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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Hindi Slogans (Jokes)

# Sign on a railway station at Patna:Aana free, jaana free,pakde gaye to khana free.
# Sign on a famous beauty parlor in Bombay:Don’t whistle at the girl going out from here.She may be your grandmother!
# Sign on a bulletin board:Success is relativeMore the success, more the relatives.
# Sign at a barber’s saloon in Juhu, Bombay:we need your heads to run our business.
# A traffic slogan:Don’t let your kids drive if they are not old
enough - or else they never will be…..
#THE BEST ONE :Its God’s responsibility to forgive the terrorist organizationsIt’s our responsibility to arrange the meeting between them and god.”- Indian Armed Forces -----------

Monday, August 18, 2008

The World’s Billionaires List 2008

According to Forbes Magazine’s The World’s Billionaires List 2008, the World’s Richest Man is magnanimous investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. His fortune is an estimated $62 billion, up $10 billion from last year.

#1. Warren Buffett
Age: 77Fortune: self madeSource: Berkshire HathawayNet Worth: $62.0 bilCountry Of Citizenship: United StatesIndustry: InvestmentsMarital Status: widowed, remarried, 3 children
Warren Buffet soared past friend and bridge partner Bill Gates as shares of Berkshire Hathaway climbed 25% since the middle of last July. Son of Nebraska politician delivered newspapers as a boy. Filed first tax return at age 13, claiming $35 deduction for bicycle. Studied under value investing guru Benjamin Graham at Columbia. Took over textile firm Berkshire Hathaway 1965. Today holding company invested in insurance (Geico, General Re), jewelry (Borsheim’s), utilities (MidAmerican Energy), food (Dairy Queen, See’s Candies). Also has noncontrolling stakes in Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo. Insurance operations flourished in 2007. Had long promised to give away his fortune posthumously. Irrevocably earmarked the majority of his Berkshire shares to charity in 2006, mostly to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gift was valued at $31 billion on day of announcement; donation will far exceed that sum so long as Berkshire shares continue to rise.

#2. Carlos Slim Helu & family
Age: 68Fortune: self madeSource: telecomNet Worth: $60.0 bilCountry of Citizenship: MexicoIndustry: CommunicationsMarital Status: widowed, 6 children
Second-richest man in the world this year, thanks to strong Mexican equities market and the performance of his wireless telephone company, America Movil. The son of a Lebanese immigrant, Slim made his first fortune in 1990 when he bought fixed line operator Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) in a privatization. In December, America Movil struck a deal with Yahoo to provide mobile Web services to 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. In recent years, he has donated close to $7 billion worth of cash and stock to fund education and health projects, and to the revitalization of Mexico City’s downtown historical district.

#3. William Gates III
Age: 52Fortune: self madeSource: MicrosoftNet Worth: $58.0 bilCountry of Citizenship: United StatesIndustry: SoftwareMarital Status: married, 3 children
Harvard dropout and Microsoft visionary is no longer the world’s richest man. Blame Yahoo: Microsoft shares have fallen 15% since the company boldly attempted to merge with the search engine giant to better fight Google for Internet dominance. Gates is preparing to give up day-to-day involvement in the company he co-founded 33 years ago to spend more time focused on his philanthropic endeavors. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has $38.7 billion in assets, donates to causes aimed at bringing financial tools to the poor, speeding up the development of vaccines (for AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis), bettering America’s lagging high schools. Sells 20 million Microsoft shares every quarter, proceeds going to private investment vehicle Cascade; more than half of net worth now outside of Microsoft.

#4. Lakshmi Mittal
Age: 57Fortune: inherited and growingSource: steelNet Worth: $45.0 bilCountry of Citizenship: IndiaIndustry: ManufacturingMarital Status: married, 2 children
Head of world’s largest steelmaker, $105 billion (sales) ArcelorMittal, which accounts for 10% of all crude steel production. Currently the company’s largest shareholder with 44% stake. Longtime resident of London.

#5. Mukesh Ambani
Age: 50Fortune: inherited and growingSource: petrochemicalsNet Worth: $43.0 bilCountry of Citizenship: IndiaIndustry: ManufacturingMarital Status: married, 3 children
Asia’s richest resident heads petrochemicals giant Reliance Industries, India’s most valuable company by market cap.

#6. Anil Ambani
Age: 48Fortune: inheritedSource: diversifiedNet Worth: $42.0 bilCountry of Citizenship: IndiaIndustry: DiversifiedMarital Status: married, 2 children
Currently closing the gap with estranged brother, Mukesh, who ranks one spot ahead of him. He recently raised $3 billion from the highly anticipated initial offering of his Reliance Power, the biggest in India’s history.

#7. Ingvar Kamprad & family
Age: 81Fortune: self madeSource: IkeaNet Worth: $31.0 bilCountry of Citizenship: SwedenIndustry: RetailingMarital Status: married, 4 children
Owns furniture retailer Ikea, with stores in 40 countries around the world.

#8. KP Singh
Age: 76Fortune: inherited and growingSource: real estateNet Worth: $30.0 bilCountry of Citizenship: IndiaIndustry: Real EstateMarital Status: married, 3 children
Now the world’s richest real estate baron after listing his real estate development company DLF in 2007 which helped triple his fortune to $30 billion in 2008, up from $10 billion.

#9 Oleg Deripaska
Age: 40Fortune: self madeSource: Russian AluminumNet Worth: $28.0 bilCountry of Citizenship: RussiaIndustry: DiversifiedMarital Status: married, 2 children
His holding company, Basic Element, now owns Russian Aluminum (United Company Rusal), automobile manufacturer GAZ, aircraft manufacturer Aviacor and insurance company Ingosstrakh.

#10. Karl Albrecht
Age: 88Fortune: self madeSource: AldiNet Worth: $27.0 bilCountry of Citizenship: GermanyIndustry: RetailingMarital Status: married, 2 children
Germany’s richest man, owner of discount supermarket giant Aldi which now has more than 8,000 stores and $67 billion in sales.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

World's top 10 companies

The Forbes 2000 is new comprehensive ranking by Forbes; for world's biggest companies, measured by a composite of sales, profits, assets and market value.

THE TOP TEN
Citigroup
General Electric
American Intl Group
ExxonMobil
BP
Bank of America
HSBC Group
Toyota Motor
Fannie Mae
Wal-Mart Stores

Saturday, August 16, 2008

World's biggest stock exchanges

Here we present information about the world's eight biggest stock markets. They have not been ranked. Read on...
1. New York Stock Exchange: $21.79 trillion share trades
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is nicknamed the 'Big Board'. This is the largest stock exchange in the world by dollar volume with 2,764 listed securities. It has the second most securities of all stock exchanges.
2. NASDAQ: $11.81 trillion share trades
The NASDAQ is the acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System. An American stock exchange, NASDAQ is the largest electronic screen-based equity securities trading market in the US.
3. The London Stock Exchange: $7.57 trillion share trades
London Stock Exchange, or LSE, is located in London, England. It is part of the London Stock Exchange Group plc. At present, it is situated in Paternoster Square close to St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. One of the largest stock exchanges in the world, LSE was founded in 1801.
4. Tokyo Stock Exchange: $5.82 trillion share trades
The Tokyo Stock Exchange, or TSE, located in Tokyo, Japan, is the second largest stock exchange in the world by market value, second to the New York Stock Exchange, but 4th in terms of worth of shares traded. It currently lists 2,271 domestic companies and 31 foreign companies.
5. Euronext: $3.85 trillion share trades
Euronext N.V. is a pan-European stock exchange based in Paris with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
In addition to equities and derivatives markets, the Euronext group provides clearing and information services. Not too long ago, Euronext merged with NYSE Group to form NYSE Euronext, the 'first global stock exchange'. Euronext was formed on September 22, 2000 in a merger of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, Brussels Stock Exchange, and Paris Bourse.
6. Deutsche Borse: $2.74 trillion share trades
Deutsche Borse AG is a marketplace organiser for the trading of shares and other securities. It also is a transaction services provider. It gives companies and investors access to global capital markets. Deutsche Borse was founded in 1992. The headquarters are in Frankfurt, Germany.
7. Borsa Italiana: $1.59 trillion share trades
The Borsa Italiana S.p. A., based in Milan, is Italy's main stock exchange. It was privatised in 1997, and was acquired by the London Stock Exchange in October 2007. Borsa Italiana has managing responsibility for Italy's derivatives markets and its fixed income market.
8. SWX Swiss Exchange: $1.40 trillion share trades
SWX Swiss Exchange is Switzerland's stock exchange, based in Zurich. The main stock market index for the SWX Swiss Exchange is the SMI. The index consists of the 20 most significant equity-securities based on the free float market capitalisation.
Source: World Federation of Exchanges Industry Association