With the oil prices soaring new heights is it any wonder that the crunch is being felt in all the world markets?India is no exception to this and today many of the oil companies were clamoring to the PM's office for a hike in the oil and other fuels that they provide to the common man.they have often taken the brunt of the rising oil prices and the common man for whom such essential fuel is subsidised,hardly feels the punch.but as the oil companies in India have pointed out,this sort of situation cannot go on forever and that sooner or later,the Indian public would have top be exposed to the Oil tango that is felt all over the world.so sooner or later the government of India like all the other governments all over the world will hike the prices up,it is just a matter of time.probably this may happen sooner than later!
Friday, September 7, 2007
Oil price hikes?
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Thursday, September 6, 2007
Maruti plans to cut the prices?
Businesses in general do an all out no holds barred campaign to attract even more customers,and as such,the indian car giant,Maruti is no exception.Maruti has announced that it is planning to cut prices soon on its cars so as to attract more buyers.normally this is a good idea if the product in question has a monopoly in the market.but sadly for Maruti,that is not the case.with the market doors being stretched further and further to allow more foreign players into the country,maruthi may have bitten more than it could chew.with discounts being offered the customers may feel that the offers are too good to believe and the reality is that they may be right!
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The cards that will fly!
With so many adverts and so many offers flying around,it often becomes difficult for us to choose what credit card to apply for or what are the various credit card offers.some cards may offer you a vacation to hawaii whereas some may offer students as a way to pay back their student loan at very low rates of interest.
In such an ocean of information,we,the consumers are often left high and dry and we have to try and make sense of all the information that is surrounding us and choose the card that suits our needs the best.quite often we end up choosing a card because the offer that came with the card seemed to be too good to pass up but then later on we realise that the other card that we had really wanted from the beginning has a even better offer.we all have been there and done that.but now with this site,which by the way is a godsend to all consumers,students and business,we can compare the various cards,their rates of interest and the various offers they have and decide on the one card that really suits us the best.this site features some great offers including the Airline Miles Credit Cards.that is not all,the offers on this site,the credit card search engine,are from the top credit card issuers like J.P morgan,Citibank and so on as well as from Mastercard,visa,American express and Discover.so if you are in the process of applying for a card,do make a visit here and see if that card is the best one for you!
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007
The Fed will cut rates and soon at that!

With the subprime mortages tidal wave at last relenting most of the banks and financial institutions at last began to regain their confidence.some of the European banks were the worst hit in the credit crisis but even they are going about business as usual.the reason for this 'happy to be okay' mood is the surety that the U.S Fed will cut rates and soon at that.this was only a rumor to begin with but with weak U.S fiscal data,this is becoming more and more of a surety.
Of course as a result to the last turmoil,banks are no longer willing to help those who cannot repay.that is the bitter truth that has come out of all this.there will no longer be a 'come one,come all,take the money' policy of any bank as regards the credit issue even amongst themselves.the credit policies of various banks and central banks are being streamlined even as i post this.but come on,that is only to be expected.this credit policy would in all reality stay around for some time to come.there is indeed a liquidity crunch going on,all that matters is whether you are an orange or a lemon or just plain old sour grapes!
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Sunday, September 2, 2007
The best tickets available!
Can you remember the last time that you got the best tickets in the house to the show that you wanted to go to?as humans we so often decide to go to a show or a movie on the impulse.but so often,when that happens,either we do not get the tickets or we will not get the best seats in the house.
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Small traders vs the Farmers!

Of late the retail sector in India has been getting a lot of attention of the good and the bad kind.Reliance inc had decided to open up a lot of supermarkets all over India called 'fresh'.but this obviously did not set well with the small traders who wanted such shops closed because they feared that it will run them out of business.anyway they agitated and destroyed some property belonging to Reliance which is when the UP government decided to step in and ban such reliance shops altogether.now the whole controversy has snowballed with Reliance deciding to shut all such shops all across northern and eastern India.needless to say this has left the hard working farmers dry.so this time around they started agitating against the governments move and have made it clear that they want the reliance shops back as they were providing them with a much much better source of livelihood.so the government is caught in a fix,will it take the farmers side or the small traders side?since the farmers are many,my guess is that it will be the farmers who will have the final say on the matter,especially as they form a major part of the vote bank and with elections on the way... you know ho it goes!
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Formula one goes Indian!

Well,we have all heard of the Formula one,well,the latest news on that is that it has gone partly Indian.India with a very strong resurgent economy that is growing by bounds and leaps was only missing this among the others.that is no longer true.the Beer baron of India,Vijay mallaya has made a joint bid for the Formula one team along with Spyker's director of Formula One, Michiel Mol,for 80 million euro.a newly formed consortium of sorts called Orange India will be taking over soon.with such news like this,will it be any wonder if more racy news enters the Indian mindset??
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