links for 2009-01-31

January 31, 2009 in Links

Vantage point: NDTV – Self-righteous, ill-advised or both?
No matter which way you spin it, the story does not reflect well on Barkha Dutt and NDTV. If by some minuscule chance they are reading this, my suggestion to them, based on having lived through a similar situation – just apologize to Kunte, praise free speech, blame [...]

links for 2009-01-30

January 30, 2009 in Links

Scott Adams Blog: My Cat 01/28/2009
Every day since 1990 she competed with my work. When I picked up a pen, or lately a stylus, she would come running, yelling in cat language that I should pick her up and give her my full attention. She was my forced work break, and there were many. She [...]

links for 2009-01-29

January 29, 2009 in Links

Here's Something Amusing Going Around The Markets :: Business News :: Here Is The City News :: The Latest Business & Financial Markets News And Views
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links for 2009-01-28

January 28, 2009 in Links

Managing Through a Crisis: The New Rules – BusinessWeek
Money is scarce. Markets are volatile. Morale is harder to boost in an atmosphere of anxiety. Acknowledge to yourself and your team that the world has changed…
Many of the best managers in 2008 were gearing up for battle during good times…
A key issue for many companies right [...]

links for 2009-01-27

January 27, 2009 in Links

Ghalibs for our time « Punarjanman
There are some ideas that keep arising with relation to minorities in India, that they perceive themselves to be victims all the time, that they never find anything good to say about Hindus or Hinduism, that they do not feel a sense of attachment to India…
…I’m Hindu, and I feel [...]

links for 2009-01-24

January 24, 2009 in Links

Irrational Economic Man by Michael Shermer, City Journal 11 January 2009
What would help ameliorate future financial crises? The government should not be in the business of hiding real risks through political imperatives, or of insulating corporations from the risks that they have freely taken. Doing so confounds the normal risk signals that keep the market [...]