Say what you will. We think Rani Mukerji’s best days are over. In Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, Rani Mukerji continues her run of disappointing performances that started off with Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and extended to Babul and Ta Ra Rum Pum. Actually, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag starts off fairly decently but goes off course […]
As the American middle and lower classes continue their inexorable downward spiral into destitution and bankruptcy, Americans have caught the gambling bug big time. In the latest American gambling news, MGM Mirage is investing $5 billion in a new mega casino project in Atlantic City, which already has 11 casinos. MGM Mirage’s proposed multi-billion dollar […]
India’s software services darling Infosys Technologies reported its first billion-dollar revenues quarter. Infosys announced solid results Thursday for its fiscal second quarter with net profits growing 18.4% while revenues rose 19%. For the quarter ended September 30, 2007, Infosys’ net profit came in at Rs 1,100 crore on revenues of Rs 4,106 crore ($1.02 billion). North America […]
In an unusual business quirk, home loans to illegal immigrants have been found to be solid even as subprime mortgages to legal U.S. residents are shaking the financial markets globally. Also known as ITIN mortgages because they are made to those with a Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, most of these mortgages are taken out by […]
With the growing wealth of India’s nouveau riche, it was inevitable that some of the money would go into art. But the explosion in demand for Indian art by Indians – both the homegrown variety and the so-called NRIs (non-resident Indians or the diaspora) – has surprised many including some of the artists themselves. Prices for […]
In the latest incident involving Delhi’s notorious Blueline buses, seven pedestrians were killed today in India’s capital city. A Blueline bus mowed down seven people at Ali Gaon taking the total toll from these deadly buses to 93 this year. The dead in today’s gory incident involving a Blueline bus on Route 460 included five […]