Shekhar Kapur’s new movie Elizabeth – The Golden Age is a worthy sequel to his Elizabeth released nine years ago. Academy award winner Cate Blanchett is once again Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen in all her resplendent glory. Perhaps England’s greatest Queen, Elizabeth I ruled for 45 years in a time of much religious conflict in […]
Is the appeal of Yash Raj Films movies fading with the Indian diaspora in the United States? We think so judging by the quality of Yash Raj’s last few movies and their relatively weak box office response in the U.S. One of India’s largest movie makers and distributors, Yash Raj has seen some of its […]
Say what you will. We think Rani Mukerji’s best days are over. In Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, Rani Mukerji continues her run of disappointing performances that started off with Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and extended to Babul and Ta Ra Rum Pum. Actually, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag starts off fairly decently but goes off course […]
As the American middle and lower classes continue their inexorable downward spiral into destitution and bankruptcy, Americans have caught the gambling bug big time. In the latest American gambling news, MGM Mirage is investing $5 billion in a new mega casino project in Atlantic City, which already has 11 casinos. MGM Mirage’s proposed multi-billion dollar […]
India’s software services darling Infosys Technologies reported its first billion-dollar revenues quarter. Infosys announced solid results Thursday for its fiscal second quarter with net profits growing 18.4% while revenues rose 19%. For the quarter ended September 30, 2007, Infosys’ net profit came in at Rs 1,100 crore on revenues of Rs 4,106 crore ($1.02 billion). North America […]
In an unusual business quirk, home loans to illegal immigrants have been found to be solid even as subprime mortgages to legal U.S. residents are shaking the financial markets globally. Also known as ITIN mortgages because they are made to those with a Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, most of these mortgages are taken out by […]