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Manage your Investment by Personal Capital

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:00:00 -0800

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Care for Health by Blue Shield of CA

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:00:00 -0800

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We all have priorities in our lives - from our careers to our children, different elements may take precedence at different times.

However, one thing on everyone’s list (or should be) is health ! Whether you are a health nut or not, you’ve definitely had concerns at one time or another. While working in different professions we all consider and care much about our Health as this is what matters more and it's right said "Health is Wealth"

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Create Wonderful Websites

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:40:00 -0700

How to Make Cool and Awesome Websites for free?

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All this at one place- and if you are newbie then this application would help you alot to learn more about HTML. It has video tutorials, sample websites and much more !

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Entertainment Superhighway

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:16:00 -0700

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ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Wed, 6 Jun 2012 16:05:00 -0700

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Everyone is on the information superhighway. Merge by Windstream is the new way to watch TV straight from the "entertainment superhighway".

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Nokia in talks to sell luxury Vertu Brand

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:42:00 -0700

Nokia, which had its credit rating cut to “junk” status by Standard & Poor’s last week, first signalled its intention to sell Vertu in December, and recently said it plans to dispose of “non-core assets”

Cellphone maker Nokia is in talks to sell its UK luxury subsidiary Vertu, which hand makes some of the world’s most expensive mobile phones, a source familiar with the company’s strategy said on Monday.

Earlier the Financial Times reported that talks with private equity group Permira were at an advanced stage on a possible sale which would raise about €200 million ($265 million).

Vertu’s cellphones can feature crystal displays and sapphire keys, costing more than 200,000 pounds ($320,000) due to the precious metal components.

Nokia, which had its credit rating cut to “junk” status by Standard & Poor’s last week, first signalled its intention to sell Vertu in December, and recently said it plans to dispose of “non-core assets”.

Nokia, once the world’s dominant mobile phone provider, declined to comment, while Vertu and Permira were not available for comment.

The FT report, published on its website on Sunday, cited people familiar with the talks as saying Goldman Sachs was advising on the possible sale, but said the outcome was not yet certain.

EQT, the Northern European private equity group, has also been in talks about buying the company, although those close to the process, cited by the FT, say that these are not progressing at this stage.

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Indian Economy is Strong

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:31:00 -0700

Brushing aside the concerns over impact of the proposed changes tax laws, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma on Sunday said Indian economy is strong and exuded confidence that foreign investments will continue to flow into the country.

"Investment and taxation are two separate issues", he said, when asked whether the introduction of General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) will hurt foreign investments. "For FDI, we have a policy which is stable and progressive and there have been changes made in the recent past which have gone down well with investors", the minister said.

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee in his Budget for 2012-13 has proposed to introduce GAAR to check tax evasion by overseas investors. The proposal evoked criticism from institutional investors which felt the move would hurt investment.

Sharma, while recalling the initiatives taken by the government to attract FDI, said, “Some of the initiatives which are under implementation are projects like Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and National Manufacturing Investment Zones (NMIZs).

“These are seriously engaging the interest of our foreign partners and we are hopeful that major developed countries, which are our economic partners, will be investing both in technology and in establishment in partnership with Indian industry”, he said.

On impact of global crisis on the domestic economy, the minister admitted that they would have some impact but the Indian economy was strong enough to withstand the problems.

“If we see our economy objectively, we are being affected by international crisis specially euro crisis and high oil prices. It affects specially exports and imports, thus, impacting the overall current account and trade account. But in actual sense, our economy is strong”, the minister said.

With crude oil and gold alone accounting for over 44% of total import bill of $489 billion and exports losing steam mid-way, India ended the fiscal 2011-12 with the highest ever trade deficit of $185 billion causing a “serious” challenge for the economy.

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Best Songs to Play with Your Windows Down

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Thu, 5 Apr 2012 06:05:00 -0700

This post brought to you by Kia Rio. All opinions are 100% mine.

Drive on the Way with cool songs, its Amazing ! Kia Rio and Spotify have partnered together to develop the "Best Songs with your Windows Down" playlist .

This is really amazing that you can submit, promote and play your favorite song, so easily all you have to do is to visit Kia- Rio Facebook Application and search for your favorite song and submit. You can also submit your own songs too. (All songs go through an approval process and don't get added to the playlist immediately. So Choose and submit songs wisely )

How This Works:

Choose your song, enter your name and email and click "submit!"
Be sure to click on "view playlist" so you can see all the songs submitted by others.
You'll have to download Spotify to enjoy the playlist if you don't already have it downloaded
Be sure to choose the application "Spotify" when the new application tries to launch

With Spotify you will be able to listen to these songs at home, and you can even take them with you in your car if you have the Spotify Mobile apps for iPhone or an Android Phone. With Offline mode, you can sync your favorite playlists using Wi-Fi so you can listen whenever you like without internet. Don't forget to check the playlist daily for new songs.

Now you can also enjoy your favorite songs in a Kia Rio equipped with the voice-activated UVO Infotainment System, powered by Microsoft. UVO, short for "Your Voice," it allows you to answer and place phone calls, receive and respond to SMS text messages, stream music from your phone, operate an MP3 player, select over 100 satellite radio channels, and listen to saved music on the digital jukebox .

You can fine tune UVO to understand the way you speak, so it can follow your orders of connecting with Bluetooth or starting MP3 player while you concentrate on driving.

Enjoy the "Kia Rio Best Songs to Play with Your Windows Down" via Spotify! I added my favorite Eminem & Linkin Park, it played like a charm. You can subscribe to the playlist or share it with your friends.

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ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:00:00 -0700

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Asian shares consolidate, Dollar faces profit taking

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:24:00 -0700

MSCI Asia ex-Japan steady, Nikkei opens down 0.1%; dollar off highs but steady
Asian shares steadied on Friday and the dollar took a breather after its recent broad rally spurred some profit taking, but a fresh batch of data suggesting the US economy may be picking up momentum underpinned investor sentiment.

The MSCI Asia Pacific ex-Japan index was barely changed and Japan’s Nikkei opened down 0.1% after rising to an 8-month high on Thursday.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index on Thursday closed above 1,400 for the first time since June 2008, having risen about 11.5% this year without a major pullback. Some analysts have called for a consolidation while others see ongoing momentum.

The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares finished 0.35% higher, and up 10% this year to nearly recover from last year’s 10.7% drop.

“The market is still going through a relief rally more than chasing a new trend on global growth,” Barclays Capital analysts said. “We are getting into profit-taking territory,” they added.

The number of Americans claiming new jobless benefits fell back to a four-year low last week, while the New York Federal Reserve said on Thursday its Empire State general business conditions index rose to its highest since June 2010 last month. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank’s business activity index also showed manufacturing kept growing in the region this month.

“The New York Fed, Philadelphia Fed and the jobless claims data overnight were again favourable, so we can expect to see strong support for markets,” said Yumi Nishimura, senior technical analyst at Daiwa Securities.

The dollar stood at ¥83.40, retreating from a 11-month high of 84.17 touched on Thursday, and also off a two-month high against a basket of major currencies of 80.738 hit the previous day. The US currency steadied against the euro at $1.3080, easing from Thursday’s one-month high of $1.3004.

The US economy shows encouraging signs of early expansion but still faces tough challenges that call for measures to create jobs to help restore fiscal sustainability, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday.

Oil rebounded after a sharp decline on Thursday when Reuters, citing two British sources, reported that Britain decided to cooperate with the United States in an agreement to release oil from government-controlled strategic reserves.

US crude was up 0.4% to $105.50 a barrel on Friday, after settling down 0.3% at $105.11 a barrel. US crude futures fell to a session low of $103.78 on Thursday. Brent crude fell 1.14% to settle at $123.55 a barrel on Thursday.

Asian credit markets were slightly firmer early on Friday, with the spread on the iTraxx Asia ex-Japan investment-grade index narrowing by 2 basis points.

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Global Telecom Industry to have Positive Impact on Economy

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:32:00 -0800

Global telecom industry revenue to grow at 5.3% annually

The global telecommunications industry continues to expand as spending by consumers and businesses for wireless services fuels industry revenue growth, a market analysis report from the Insight Research Corp. says.

According to the report, "The 2012 Telecommunications Industry Review: An Anthology of Market Facts and Forecasts," telecommunications services revenue on a worldwide basis will grow from $2.1 trillion in 2012 to $2.7 trillion in 2017 at a combined average growth rate of 5.3%.

"Despite global economic uncertainty, the telecommunications industry is showing strong revenue growth, which is being driven by consumer Internet usage and business mobility solutions. These are enabling new applications," said Fran Caulfield, research director for Insight Research.

Wireless subscriber growth, particularly in Asia and other emerging markets, will raise wireless revenues 64% from current levels, while wireline revenues will show only modest growth, according to the report.

North America is expected to have the slowest CAGR, at less than 4% over the forecast period. From 2012 to 2017, the region’s carrier revenue will grow from $459 billion to $554 billion at a CAGR of 3.8%.

Europe, Middle East, and Africa will have stronger growth, primarily from developing countries. From 2012 to 2017, carrier revenue in the region will grow from $683 billion to $893 billion, a CAGR of 5.5%.

"Asia and the Pacific Rim (AP) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LA) are the fastest-growing regions, driven by the economies of China, Korea, Mexico and Brazil. Many of the countries in these regions have a combination of a rapidly expanding middle class and increased privatization of key industries. The resulting demand for telecommunications services, much of which is satisfied by wireless services, is reflected in their higher CAGR relative to the worldwide composite," the report said.

Carrier revenue in Latin America and the Caribbean will grow from $157 billion to $207 billion at a CAGR of 5.7% from 2012 to 2017, while carrier revenue in Asia and the Pacific Rim will growth from $775 billion to $1 trillion at a CAGR of 5.9%.

The report also states that most of the growth is expected to occur in broadband services, with wireless 3G and 4G broadband services projected to grow at a CAGR of 24% over the forecast period and wireline broadband services projected to grow at a CAGR of 13%.

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Barclays Q4 Profit

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:20:00 -0800

Investment banking drags down Barclays Q4 profit

Barclays reported a pretax profit of £5.9 billion for 2011, down 3% on the year and below analysts’ forecast of 6.1 billion.

Barclays said its key investment bank arm ended last year with its worst quarter for three years as the euro zone debt crisis hit bond trading activity, dragging the British bank’s annual profit down on the year before.

Barclays, Britain’s fourth-biggest bank by market value, on Friday reported a pretax profit of £5.9 billion ($9.4 billion) for 2011, down 3% on the year and below analysts’ forecast of 6.1 billion, according to a company poll.
Income at investment bank arm Barclays Capital fell to £1.8 billion in the fourth quarter, down 19% on the previous three months.

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ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:44:00 -0800

So.Cl is a new social networking site from Microsoft and the thing is that you can only access the site if you have invitation. e-Students Guide is giving away 7 So.Cl Exclusive invitations to the 7 lucky winners. So still struggling to make account on So.Cl than grab this invites and explore yourself to this newsocial networking site.

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So.Cl (pronounced "social") is an experimental research project, developed by Microsoft’s FUSE Labs, focused on exploring the possibilities of social search for the purpose of learning.

So.cl combines social networking and search, to help people find and share interesting web pages in the way students do when they work together.

So.cl helps you create rich posts, by assembling montages of visual web content.To encourage interaction and collaboration, So.cl provides rich media sharing, and real time sharing of videos via "video parties."

We expect students to continue using products such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other existing social networks, as well as Bing, Google and other search tools.

So.Cl is all about to encourage students to reimagine how our everyday communication and learning tools can be improved, by researching, learning and sharing in their everyday lives.

So.cl can be used by the general public, but it is our goal to focus on learning communities.

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ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:00:00 -0800

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Suzlon Group Company wins major order in US

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:58:00 -0800

Suzlon Group Company wins 150MW order in US:

RE Power Systems SE, the German unit of Indian wind turbine supplier Suzlon Group, said on Thursday that it has won an order to supply 73 turbines with an overall power output of 150MW.

The order, from an unnamed US wind power developer based on the east coast of the country, are destined for a project in Oklahoma. This is the group’s second largest project in the US market.

“This order once again underscores our strong competitive positioning as a group in the US market. With our competitive product portfolio, extensive service capabilities and a robust track record, we are well positioned to grab opportunities in the high growth expected in the US market in 2012,” Suzlon group chairman Tulsi Tanti said in an exchange filing.

The delivery and initial operation of the turbines is planned for the second half of 2012.

The world’s fifth-largest wind turbine maker and its subsidiaries had a collective order backlog of 4,734MW, worth around $6.5 billion as on 21 October. It has since announced additional orders worth 997.5MW, including the current order.

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HI-Tech City GIFT

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:35:00 -0800

Gujarat International Finance Tech-City or GIFT is an under-construction city in the Indian state of Gujarat. Work on the proposed Rs 78,000-crore nano city has now started, and the first occupant may move in by March.

By the time the first phase is completed in three-and-a-half years, this special economic zone (SEZ) would have tried out, on a small scale, some contemporary urban design ideas.

GIFT would have a command and control centre to monitor the IT infrastructure and respond quickly during emergencies (a fire anywhere, for example, will trigger an automatic response). The city will use the energy-efficient district cooling system instead of air-conditioning.

It will also use an automated waste collection system that sucks away garbage from buildings at high speed. Says GIFT Director Ramakant Jha: "We will now try on a pilot scale many technologies that will be used when the city is developed fully."

District cooling, which uses chilled water to cool buildings, is being tried in a few places such as Toronto, Cornell University and Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. Its proponents say the technology consumes 90% less energy compared with traditional air-conditioning.

In automated vacuum waste collection systems, garbage is sorted out and then sucked away at high speed through underground tubes to a central location, which can be as far as 20 km away. It is being used in cities such as London, Montreal, Stockholm and Barcelona. No Indian city has these technologies yet.

GIFT was conceived in 2007 and the idea was developed initially by a set of consultants such as McKinsey and urban development specialist Fairwood Consultants. It is being planned as a top-notch global financial centre to rival London, New York and Hong Kong.

The stock exchanges of London, Tokyo and Singapore have evinced interest in setting up offices in GIFT, as have many Indian banks. Singapore Co-operation Enterprises, a government agency, has just signed an agreement with GIFT to develop a banking enclave.

"Liberty to transact in foreign currency at the IFSC in GIFT will significantly raise foreign firms' investment and participation in India," says SS Thakur, former chairman of HDFC and former controller of foreign exchange in the Reserve Bank of India. Similar financial centres in Hong Kong, Dubai, China, Malaysia, the UK (London) and the US (New York) contribute 5-60% of GDP of their respective countries. GIFT is expected to create 10 lakh jobs in 10 years.

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Share your Cubicle and Get Rewarded !

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:01:00 -0800

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Opt for Loan With More Care !

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Fri, 2 Dec 2011 05:35:00 -0800

LAP commonly known as property loan is a loan provided by the bank/financial institution against the mortgage of your property (residential or commercial) provided the same has not been put up as security for any other purpose. LAP differs from a mortgage/home loan which is a taken to buy a property. LAP is a loan taken by putting up the existing property as a security against the loan.

When you find yourself in a spot of bother as far as finances are concerned, due to medical emergencies or losses in business or requirements to fund your child’s education or any other need, let not liquidation/sale of assets be your only option to solve the current cash flow problems. Financial markets now provide several loan products that will help you to keep intact your assets but at the same time provide you with the finances you need to tide over the situation. Some of the products available include personal loans and Loan against property (LAP)

Personal loans:

These are loans given to individuals without any security, collateral or guarantor on the same. Hence they are unsecured loans. The quantum of loan to be given will be based on the credit rating and the monthly income of the individual. The processing of this loan is very quick because of minimal paper work. The rate of interest on this type of loan is very high and is second only to the interest rates charged by credit card companies.

When is a personal best taken?

If there is an urgent need for cash, personal loans may be an option because of the quick processing.
Paying off your credit card dues because the interest charged on credit cards is very high. Therefore taking a personal loan may reduce the amount of interest that you will pay. Personal loans are very expensive and should be resorted to only if you have no other choice and you are in need of short-term cash.

Loan against property (LAP) :

LAP commonly known as property loan is a loan provided by the bank/financial institution against the mortgage of your property (residential or commercial) provided the same has not been put up as security for any other purpose. LAP differs from a mortgage/home loan which is a taken to buy a property. LAP is a loan taken by putting up the existing property as a security against the loan. The maximum loan amount would be anywhere in the range of 40% and 60% depending on the market conditions and other factors. The borrower can either opt for an overdraft option where he is required to pay interest only on the amount withdrawn or a lump sum loan amount. The disadvantage of an overdraft facility is that the interest rate charged may be higher, in some cases up to 0.5% and also annual processing fees will be charged. Besides, if you want the overdraft facility, you have to take the loan only from the bank as other financial institutions do not offer saving/current account. In case of a lump sum loan, processing fees are charged only once when the loan is taken and also the individual can approach either a bank or financial institution for the loan.

When is an LAP best taken?

Long tenure loans: For individuals requiring funding for a long periods of time, LAP can come very handy because the tenure of these loans can be a maximum period of 15 years
Large Loan amount: Individuals requiring substantial funds also should consider this loan option as a large loan is possible. Of course it depends on the property value. There is no restriction as in case of personal loans where the maximum loan permissible is Rs. 10 lakhs.
Lower rate of interest: On account of the security provided in terms of the house, the rate of interest charged by banks tends to be much lower than personal loans

Gold loans :

Gold is an investment which generally lies idle at home or in the locker of a bank. You can make this asset liquid without selling it by taking a loan on it in times of need. A loan will be sanctioned on submission of all the required documents and satisfactory assessment of gold ornaments by the lender. Generally the lender will give you a loan to the extent of 80% of the value of the security i.e. gold you have provided. The lender retains the exposure to the market risk arising from movements in the market price of gold.

When should a Gold loan be taken?

This loan is best accessed when the financial requirement is urgent (processing is quick) and is for a short tenure as the repayment has to be done within a year. The rate of interest is much lower than a personal loan because of the security provided. Also there is generally no pre-payment penalty levied.

The urgency and the time period for which you may require finance will vary depending on the need. Assess the various loan options that are available keeping in mind the tenure, cost element and other features of the product. Make sure you use your assets in times of need. Access personal loans only if you’re left with no choice.

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GDP Growth Cuts Intensify

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:55:00 -0800

Macquarie Research has cut its 2012-13 GDP forecast to 6.9% from 7.9% citing lack of policy reforms and lagged impact of monetary policy tightening
The knives are out and they are chopping economic growth forecasts. Each day brings more news which confirms the trend of a slowing economy. The fact that economic growth will slow down in the current financial year and the government will miss its fiscal deficit target is a no-brainer.

Now, the pundits are gazing still further into the future. The picture they see is gloomier. Macquarie Research has cut its 2012-13 GDP forecast to 6.9% from 7.9% citing lack of policy reforms and lagged impact of monetary policy tightening.

Tanvee Gupta Jain of Macquarie said in a note: Incorporating the lack of policy reforms and the lagged impact of monetary tightening in the context of a continued weak global economic environment, we are now downgrading our FY13 GDP growth forecast to 6.9% from 7.9% ‘with downside risks’ estimated earlier. While the global environment is likely to remain uncertain, we believe domestic factors will dominate the growth outlook.

Macquarie is not the only one. Ambit Capital on 17 October has cut its next year GDP growth forecast to 6.2% from an earlier estimate of 7.2%.

Ritika Mankar of Ambit Capital said in a note: We are cutting our GDP growth forecast … as the persistence of macroeconomic uncertainty translates into weak investment demand growth which in turn affects industrial sector growth and services sector growth.

Note that economists are shying away from cutting current year forecasts. Motilal Oswal in its report dated 11 November has downgraded the current year GDP growth estimate to 7.2% from 7.6% earlier. BNP Paribas has sounded even more pessimistic. It expects the economy to witness ‘hardish landing.’

Richard Iley of BNP Paribas said in a note: While any marked improvement in WPI inflation is still a few months away, the latest activity data confirms that our long-held expectation for a hardish landing for the economy is now materialising. Given our forecast for a US recession and stagnation in the euro zone, GDP growth looks on course to drop below 7% in the coming quarters.

Richard Iley adds further: The risk is that the RBI’s revised growth projection is still too optimistic. Our GDP forecasts have been well below consensus since at least early summer. Current targets are for growth of just 7.2% for 2011-12 and 7.1% for 2012-13.

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EU Curbs CDS Trading

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:46:00 -0800

EU parliament gives final approval to short-selling law. European Commission to debate sovereign ratings “blackouts”
The European Union pushed ahead with its regulatory crackdown on Tuesday by giving the green light to curbs on trading sovereign-debt related derivatives at the heart of the euro zone crisis.

The bloc’s financial services chief Michel Barnier will also unveil a measure at 1400 GMT to inject competition into the credit ratings sector dominated by the Big Three: Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings.

Many EU policymakers are keen to push ahead with the new rules, saying a ratings downgrade of Greek sovereign debt in 2010 made it more expensive and harder to mount the country’s first bailout package.

The mistaken downgrade by S&P of France’s banking industry system will reinforce the EU’s determination to regulate agencies more closely, Barnier said last week.

The draft law, part of a broad regulatory push prompted by the financial crisis, will propose a temporary “blackout” on sovereign debt ratings in exceptional circumstances.

The “blackouts” element has proved divisive, and Barnier was due to meet with fellow European commissioners at 1200 GMT to thrash out its scope in the draft law as member states like Britain mount a last - minute effort to scrap the provision.

EU states and the European Parliament, which is meeting in Strasbourg this week, will have the final say on the measure, with some changes likely.

Short-selling:

Parliament on Tuesday voted by 507 to 25 in favour of an EU law that restrict “naked” or uncovered selling of shares and sovereign debt. This refers to when a seller has made no prior arrangements to borrow the security.

EU states have already given the nod to the law, which was jointly agreed with parliament and is due to take effect within a year.

It also bans naked sovereign credit default swaps (CDS), where there is no ownership of the underlying government debt the CDS contract “insures” against default.

Policymakers want to crack down on what they see as speculation by hedge funds and others betting on falls in euro zone bond prices.

“The parliament has successfully fought for very strict conditions for short-selling to contain destructive speculation. The new transparency rules will help stabilise financial markets,” Markus Ferber, a German member of parliament’s centre-right party, said.

The draft law on ratings agencies, the EU’s third measure to regulate the industry since the financial crisis began in 2007, will avoid trying to create an EU answer to the US dominance of the sector.

Instead, it will seek to inject more competition by requiring users of ratings, such as companies and banks, to “rotate” or switch agencies on a regular basis so that some of the 10 or so smaller agencies registered in Europe, such as Euler Hermes, can pick up more business.

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ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:54:00 -0700

Scientist Daniel Nocera said MIT’s technique has seen more than a year of preliminary research and hopes to produce enough electricity from a bottle-and-half of water, however dirty, to power a small home

In the first such effort, Tata group chairman Ratan Tata has signed on a leading scientist from the globally renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to commercialize cutting-edge research that promises to produce cheap power from water.

Daniel Nocera, a professor of chemistry and energy, and his group of elite scientists at MIT attracted attention from Tata when he heard they had found a way towards one of science’s holy grails—to imitate photosynthesis, the process by which plants breathe, and produce power while doing so.

“I met him in September, and in October we signed,” Nocera said on the sidelines of EmTech India, a technology conference organized by MIT’s magazine for innovation, Technology Review.

Nocera would not disclose any more details of the deal. “I think you should ask Mr Tata that,” he said, before flying to Mumbai to meet Tata on Monday.

As he did with the Nano small car and the Swach non-electric water purifier, Tata hopes Nocera’s solution will be the latest in the group’s effort to serve the “bottom of the pyramid” and turn a profit while doing so, said a Tata group executive who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Tata’s hope is that Nocera’s “personalized energy” can produce a stand-alone, mini-power plant, perhaps a refrigerator-sized box, that could reinvent rural electricity supply and bring power to about three billion people worldwide who don’t have it.

Nocera said MIT’s technique has seen more than a year of preliminary research and hopes to produce enough electricity from a bottle-and-half of water, however dirty, to power a small home.

“We hope to have a prototype in a year-and-a-half,” said Nocera, whose other backers include Bob Metcalfe, co-inventor of the Ethernet and a former director of the US’ Central Intelligence Agency.

It is too early to say which Tata company will take MIT’s technology to market, the Tata official said. The Swach water purifier was developed by three Tata companies.

The deal with MIT is fundamentally new for the Tatas because Nocera’s technology is at a very early stage. As Nocera acknowledged, his research has not yet been published, though it is being submitted to the journal Science.

The idea of imitating the tiny chemical engines in plants, which essentially generate power from the sun by splitting water molecules, is not new and has energized science since the 19th century. Commercially available electrolyses devices can split water, but they are costly and need clean water.

Nocera’s solution can use even human waste water, “from the front and back”, as he put it euphemistically.

It was only 45 days ago that Nocera’s scientists made their biggest breakthrough, plunging an artificial silicon “leaf”, coated with a proprietary solution of cobalt and phosphate, into a jar of water and coaxed it to generate power at efficiencies that now exceed solar panels.

Still, the process of cracking the “most guarded secret of plants”, as Science magazine put it in 1912, is still in the research stage, and there are many issues that need to be solved. That includes dealing with the waste gases produced and how to get the system into a box that can be manufactured and sold on a mass scale.

“Mr Tata told me, ‘You know what you’re getting with me, right? Patience’,” said Nocera, who is also the energy industry’s go-to man for global energy calculations.

Nocera estimates that the world consumes 14 terawatts (TW) of power today. By 2050, it will need 16TW. If his solution works, said Nocera, it would need a swimming pool full of water every day to meet the world’s electricity needs. For the Tatas, the bet on Nocera and MIT is obviously likely to be a big one.

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Investors have Increased Holding Period

ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:45:00 -0700

A shift in speculative activity from equity cash market to derivatives market could be a factor, a Morgan Stanley study says

How long have investors in the Indian markets been holding on to stocks in the backdrop of high volatility and tepid returns in the past four years? Morgan Stanley has come out with an interesting report which addresses this question.

The study finds that investors are holding on to equity investments much longer now than they were during the bull phase between 2003 and 2007.

Back then, the average holding period was around 20 months, or a little over a year-and-a-half. It now stands at around 35 months, or nearly three years, having almost doubled compared with the bull phase. To be sure, the rise has been gradual since mid-2003, but has accelerated since 2009.

The average holding period for foreign institutional investors (FIIs), who account for a large part of trading in the cash market, had steadily come down to as low as 14 months by the end of the bull market in early 2008. Since 2009, it started rising sharply and now stands at 22 months, Morgan Stanley’s calculations show. This is the highest level for FIIs since 2004.

Why are investors holding on to stocks longer now than they did during the bull phase between 2003 and 2007, when the Indian markets rose by over 500%?

Morgan Stanley points out that one factor may be the shift of speculative activity from the equity cash market to the derivatives market.

Cash market turnover now amounts to less than 10% of derivatives market turnover. The extent of intraday trading in the cash market has come down. With less speculative activity in the cash market, the calculation of investors’ holding period would naturally be influenced.

Even so, it’s interesting to note that investors, including FIIs, are holding on to Indian stocks for longer periods.

In the past, such a rise in the level of holding period of stocks had occurred during bear markers and right before the onset of a bull phase, such as between mid-2000 and 2003.

But with the uncertainty in the global economy, and considering that Indian markets have already doubled from their lows during the financial crisis, it seems unlikely that they are on the verge of another bull run.

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ritesh_chd1@yahoo.co.in (Ritesh Walia) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:00:00 -0700

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