I know it's a Global community and a UK-based newspaper blogging about the UK seems a tad parochial, but it would be interesting to hear your views - are we doomed?

Now, I'm not well up on my investment gurus, so Jim Rogers was a new one on me (all of them, aside from George Soros are new ones on me, so no slight intended). But he came to all our ( Read more... )

Hey, Melissa here.

Perhaps I'm jumping the gun for my Indian readers, since India doesn't get to see Slumdog Millionaire for another week and a half (it's out Jan. 23, fyi), but in light of the glitzy award show this weekend, thought I would ask people a couple questions about the movie.

I watched Danny Boyle's flick over Christmas with my family ( Read more... )

Hi, this is Melissa Bell.  I'm an American working at Mint and I had the pleasure of pestering LiveJournal during the American election, so I'm back to annoy you all in the global forum ( Read more... )

Will the Satyam episode lead to tighter regulation and greater compliance costs, as happened in the US after Enron and WorldCom?

The rapid fall from grace of Satyam Computer Services - one of India's foremost IT outsourcing companies has raised some important concerns around Corporate Governance. Satyam, which was the winner of the Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance for 2008, first grabbed headlines when it tried to acquire large chunks of Maytas Infrastructure ( Read more... )

The international community is stepping up attempts to boot Robert Mugabe from office.

In Britain, the government and the Church of England have gone further than ever before in the strength of their language against Africa's great survivor.  The question is, how far would you go to remove Mugabe?  Are words and modest sanctions enough, or is there ( Read more... )

India was viewed for very long by the west as a romantic and exotic destination. In the last decade this perception has changed to some extent with India taking centre stage as a potential growth engine. With the Mumbai terror attacks and the global slowdown hitting India it has quickly become the microcosm of much of what we have to deal with ( Read more... )