Mumbai, he said, with its top-class human capital and commercial acumen, have a role in this new global financial architecture as international financial centres. From a fishing hamlet to the financial capital of the country, Mumbai has come a long way. But this is not a smooth journey for Mumbai to attain that goal, taking into consideration, the present infrastructural facilities and the most important c omponent, the political will, which are lagging behind. While many other technical...

Carroll and her husband, Jason, who live on a farm in Celina, canoed up and down the Buffalo River in Arkansas, baiting hooks with chicken feed and casting lines until the wee hours of the morning. To understand Jen Carroll s love of fishing, look no further than how she spent her first four days as a married woman. Both her bass boat and Toyota Tundra pickup - gifts from her sponsors, which seem to be growing at a rate that can barely keep pace with her burgeoning popularity - feature...

GMLc is not sure anymore when the commercial silly season (you might know it as the holiday season) actually starts. What we watch for, earlier and earlier, are displays of red wrapping paper, bows, evergreen and anything involving Santa Claus, including the release of a new movie about his brother, Fred. Among 60,000 readers of Travel + Leisure magazine who answered a survey that was looking for "America's Favorite City," Charleston has the friendliest people in America, the second-best...

Because of the nature of the hedge fund industry itself, the grains might even mount up to silos of danger, but let's put first things first. Hedge funds are like risky, very sophisticated, often computer-driven mutual funds originally designed for the super wealthy who were ready and willing to take more risk for more rewards. The reports on CNBC-TV and Bloomberg Television a few days after the Times story echoed reports that some pension fund managers are heavily speculating in the...

Los Angeles - LOS ANGELES -- California Pizza Kitchen, inc. (CPK) (Nasdaq:CPKI), home of the Original BBQ Chicken Pizza and other innovative hearth-baked pizzas, made-to-order pastas, creative salads, soups, appetizers, sandwiches and desserts, opened its newest location in Stamford, Conn. Los Angeles - LOS ANGELES -- California Pizza Kitchen, inc. (CPK) (Nasdaq:CPKI), home of the Original BBQ Chicken Pizza and other innovative hearth-baked pizzas, made-to-order pastas, creative salads,...

Even though this river view home seems to be facing the wrong direction, away from the river, and is in desperate need of a full renovation, it is still the oldest house until proven otherwise. Even though he was one unit, for fear he would rent out the garage apartment to someone he was forced to have two addresses, two impact fees and two trash cans. Now the owner will be faced with the decision of whether to renovate under the microscope of City Hall and his neighbors or to sell the...