tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10243235430097786092011-04-21T21:13:49.342-07:00Wacky Vinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02375181307652494540noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024323543009778609.post-4652078394713502832008-01-20T08:25:00.000-08:002008-01-20T08:42:00.849-08:00<div align="justify">S. Swaminathna wrote an interesting editorial in today’s Times of India called " <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Columnists/Strange_rise_of_Eastern_neo-colonialism/articleshow/2714753.cms">Strange rise of Eastern neo-colonialism</a> ". Article is about how Western economies are taking help from Eastern Sovereign Wealth Funds ( SWF ) to rescue there companies. So he argues that days of IMF have gone and now East may start dominating West through these MNC board rooms.<br /><br />An article on Yahoo Finance called " <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080115/sovereign_wealth_funds_glance.html?.v=1">Sovereign Wealth Funds Eye US Deals </a> " shows how much money is being borrowed by West from Eastern SWFs. <a href="http://www.swfradar.com/">www.swfradar.com</a> keeps track of SWF Investments.</div><div align="justify"><br />Another article on Online Journal stuck me today. It's called " <a href="http://www.onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2715.shtml">The planned collapse of America </a> ". At this point of time there may not be any direct link between the two, or is there any? </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1024323543009778609-465207839471350283?l=somethingstuckme.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Wacky Vinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02375181307652494540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024323543009778609.post-10095302013931769612008-01-17T07:42:00.000-08:002008-01-17T07:49:21.446-08:00Merrill Lynch : $22.1bn<br />Citigroup : $18bn<br />UBS : $13.5bn<br />Morgan Stanley : $9.4bn<br />HSBC : $3.4bn<br />Bear Stearns : $3.2bn<br />Deutsche Bank : $3.2bn<br />Bank of America : $3bn<br />Barclays : $2.6bn<br />Royal Bank of Scotland : $2.6bn<br />Freddie Mac : $2bn<br />JP Morgan Chase : $1.3bn<br />Credit Suisse : $1bn<br />Wachovia : $1.1bn<br />IKB : $2.6bn<br />Paribas : $439m<br /><br />Basic Math shows $89 billion loses so far<br /><br />I was wondering who's money these banks are writing off and who is having this money right now?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1024323543009778609-1009530201393176961?l=somethingstuckme.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Wacky Vinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02375181307652494540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024323543009778609.post-10157659996643165082008-01-14T23:10:00.001-08:002008-01-14T23:10:42.652-08:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1024323543009778609-1015765999664316508?l=somethingstuckme.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Wacky Vinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02375181307652494540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024323543009778609.post-73942197512337723552008-01-14T23:00:00.000-08:002008-01-14T23:06:42.225-08:00<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_H3krexIxHX4/R4xaMSuvQJI/AAAAAAAAAVY/1Kt11L66EPk/s1600-h/100_1207.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_H3krexIxHX4/R4xaMSuvQJI/AAAAAAAAAVY/1Kt11L66EPk/s320/100_1207.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3krexIxHX4/R4xaNCuvQKI/AAAAAAAAAVg/3YzFzQoh3Lo/s1600-h/100_1211.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3krexIxHX4/R4xaNCuvQKI/AAAAAAAAAVg/3YzFzQoh3Lo/s320/100_1211.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Kerala is complete contrast to the rest of the country. It’s hard to believe that life can float and survive. There were striking pictures of grandma giving a ride to kids on a rowing boat or a school having a school boat. I am glad we went there to understand that there are many forms of life. <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1024323543009778609-7394219751233772355?l=somethingstuckme.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Wacky Vinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02375181307652494540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024323543009778609.post-33092991492566827602008-01-14T22:49:00.000-08:002008-01-14T22:50:13.209-08:00<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_H3krexIxHX4/R4xXoiuvQHI/AAAAAAAAAVI/6A9wyy2wqIs/s1600-h/100_1123.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_H3krexIxHX4/R4xXoiuvQHI/AAAAAAAAAVI/6A9wyy2wqIs/s320/100_1123.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3krexIxHX4/R4xXpCuvQII/AAAAAAAAAVQ/Xk-O61UZIrw/s1600-h/100_1124.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3krexIxHX4/R4xXpCuvQII/AAAAAAAAAVQ/Xk-O61UZIrw/s320/100_1124.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />I don't know what this vessel is doing. It looks like Pollution to me.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1024323543009778609-3309299149256682760?l=somethingstuckme.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Wacky Vinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02375181307652494540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024323543009778609.post-59462109955637826462008-01-14T22:45:00.000-08:002008-01-14T22:52:01.860-08:00<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_H3krexIxHX4/R4xWhiuvQFI/AAAAAAAAAU4/IdtdNItZQoU/s1600-h/100_1140.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_H3krexIxHX4/R4xWhiuvQFI/AAAAAAAAAU4/IdtdNItZQoU/s320/100_1140.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3krexIxHX4/R4xWiCuvQGI/AAAAAAAAAVA/QhMZjTO2ITk/s1600-h/100_1141.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_H3krexIxHX4/R4xWiCuvQGI/AAAAAAAAAVA/QhMZjTO2ITk/s320/100_1141.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />The place where Vasco Da Gama was burried. Fort Kochi is a place near Cochin, Kerala. <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1024323543009778609-5946210995563782646?l=somethingstuckme.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Wacky Vinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02375181307652494540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024323543009778609.post-3606363112948095332007-09-09T02:24:00.000-07:002007-09-09T02:43:00.618-07:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070525/070525_Madeline_vmed_4p.widec.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070525/070525_Madeline_vmed_4p.widec.jpg" border="0" /></a>I wasn’t following the story of missing British girl Madeleine McCann, until recently when Portuguese police told press that her parents are suspects now. Experts are divided on the story and we should wait till investigation gets over. It's unfair to draw conclusions at this point of time.<br /><br />It became an international story now. People even put together a website to search her -><br /><a href="http://www.findmadeleine.com/">http://www.findmadeleine.com/</a><br /><br />However something stuck me when <strong>I heard CNN host saying that as per statistics kids are killed by there parents more than anyone else</strong>. Although I couldn’t verify the claim, but what came out is that it’s a sizeable number.<br /><br />Check out wikipedia for more details-> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filicide">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filicide</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1024323543009778609-360636311294809533?l=somethingstuckme.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Wacky Vinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02375181307652494540noreply@blogger.com0