Regulator

May 30, 2010

BP's reputation plunges to a new depth as "top kill" also fails

The whole BP Oil Spill story has been one long list of failures,lies and ineptitude by all the major stakeholders involved.The Obama administration,BP and the Oil […]
May 29, 2010

BP Oil Spill – A Tale of Corruption, Lies and Deception

BP Oil Spill continues to make headlines for the horrific environmental effects it is having on US coastal states .The whole story has been one riddled […]
May 24, 2010

Technology Wars – Microsoft's Bing gains traction against Goolge in Search

Technology companies like Apple,Google and Microsoft are fighting each other on many fronts in Hardware and Software .Google has been the dominant player in the Internet […]
May 23, 2010

Indian solar companies win a Pyrrhic Victory

Indian companies Fear Foreign Competition Indian companies raised a massive hue and cry against the Indian government’s draft to allow foreign made modules to be used […]
May 20, 2010

A Chronology of the Greek Contagion as Risky assets take another Big Fall

A Chronology of the Greek Contagion 1) Markets get spooked by the Greek crisis ; IMF/EU  Bailout  deemed insufficient 2) European markets and risky assets take […]
May 20, 2010

India's Publicly Listed Oil Companies remain Captive to the whims of the Government

India has a number of large state owned Oil/Gas companies most of which are listed on the stock exchange.However these companies are difficult  to value fairly […]
May 20, 2010

BP Oil Spill Finally Hits American Coast;Massive Impact on Economy and Environment Expected

Despite “numerous efforts” by BP which took a week to wake up to the scale of the disaster, the Oil Spill has finally  hit the American […]
May 19, 2010

Why is Europe always at the Forefront of Technology Price Fixing and Antitrust actions

For some time I have noticed that European Union has been coming down very strong on anti trust actions and price fixing against technology companies . […]
May 19, 2010

Twin Shocks Hit Markets as Germany Bans Naked Short Selling and US Senate puts Curbs on Credit Cards

Markets have become a very risky place both on the long and short side with governments coming up with new “bailouts” and “regulations” almost each day […]
May 18, 2010

BP oil spill faces Presidential Commission as “Cozy Relationship” between Companies and the Regulator gets highlighted ; BP claims "partial success"

The BP oil spill has garnered unprecedented media coverage due to the major environment impact it could have on some of the coastal states of the […]
May 11, 2010

India Junk IPO Market : Texmo Pipes seems a classic case of "Pump and Dump"

I have been wondering whether the rash of low quality IPOs in the Indian markets is the sign of a market top. There have been numerous […]
May 10, 2010

Huawei's Desperate Ploy to Overturn India's ban : Chinese employees keep Indian Names

India has  put a ban on Chinese telecom equipment manufacturers Huawei and ZTE due to security concerns.There have been reports of Internet espionage of sensitive government […]
May 10, 2010

Hazardous Indian Capital Markets : MFs Distributors Disregard Regulator's Rules with impunity

Investing in the Indian capital markets is fraught with dangers for the retail investors even experienced and informed ones.For the newbie investor they are a veritable […]
May 7, 2010

Czech Solar Feed in Tariff (FIT) Story of 2010 follows the Spanish Crash of 2009 closely

We all know what happened in Spain in 2008.Due to extremely generous feed in tariffs for solar , installers went on a spree installing 2.5 GW […]