How often have you been furious at the insensitivity, apathy and lack of accountability of various government entities and did not know how to make your grievance heard? Many of us believed that consumer courts are the only real recourse for those determined to seek justice. But that is a tedious and, often, frustrating process that could drag on for a decade through various courts....

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In Japan, the late 1980s -- a time of skyrocketing real estate and stock prices -- were years of the infamous baburu keiki or Bubble Climate of the Japanese economy. It was during the same period that another term hit the headlines in Japan, the phenomenon...

James Montier is a thoughtful person. As a global equity strategist with Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, a top broking firm, he believes in taking an independent approach to understanding all about the investment process. In November 2005, he had written a paper titled “Seven Sins of Management: A Behavioural Critique”. This article was widely read by the investing community but it is...