Good point, but lacks substantive argument. That TV shows have much to do with the rich not feeling rich is kind of a stretch. There are more serious factors. For one: those who are earning $250,000 may really be five times the avg income in the country, but many of them are also living in areas where property and property taxes are as much or more higher. Add to that, the fact that home owners feel anything but rich when they see the housing market.
in reference to: Culture and economy: Watching rich people on TV | The Economist (view on Google Sidewiki)4.30.2011
2.22.2011
bad fb bad fb
I have concluded that the people that run facebook are evil or stupid: why would they make me click on 50+ checkboxes - I am not exaggerating, it may have been more - to stop getting all email from it?
in reference to: My Account (view on Google Sidewiki)9.23.2010
Electronic banking gone kaput
If there was ever a place that needed its information organized and universally accessible, it is India. Bank transfers in India need IFS codes - they are like bank routing numbers in the US. For years the only way you could get the IFS code was walk up to the branch and ask a specific person. Things have changed since then, but even now only private banks go to the effort of mapping a bank branch to its IFS code so that we don't have to remember it. Thats not the end of it though.. the mapping is horrendous. If you aren't already confused by IFS codes for a single bank location, cryptic acronyms for names will.
I finally found this page today and it has a much better, and likely authoritative listing of banks in India that participate in electronic funds transfers. Hope it makes someone else's life easier.
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