Bollywood is showing a negative return on investment — at least, if the box office collections (domestic and international) of the top five production and distribution houses are something to go by.
According to the industry, the five major film production houses -- UTV, Yash Raj Films, Studio18, Eros and Reliance Entertainment -- have made box office collections of Rs 510 crore from 19 big-ticket movies this year (till the first week of November), though they'd forked out over Rs 537 crore to either make or to buy these. The top five players account for over 70 per cent of the medium and big budget movies made in Bollywood.

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U.S. President Barack Obama can add another accolade to his already long list of awards after being named the world's most powerful person in an inaugural ranking by Forbes magazine.

Obama, whose popularity at home and abroad has boosted the image of the United States according to numerous surveys, topped the list that also features al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey as people wielding some influence over the world.

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Gujarat government's efforts to attract huge investment in the state through Vibrant Gujarat Summits seem to be paying off, as the state has emerged as the top investment destination during the year 2008-09. If a study conducted by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) is anything to go by, the state has pipped all the state in the country with highest planned capital expenditure (capex) during the year.

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A few days ago, I got an email from a friend -- yet another -- who told me that he had just been laid off from his journalism job. The job losses in our field are so huge that there is at least one website entirely devoted to tracking the loss of journalism jobs day by day.

My friend wrote that he wished he had done some planning before the ax had fallen, and he is not the only one feeling that way. Many people are in situations where they know layoffs are a possibility, yet they do little to prepare themselves.

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Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:

1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started
too late!

2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.

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1) We all purchase the vegetables & fruits of the season. For example, if it is the season of Tomatoes, we buy tomatoes more and not Brinjals. This way we get fresh tomatoes at a cheap price. Similarly, in Equities also, we should buy the Equities of the season. I mean equities plentily available in that season. If Banking Sector stocks are beaten down in a particular season, then we should buy banking stocks in that season. That way we get such banking stocks cheap and can cherry pick blue chips of Banking Sector at a cheap price (like fresh tomatoes for a cheap price in the season).

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I read Kiruba’s ‘How to increase your Blog Traffic’…pretty neat stuff. He should know, for he is the top Blogger according to BlogStreet. He is a good friend of mine…at least he was when I began writing this post.

Here is what I (notice that I is in Bold) think will get you more traffic –

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