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We are all Dhritarashtra

The one overweening concern of most Indians -- leaders of statecraft, captains of industry, matinee idols, paragons of professions, and common citizens alike -- is the future of their progeny, says......

Greed is good; excessive greed even better

The reason why Bofors is back in the news is the same mindboggling excessive greed as in the Commonwealth Games scandal. Excessive greed, it turns out, is even better, for unearthing the truth,......

From 'greed is good' to finance for global good

Gordon Gekko, who appeared as the ruthless corporate raider in the earlier Wall Street movie of 1987, is best remembered for the line: "Greed is good." At the close of that film Gekko went to......

How Bhagavad Gita has charmed US corporates

Times have changed since Gordon Gekko quoted Sun Tzu in the 1987 movie Wall Street. Has the Bhagavad Gita replaced The Art of War as the hip new ancient Eastern management text?Signs of worldly......

Patterns in governance failures

Birders look for patterns and distinguishing marks -- the head, the wings, the underside and the tail, the size, the colour, the beak, whether it is the morning after an overnight rain in early......

The 15 richest fictional characters

The S&P 500 is down about 40% over the last 12 months. There have been nearly 190,000 layoffs at America's 500 largest companies in just the last six weeks. And the U.S. government is spending a......

Are corporates bilking the shareholders?

With the recent actual or near collapse of many Western banks and companies as a result of the credit crunch, the massive severance packages that the failed executives have nevertheless walked off......

First Look: Gordon Gekko, back on screen

Lunch is for wimps," said Gordon Gekko.The ruthless capitalist shark seen in Oliver Stone's 1987 film Wall Street, played by Michael Douglas --the characternabbing him a Best Actor Oscar -- is all......

Shikhar is very mediocre

If you subscribe to Gordon Gekko's school of thought, it's G for greed, mind you, not giraffe.Ditto for Gaurav Gupta! I am not sure which B-school this desi GG, as he is unimaginatively nicknamed......

The Oscars aren't what they started out to be

Director Suparn Verma seemed very upset about some of the Oscar wins this year. He rants about it here: I lost 500. A friend and I teamed against our close friends -- a......

Wall Street 2 is very entertaining

Aseem Chhabra reviews Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.What a difference 23 years make. In 1987 when Oliver Stone directed the original Wall Street, his intent was to expose the excesses of the......

Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones say 'I Do' again

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Cancer-stricken Michael Douglas and wife Catherine Zeta-Jones are planning to renew their wedding vows in November.......

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Michael Douglas gets intimate with Matt Damon!

London: Michael Douglas and Matt Damon have got intimate in new Liberace biopic, 'Behind the Candelabra', which details the flamboyant star's... ...

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/ENT-michael-douglas-gets-intimate-with-matt-damon-4265515-NOR.html

A sucker is born every minute

We are good at taking post facto action. Shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted is ingrained in our DNA. Over the years, there have been... ...

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/west-bengal-chit-fund-scam-ketan-parekh-tarun-trikha-ramalinga-raju-speakasia-bus-sebi/1/268116.html

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara familiar with the limelight

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara The chief federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York The latest... ...

http://in.news.yahoo.com/newsmaker-u-attorney-bharara-familiar-limelight-004818968--finance.html

Changing the world at young age of 40

Last week, on Thursday to be precise, the mobile phone turned forty. Of course, mobile phone penetration in India took off only around 2000, so for... ...

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Gordon Gekko

News for Gordon Gekko

We are all Dhritarashtra

Greed is good; excessive greed even better

From 'greed is good' to finance for global good

How Bhagavad Gita has charmed US corporates

Patterns in governance failures

The 15 richest fictional characters

Are corporates bilking the shareholders?

First Look: Gordon Gekko, back on screen

Shikhar is very mediocre

The Oscars aren't what they started out to be

Wall Street 2 is very entertaining

Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones say 'I Do' again

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