From Wall Street to your very own street The real problem is that risk has been unbundled and passed around to such an extent that the market - and probably not central banks, either - doesn't know who's got the good stuff, or indeed what good stuff looks like any more.
Indian companies are learning the Washington lobbying game The US-India Political Action Committee has defended outsourcing vendors, most of whose employees are in India. In a sign of their changing approach, the Indian vendors are also imitating a tactic used against them in the last election: putting a human, and preferably American, face on the issue.
RATING AGENCIES MADE VILLIANS
Scapegoats of the subprime crisis Regulators can hammer the debt graders if they like. But until investors are willing to treat inflated markets with caution, nothing much will change.
MOBILE ENERGY
Lithium-ion batteries remain safest option Some experts maintain that lithium-ion batteries are still the best and safest option for running the myriad electronic devices that have come to define everyday life in much of the world.
Are the Left parties justified in stalling the Indo-US nuclear deal after it was “signed and sealed,” as claimed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh? What is the possible way out of the political impasse?. Readers can express their opinion in 100 words.
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