Ignore Expiration Dates
“Best by,” “Sell by,” and all those other labels mean very little.
There’s a filet mignon in my fridge that expired four days ago, but it seems OK to me. I take a hesitant whiff and detect no putrid odor of rotting flesh, no oozing, fetid cow juice—just the full-bodied aroma of well-aged meat. [...]
Hindu Gods have made their way into U.S. mail, with an Atlanta based company headed by an Indian American launching a series of legally valid custom-made postage stamps.
The first of these 44 cent stamps featuring Sri Krishna, Shiva-Parvathi, Lakshmi, Lord Venkateshwara, Murugan, Vinayaka and Sai Baba were issued last month.
Groundhog Day is a holiday celebrated on February 2. It is held in the United States and Canada. According to folklore, if a groundhog emerging from its burrow on this day fails to see its shadow, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter will soon end. If on the other hand, the groundhog sees [...]
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Those who have been following US financial markets for a long time know one thing for sure: markets are manipulated by the money interests. Many savvy investors I know and follow have suspected collusion and conspiracy between the banks and the powers that be. If you are among them, you would be right.
Geithner and his [...]
A typical Desi’s choice of primary car in US is a Japanese model. Accord is at believed to be at the top of the list of most owned cars by Desis in US. Toyota Camry is perhaps a close second.
You heard the news. Toyota is not only recalling 2.3 million vehicles, but entirely stopped selling [...]
This event by itself may not unsettle the credit markets like the news of Lehman Brothers bankruptcy filing did. But it epitomizes the symptoms of this country’s corrupt financial system where excessive credit and leverage has pretty much sucked every last penny out of the system – especially from the hardworking middle class.
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Banks, bonuses and bailouts – busted? Is this a new found spine for the President? Or, is it a reaction to the wake-up call he got from Massachusetts? Whatever it is, I don’t see the bank executives shivering in their boots.
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When you put right analogies to a story, we all say, “Hmmm. Isn’t that right?” This particular is like that of many daytime soap operas in US. Even better analogy is that it is like a Telugu flick where the hero gets entangled with two wives. How does this drama unfold and how it ends?
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Time wants us to believe that Bernanke saved us from melt-down, but I think time will tell us a completely different story: Bernanke’s cure is worse than the disease that was ignored even caused/spread by Greenspan’s Fed.
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[Photo courtesy: WSJ]
The year 2009 saw relentless printing by Uncle Ben. He got more than a bit of manipulative helping hand from the Wall Street trading firms, who are the principal constituents of the Fed, the US Congress. Bingo! “Everything is hunky-dory again. The in US markets were “stabilized” in 2009. Indian stocks were essentially [...]
The US Department of State issued another warning to US Citizens for travel to Indian State of Andhra Pradesh.
Travel Alert
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Consular Affairs
This information is current as of today, Wed Dec 30 2009 20:16:02 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time).
India — Security Issues
December 29, 2009
The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to continuing security [...]
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