What can India learn from the mess on the Wall Street? Dr RH Patil, founder of the NSE and a master of markets and risk assessment, spelt  out to MoneyLIFE the five lessons we must learn from the crisis

The subprime crisis is causing America to do some serious soul searching about the state of financial markets regulation. The powerful Federal Reserve Board has been brought to its knees and...

Some more examples of being courteous and pleasant

An American corporation in Ohio invited their new distributor from an Asian country to the US to visit their manufacturing plants. These visits always helped to create confidence and trust. Mr XL accepted the invitation and arrived as per the schedule. He was received by Gwen Rogers, GM Public Relations, of the corporation. She welcomed him...

This is journalist Pradeep Magazine’s expose of bookmakers’ influence over the game today. Surely, you don’t expect the enchanting prose of Neville Cardus or the social insights of CLR James nor even the home-grown profundities of our very own Ramachandra Guha. But shouldn’t a tome that claims to be “the shocking story of betting scams and match-fixing” at least be a riveting read? You have...