Kosovar independence in the General Assembly
Following up to my earlier post, some discussion of the international reaction to Kosovar independence.At the moment, 43 countries have...

Kosovo and the UNSC
Anybody who s interested in Kosovo has long since bookmarked this incredibly useful page. Scroll down a bit and you ll see that it...

Readings: Inflation Scare, China & India, Vietnam
Investors Insight: The End of the Inflation Scare?. . . two sets of players can create money ex- nihilo in our system: central banks an...

Indian Inflation Continues to Accelerate
India's inflation accelerated again in the week ended June 14, hitting its fastest pace in 13 years and suggesting there may well be mo...

Readings: Rupee-Yen currency swap, MF portfolios, Asia bulls
Economic Times: India, Japan to sign currency swap deal today The swap arrangement will enable both the countries to swap yen and rupee...

Readings: China inflows, Grain boom, Corporate earnings
Economist: Capital inflows to China - Hot and botheredChina s foreign-exchange reserves jumped by $115 billion during April and May, ...

PINs and Needles: PowerShares India ETF Suffers Inauspicious Debut
When iPath s MSCI India Index (INP) booked a 70% return for its NAV in 2007, both issuers and investors began focusing on specific wa...

Readings: India s swaps, Gold & oil, Central bankers
Bloomberg: Merrill Says India s Swaps Signal More Rate IncreasesTwo-year swap rates in the past week climbed the most since the deriv...

Religare Wants To Raise $250 Million; Another Acquisition In The Offing?
Is Religare Enterprises, the financial services venture of the (erstwhile) Ranbaxy promoter group, close to sewing up another big ticke...