Honest man returns mistaken $2-m cheque

Honest man returns mistaken $2-m cheque

It is indeed nice to know that we still have some honest people around us in this increasingly materialistic world. Take a look at this link about a real life story!

• http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RVRDSC8yMDA3LzExLzI4I0FyMDAxMDY=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom

Regards,

N

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Allergic to Spam!!!???

Looks like these folks can't run away from spam - irrespective of where they are!

Wonder if any of you have a solution for this???

Regards,

N

PIGGY BANKS LEAD TO SHORTAGE OF COINS

PIGGY BANKS LEAD TO SHORTAGE OF COINS

All of you must be remembering the good old days when we used to put away loose change (from our pocket money, gifts from our grand parents/uncles, etc.) in a small piggy bank, and see it grow after a few months into a surprisingly large sum of money.

Apparently, the chinese have been doing that as well, with surprising results at a macro level:

This habit has resulted in an acute shortage of coins in China as "just too many" of its population has been putting away ALL their coins in such piggy banks!!!

Read the original article:

• http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RVRDSC8yMDA3LzExLzI3I0FyMDEwMDI=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom

Regards,

N

ps: Perhaps, it is a macro level problem, but at the micro level, I guess that it makes sense for all of us to develop the habit of being thrifty through the use of piggy banks and benefit from the same!!

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Finders, Keepers!

Finders, Keepers!

Hey friends,

I recently saw a rather interesting article about a diamond mine in Arkansas, USA,

where tourists are welcome.

Not only are they welcome, they are welcome to look for diamonds!!

Not only can they look, they can keep all the diamonds that they find!!!

Interesting indeed!

Take a look at the article on this link:

• http://www.arkansas.com/things-to-do/diamond-hunting/

Wonder if USA also gives special visas "More liberally" to those who just wish to make a trip to take a look at (and for those) diamonds?!?!?!?

Regards,

N

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Monkey Business

Monkey Business

The other day, I had gone for a haircut. (For those of you who know me, THIS is not the joke!!!) Interestingly, the conversation out there was about the share prices, and which one is worth buying!

This reminded me of a nice little story, which I must share with all of you:

Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for Rs 10.

The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.

The man bought thousands at Rs 10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort.

Noticing this, he further announced that he would now buy at Rs 20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate was again increased to Rs 100 and the supply of monkeys became so limited that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!

The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at Rs 500! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on behalf of him. In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at Rs 200 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell it to him for Rs 500." The villagers squeezed up with all their savings and bought all the monkeys. Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere!!! Welcome to the "Stock" Market!!!!!

Regards,

N

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