'Since my son insisted his future happiness would be jeopardised unless the matter was urgently addressed, my wife passed instructions to the kitchen staff to serve us meals in front of the TV,' says Kishore Singh.
If your ultimate goal is to get married and you are going on a first and second date with someone dreamy, don't blurt out the marriage countdown, says Solene Paillet. You will scare this perfect match away!
57-year-old Kotak is ranked 33rd in the Forbes list of 'Money Masters: The Most Powerful People In The Financial World'
The Dulquer factor is the only saving grace of this witless, charmless sham posturing as satire, feels Sukanya Verma.
'There is a need for a younger person at the top, but the old guard wants to grab the post themselves,' points out Amulya Ganguli.
After a year of heady gains, Chinese markets have been buffeted by increasing signs that economic growth is faltering.
Staying invested for a long time and making money in the process requires patience, strategy and discipline.
Trump also reiterated his stand and said he does not regret having criticised the parents of a slain American Muslim soldier Humayun Khan.
'Rajapaksa's victory poses a serious foreign policy challenge for the Modi government,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
FIFA has completed a 22-month internal inquiry into allegations of high-level corruption and criminal misconduct that buffeted world football and handed its report to Swiss authorities, soccer's ruling body said on Friday.
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Rajat Gupta, 70, the first Indian managing director of McKinsey and who of 17 months in US prison for insider trading, gets ready to tell his side of the story. And he is less than complimentary about Preet Bharara, then the famous crusading US attorney for the Southern District of New York. "The jury, the press and the public saw only... a 'cropped picture', he says. For someone whose life story was a model of the Great American Dream - an Indian of modest means who rose to the highest circles of politics and business, mingling with the White House and Davos crowd - his indictment in 2012 marked a stunning fall from grace. Many ascribed it to the hubris of the rich and powerful, says Kanika Datta.
Irrational behaviour, born out of incomplete understanding, biases, overconfidence, fear or greed, has led investors to make less than half of what they could have in the capital markets, says Erik Hon.
'A very vast majority of us will catch it at some point, about 8 out of 10 won't feel much worse than a common cold's nuisance, if at all, but some will die.' 'A very, very vast majority, at least about 98 per cent of those infected, if not more, under any circumstances, will live through it,' observes Shekhar Gupta.
When a Hindi film does well in Chennai, it's time to sit up and take notice, says A Ganesh Nadar.
Record-breaking cold gripped the United States, leaving residents shivering and coping with snow accumulating up to 3 feet. The coldest place in the country was Estcourt Station, the northernmost point in Maine, with temperatures of -39 degree Celsius. Meanwhile, many parts of the Middle East and Levant are experiencing their first real taste of winter as cold, windy weather sweeps rain, snow and sandstorms across the region. Snow has fallen even at low levels; it began falling on Wednesday in northern Israel, the Golan Heights and in the mountains of Lebanon. Istanbul in Turkey saw snow falling on its major bridges, bringing travel disruption across the city.
'Just like humans binge on food when they are depressed, they also tend to shop for instant gratification. which is just temporary. Please do not fall into this trap,' cautions Sheetal Jhaveri.
It's more common than majority of Indians realise.
Bill Gates with an estimated wealth of $86 billion topped the list for the fourth year running.
Why is a horror film on vampires so bloodless and awful, asks Raja Sen.
The markets are in meltdown. Time then to turn to the Master Investor for advice and guidance. Yefei Lu explains how Warren Buffet's investment strategy includes everything from how to look at risk versus reward to how to think about portfolio concentration.
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The Ministry of Finance or Commerce would certainly need a larger hospitality budget than the Ministry of Agriculture.
Healthy demand for the American unit from importers and corporate weighed on the rupee
After a few exciting days in Nepal, a land of alluring stupas, Rediff.com's Rajesh Karkera, on a tri-nation drive, heads east via India into mysterious Bhutan.
The UK voted to leave the European Union after 43 years.
The last thing members of Brazil's Olympic sailing team want to talk about is the water.
Describing RBI policy as not surprising, State Bank of India Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer Diwakar Gupta said there is room for the central bank to look at the long-term and not too much on the short-term issues like rupee fall and the CAD.
Emerging markets facing 5th year of slow growth: World Bank.
A group of Adivasi women are using organic produce grown on their farms to change our perception of healthy eating.
Language is an issue but not a barrier as they are still able to express their love for Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan. SRK though has a much bigger following than his celebrated senior.
Enjoying the backing of the regulator, Gill has identified the core problems, ring-fenced the banks from "influencers" and is in the process of building a new team. Now, he needs to play a Vikram Pandit for YES Bank, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
World champion Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets for Mercedes in both practice sessions of the Australian Grand Prix on Friday but team mate Nico Rosberg crashed as waterlogged conditions put a dampener on Formula One's season opener.
DBS called Rajan's decision not to seek an extension as a 'negative surprise'.
'There will be no serious effect on Indian economy because one person, one man, however powerful, however influential, however great, cannot have an impact on an economy as big and complex as India.'
Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja emerged as the 66th richest in the world, as part of an Oxfam study released at the WEF.
Once you follow these, it is also important to deploy your savings in inflation-beating investment avenues.
The winds of change were blowing at the U.S. Open on Sunday as Brooks Koepka sailed to a four-stroke victory at Erin Hills, making it the seventh consecutive major that has crowned a first-time winner.
The BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices outperformed to gain 0.6% and 1.1%, respectively
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