>http://philip9876.com/2009/10/06/is-g-20-the-new-g-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time changes, people change, economies change and the powers wielded by countries change.  There was a time when Britain ruled half the world, today its nowhere.  There was a time when the US was the undisputed economic champion, today that aura is on the wane. Its in these changing times we wonder if a group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inflation at -1.61%. Should you be happy?</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2009/06/22/inflation-at-1-61-should-you-be-happy/</link>
		<comments>http://philip9876.com/2009/06/22/inflation-at-1-61-should-you-be-happy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eventhough the government has been harping that inflation has dipped into negative levels, does it mean that the prices of all essential goods have gone down?  Vegetables still cost high, fuel prices are still high, housing and rentals are still beyond the reach of the common man.  What is the data based on which the [...]]]></description>
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