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10 Commandments of Research

By Brij Singh ⋅ October 15, 2003 ⋅ Comments

From Big Picture
10 Commandments of Research
1) Be right on the fundamentals. Earnings growth drives stock price. There is essentially a 100% correlation with how a company does and how its stock performs over time.
2) Be Proactive — Not Reactive. Reporting what happened is what a news reporter does. We get paid to [...]

Study: U.S. gap in higher ed on the rise

By Brij Singh ⋅ October 7, 2003 ⋅ Comments

Historically US supremacy in higher education area has been its magnet. Policy makers have something to worry about.
Study: U.S. gap in higher ed on the rise
“Human capital is the coin of the realm,” it reads. “Educational attainment, measured in terms of the highest degree or level of schooling attained by the adult population, [...]

Count on Mr Feynman

By Brij Singh ⋅ September 27, 2003 ⋅ Comments

Its hard to beat his sense of humour:
There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
Richard Feynman

Wealth of Nations Hangs on WTO Talks

By Brij Singh ⋅ August 31, 2003 ⋅ Comments

Wealth of Nations Hangs on WTO Talks
Alan Wheatley, Asian Economics Correspondent has written this report on coming globalization trade issue arising due to subsidies :
Is it fair that every European cow laps up $2.50 a day in subsidies while half the people in the world live on less than $2 a day?
Cutting through the [...]

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