Recovering From Large Investment Losses

If the old adage “Time is Money” is true, then investors have lost a lot over the last 11 years. At the depth of the recent meltdown (2008-2009), the S&P 500 was down in excess of 50% from its high set in 2007.

08/09/11
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American football is coming to India

American football has never really caught on overseas, but a group of investors think the sport can succeed in a place where it hasn’t previously been tried: India.

08/03/11
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The New Role of Pracharak in Hindu temples in USA

I imagine a civic ceremony in your hometown that might be convened by a progressive mayor who wished to have as many representatives of the city's various religions as possible.

07/12/11
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We Are All Hindus Now

America is not a Christian nation. We are, it is true, a nation founded by Christians, and according to a 2008 survey, 76 percent of us continue to identify as Christian (still, that's the lowest percentage in American history).

07/07/11
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan pregnant

Bollywood top actress Aishwarya Rai is pregnant with her first child, her superstar father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan announced on Twitter on Tuesday.

06/21/11
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Mango Pie Recipe

Recipe #1

Ingredients:

Lemon Jello-1pk (6 0z)
Mini Marshmellows-1 cup
Cream cheese- 255 gr(3pkts)
Cool Whip- 4oz
Mango pulp-1.5 cups
Ready crust pie shells- 2

06/16/11
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FBAR Filing Deadline Extended for Certain Financial Professionals

Vienna, VA — The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on June 6 that a small subset of individuals with only signature authority over certain foreign financial accounts who are required to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) with respect to those accounts will receive a one-year extension beyond the upcoming filing date of June 30, 2011.

06/14/11
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Bopanna-Qureshi win Germany ATP event

Top seeded Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi won their first ATP title of the season, overcoming Robin Haase and Milos Raonic 7-6 (8), 3-6, 11-9 in the summit clash of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany on Sunday.

06/13/11
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YouTube launches Bollywood film channel

YouTube the video streaming site from Google has launched a new film channel called ‘YouTube Box Office’ that will feature a film every month, free of cost. The channel is being launched by showcasing a new Hindi film titled ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’.

06/07/11
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Inflation: What it means & how to protect our investments

"Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.” — Sam Ewing

Inflation can be defined as a sustained increase in general level of prices for goods and services. It can be viewed as a broad measure of the overall increase in prices or the cost of living in a country. This definition would imply that every dollar you have in your pocket today is going to buy you a smaller percentage of goods or service in the future.

06/06/11
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