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addslashes(Real Story Wrap: January 8, 2008

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Our next video focuses on Outsourcing and specifically medical tourism. We shine a bright light on the industry and hold no punches. In India, the most common treatments are heart surgery, cosmetic surgery, knee transplant and dental surgery. India is a favorable destination because its medical infrastructure and technology is on par with those in the USA and Europe.

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As health care costs skyrocket, patients in the developed world are looking overseas for medical treatment. India is capitalizing on its low costs and highly trained doctors to appeal to these “medical tourists.” Even with airfare, the cost of going to India for surgery can be markedly cheaper, and the quality of services is often better than that found in the United States and UK. Indeed, many patients are pleased at the prospect of combining their tummy tucks with a trip to the Taj Mahal. - YaleGlobal
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I am very happy to announce that India’s first social crowd stock picking tool will be on Facebook relatively soon. By the end of the month, we will launch a Facebook application that will enable all of you to share stock tips, see community picks, and gauge stock trends based on community sentiment. Moreover, the system will begin to rank you as a stock picker and open up doors to you never before seen in India. Imagine an investment house looking for talented investment managers perusing our top 50 stock pickers. Imagine the ability to invest in stocks that the top 50 are investing in. …
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The hot financial topic of discussion at the moment is the likelihood of a US economic recession. Against the background of a deteriorating economic landscape, it is not surprising that more and more commentators have started declaring that a recession was either already underway or just around the corner.
A noteworthy contribution to this debate has [...]

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my greatest credential is that, whatever mistakes and bad practices traders come to me with, I’ve been there and done that. I doubt there’s a mistake a trader can make that I haven’t made myself. In spades….
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The UBS/Gallup Investor Optimism Index is modestly reactive to recent stock market behavior, but it has no predictive power for stock returns (even before its release to the public)….
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They say anything worthwhile should be measured. But does everything worthwhile really need an “index”? A controversial new paper on 130/30 indexation redefines the term….
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