It’s been a four year ride, but TrustedPlaces , the UK’s earliest and oldest Yelp-like local reviews site, has been acquired by Yell Group Plc, the holder of the Yell.com local business directory. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed but we understand both founders and investors HOWZAT Media, the fund setup by dotcom veterans Hugo Burge and David Soskin, are “very happy”
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Yell acquires TrustedPlaces for its recommendations potential
A white plastic “cube” * that is slightly bigger than a thumb tip protrudes from the top of an Android phone. A thin slit runs through it; peek inside and you can make out the interior metal nub capable of reading any credit card that swoops through it. This is Square , an accessory to the recently released Android version of an iPhone app (hands-on) that’s aiming to revolutionize personal mobile payments the way that PayPal first simplified payments online
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Start your own business with Square for Android
Many phone cards impose hidden fees that cause minutes to disappear so, in many cases, users will get less minutes than they expect when the card is used. In most cases these fees are disclosed in the fine print but many consumers do not pay attention to the fine print when making a purchase. We have listed five common hidden fees below.
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5 Common Phone Card Rip-Offs
If you are a limit card customer and your account/card is still active, then please note below mentioned changes. Message marked in underline, indicates changes in existing tariffs. 1) In Derivatives segment, Options brokerage will be charged @ Rs 15/- P er lot executed .
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Reliance Money changes option trading Limit Card tariff
Image via Wikipedia Standard Chartered is likely to hit the markets with the country’s maiden Indian Depository Receipt issue on May 25, with an offering of securities worth around $600 million. The London-headquartered bank will issue around 240-million IDRs, with each share representing 10 IDRs
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StanChart plans country’s maiden IDR on May 25
Tel3Advantage offers one of the most popular preapid calling plans in North America and, as shown below, has the lowest rates to many popular destinations. The rates are even lower for the first 30 days if people sign-up using the Triple Promotion. Visit Tel3 Triple Promo for details.
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Tel3Advantage has the Lowest International Rates to Many Popular Destinations
Vacation time is here and searching for tours, attraction, museums and vacation ideas has never been easier than with Trusted Tours and Attractions . They offer reviews and recommendations on the top tours, attractions and museums to visit in places like, Orlando, Washington DC, Phoenix, San Francisco, Tampa, Sedona, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Boston and many more
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Vacation Time Is Here Book With Book With Trusted Tours And Attractions
Pakistan Mobile is one of the costliest destinations even in 2010. Most asian countries have lowered their calling rates to increase volumes of call but Pakistan has never realised the true potential… Learn how to make FREE calls worldwide.
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Free International Calls to Pakistan Mobile
A little known phone card feature that is popular with many international callers is speed dial. Using the speed dial feature a caller can pre-program phone numbers and dial them by pressing two keys. This is a very nice time saving feature for people who make frequent international calls to friends, family or business associates overseas.
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Phone Card Features: Speed Dial
Image via Wikipedia Reliance Communications (RCom) today announced a new rate plan — Simply Unlimited Pack — with unlimited talk time on a single monthly recharge for its CDMA pre-paid customers. However, the plan does not support SMS and other value-added services
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Reliance Mobile CDMA to offer unlimited local, STD call schemes
On Tuesday, the World Bank (WB) barred Videocon Industries from doing any business with the bank for three years, beginning 11 January 2010, for violating procurement guidelines.The World Bank has included Videocon in the list of companies that are not eligible for contracts funded by it.The firm was sent a letter of reprimand subsequent to an administrative process permitting the company to respond to the allegations, the World Bank said in its latest update of companies blacklisted for doing business due to fraud and corruption charges. Readers can remember that earlier, Satyam Computers was banned by WB with the same charges
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World Bank barred Videocon from doing business with it for three years
When market prices do not reflect the true value of companies, investors must look for various details to arrive at the right valuation. Nirmal Bang, in it’s recent Beyond the Market , detailed the procedure to find the undervalued shares. WWW.INVESTCHIPS.COM This post is originally posted by R.John Christy for www.investchips.com.
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Value Investment Guide from Nirmal Bang
International mobile phones have become very popular with international travelers especially business travelers who can now take their office with them wherever they travel. However, it is a very costly way to make international phone calls while on a trip. International cell phone carriers typical charge for incoming as well as outgoing calls and rates can be anywhere from $1 to several US dollars per minute
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International Cell Phones are a Convenient but Costly Option
Image by Riat via Flickr Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd’s (SJVNL) initial public offer (IPO) looks attractively priced at a price band of Rs 23-26 per equity share and investors can subscribe to the issue for listing gains.The IPO, which opens today, would offer a 5% discount to retail investors.
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Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd IPO – Apply at Cut Off
Image via Wikipedia Banks will have to soon put in place an additional authentication cover for their credit and debit card customers transacting over phone.. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked all the banks operating in the country to put in place by next year a system where credit and debit card customers would need to provide an additional password for IVR (interactive voice response) transactions
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“Ask additional password for IVR transactions” – RBI to Banks
If you are planning a trip to Russia or live in Russia and want to make cheap international calls from Russia than we have the ideal phone card. It is call the Arbat phone card and can be purchased from the website phone cards international . It has some of the lowest rates on international calls from Russia and has local access numbers in Moscow, St Petersburg and several other Russian cities.
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How to Make Cheap Calls from Russia
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Shriram Transport Finance – NCD issue is opening in the 1 st week of May Tenor would be 5Yrs and 7Yrs with Put and call option after 3Yrs and 5Yrs respectively. It means technically the tenor is 3Yrs and 5Yrs
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Shriram Transport Finance – NCD issue is opening in the 1st week of May
On a recent trip to South Korea we used the Solaris phone card to make calls to the USA. The Solaris card is a premium quality international phone card that can be used to make cheap international calls from more than 100 countries. The rate to the USA from South Korea using the Solaris card is about 10.5 US cents per minute which is relatively cheap compared to other phone cards and the call quality was very good.
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Cheap International Calls from South Korea
We are always on the lookout to find the cheapest services to call the world and India is one of the prime calling destination for NRI. We found a new VOIP service which lets you call India for only… Learn how to make FREE calls worldwide.
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Pco4Nri.com Pco 4 NRI offers 1 rupee call to India
Image via Wikipedia HDFC has introduced a new dual home loan product, under which, home loans will be available at 8.25% for the first year and 9% for the second year. Under the new scheme, the home loan will have a fixed rate of 8.25% and 9% for the first and second year and a floating rate from the third year onwards.
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Karl Jo Seilern and Anton Waldburg, managing partners of theblogpaper.co.uk , seem to be swimming against the currents in the ever turbulent waters that are the publishing industry. While most print publications are moving more and more content online in order to reach an increasingly tech-savvy, internet-based and mobile readership, Seilern and Waldburg are taking blog content offline in the blogpaper–the UK’s first completely user-generated, free newspaper. When I asked the duo what the rationale was behind taking blog content offline and into print form, Waldburg told me it is simply a way to “fully satisfy the needs of a young readership.” Readers can access the blogpaper’s content online, but having a print edition gives readers another format choice and extends the reach of the blogger past online consumers to those who prefer a more traditional reader experience
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The Blogpaper, Moving Blogs Into Print
Image via Wikipedia In terms of para 26 of the said order, 14 entities have been restrained from issuing any offer document, advertisement, brochure soliciting money from investors or raise money from investors by way of new and/or additional subscription for any product (including ULIPs) having an investment component in the nature of mutual funds, till they obtain the requisite certificate of registration from SEBI. As per para 28 of the said order, the order shall come into force with immediate effect, i.e. from 09.04.10.This is to bring to the notice of investors that SEBI has decided to keep in abeyance, till further notice, the enforcement of the above directions with respect to the ULIP schemes /products existing on the date of the order, i.e.
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Don’t launch any new ULIPS : SEBI
Image by Getty Images via Daylife BSE Code: 532820 NSE Code : MUDRA Nirmal Bang in it’s recent research report, recommended buying of Mudra Lifestyle Limited (MLL). Strengths: State of the art process house Fully Integrated units lead to lower lead time as compared with the industry average Strong brand in the domestic fabric market Strong customer base Can shift between products in case of downturn in a particular category since it manufactures garments from all kinds of fabric Opportunities: Improved focus on garment manufacturing will result in better margins Increase in demand for high – end fabric in domestic market Catering to top‐end brands should lead to improved margins Expansion of customer base in international market Company can launch its own brand in the market
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Are you an Independent Financial Advisor/own a wealth management firm and looking out for a software to mange your clients data? Perfios presents – ‘MyClients’ – The best web based client management application for your firm.
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Perfios “Myclients” trial offer
Image via Wikipedia IRDA in it’s unusually quick order , permits Indian insurance companies that are mentioned in the order of SEBI to continue to carry out insurance business as usual including offering , marketing and servicing ULIPs in accordance with the Insurance Act, 1938, Rules, Regulations and Guidelines issued there under by the IRDA.
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IRDA permits ULIPS & bats for private insurers
Image by freakyyash via Flickr Market regulator SEBI has banned 14 life insurance companies, including those belonging to Tatas, SBI, ICICI, HDFC and Reliance Anil Ambani group from raising funds through unit linked schemes. Many of the affected companies said they would talk to both Sebi and Irda on the issue, which has emerged as a bone of contention between the two regulators. Rejecting the arguments by insurance companies that Ulip schemes are insurance products, a view endorsed by Irda, market regulator Sebi issued the order late last night
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SEBI bans 14 insurers from issuing ULIP
Image via Wikipedia Another brand new Tata Nano car caught fire in Anand District on Wednesday. In another shocking incident for the Tata Nano, a brand new Nano caught fire this time on its way to Vadodara.This is the latest in a series of incidents that have happened in Delhi, Lucknow and Ahmedabad last year, and just about 20 days back in Mumbai
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Tata Nano catches fire
All these thoughts about a Zombie Apocalypse have got me thinking. Of course, the fact that the mini-series The Stand was on the other day might also have something to do with it. Plus I watched a teaser trailer for the up and coming Fallout game New Vegas. Ah, the end of the world. There’s nothing better to dedicate my thoughts to on a lazy day off than the end of the world. After writing my last blog, I have been thinking a lot about the apocalypse. Therefore, to fully purge my mind of all this nonsense I have decided to declare an unofficial Apocalypse week for my blogs. So, as the title implies, I am going to try and figure out the top ten things we would need to survive after the fall of man. First, a word on the end of the world. There are so many ways the world could end, some real and some not so real. Alien invasion , for example, would be a not so serious threat, whereas a nuclear holocaust has been a very real possibility for some time now. There could be a plague that wipes out most of humanity and the survivors will have to band together to fight the anti- christ (or insert whatever kind of ultimate evil that suits your sensibilities). Wait, I think that was a storyline in a book. It sounds familiar. What else? Zombies of course. With all the genetic manipulation that is going, the zombie thing seems like it could become an all too real possibility. There could even be an EMP ( electromagnetic pulse ), which is one of the side effects of a nuclear blast. That would knock everything electronic, for all intents and purposes regressing human kind , technologically speaking
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Top 10 Things You Would Need To Survive The Post Apocalypse
Several companies advertise free international calling to specific countries and offer free trial calls but these are mostly advertising gimmicks that are short term trials or require the caller to make monthly payments in order to continue using the service. Only a few companies actually offer the ability to make free international calls over a long period of time but even these companies have special requirements.
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How to Make Free International Phone Calls
Image via Wikipedia Sharekhan have identified the best equity-oriented schemes available in the market today based on the following 5parameters: the past performance as indicated by the one, two and three year returns, the Sharpe ratio and Information ratio. Conservative/ Large-cap funds Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity Fund – Plan A Principal Large Cap Fund DSP BlackRock Top Equity Fund Tata Pure Equity Fund & Kotak 30 Aggressive Funds Midcap IDFC Premier Equity Fund Plan A Birla Sun Life Mid Cap Fund Plan A Sahara Midcap Fund Sundaram BNP Paribas Select Midcap L&T Midcap Fund Multi Cap Reliance RSF – Equity Templeton India Growth HDFC Top 200 UTI Opportunities HDFC Equity Fund Tax planning funds Taurus Taxshield Sahara Taxgain Religare Tax Plan ICICI Prudential Taxplan DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Though I differ with the final results, investors can choose two or three funds from the above list to get solid returns. WWW.INVESTCHIPS.COM This post is originally posted by R.John Christy for www.investchips.com.
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Sharekhan’s top equity fund picks