Instant weekend … Muscat
The News Review:
- Instant weekend … Muscat
- Golf: Wanted: fresh golden amateur generation to help game thrive
- Wrapping it up: Browns 27, Texans 17
- Retail train finds a station in Kolkata
- Commodity hedging crosses Rs 4,500 cr-mark
Instant weekend … Muscat
Guardian Unlimited – Nov 25, 2007
A modicum of modesty in ‘costume and manners’ is still de rigueur on the beach and in the nearby cafes and boutiques. Retail therapyHaggle for all you ever wanted and some things you really could do without when you visit Muscat’s stock exchange – the garrulous, gossipy labyrinth of alleyways known as Mutrah Souq. Buy wise gifts of home-grown frankincense, gold and myrrh for the festive season, or, if Hugo Boss is more your thing, head for the elegant Muscat City Centre mall near the airport. Worked up an appetite?If you’re after a taste of Arabia that doesn’t include the ubiquitous camel or goat, try the Left Bank (00 968 2469 3699), Way 2601, Qurm. This sleek new restaurant and bar overlooking Qurm Natural Park doesn’t specify which left bank, but the bar-proppers look urbane enough to be at home anywhere. The discerning foodie will stay for a cocktail – then nip next door for a curry in the superb Mumtaz Mahal (00 968 2460 5907). The big night outIt’s only fair to admit that Muscat doesn’t really offer a ‘big night out’ – unless you’re up for a picnic under the stars.
Golf: Wanted: fresh golden amateur generation to help game thrive
New Zealand Herald – Nov 25, 2007
However, he believes that if the game in New Zealand is to be saved from drowning in a new golden generation of young players has to be unearthed. The 39-year-old, Cromwell-born former New Zealand Open Champion is heading to Queenstown next week for this year’s event. He laments the bare cupboard of amateur talent, which he fears could leave New Zealand waiting to develop more home-grown champions. “When I came through the amateur ranks in New Zealand there were about a dozen of us who really pushed each other,” Long told the Herald On Sunday. “The likes of Michael Campbell, Stephen Scahill, Steven Alker, Tony Christie, Phil Tataurangi all came through at the same time. “I see the odd New Zealand player coming through these days but it would be nice to see a another big bunch of players coming through like what we had in what really were golden years. “We were second in the Eisenhower Cup and won the trophy in 1992 – I wasn’t a part of that team – but it seems there isn’t quite the depth that there was then.
Wrapping it up: Browns 27, Texans 17
ClevelandBrowns.com – Nov 25, 2007
A deep football team is a dangerous football team. Last December, the Browns were searching the Arena League for secondary help. Now, they have some home-grown talent that’s growing up nicely. All in all, a nice win in an important spot. And because each win makes the next game even bigger, it’s going to be a fun, fun December.
Retail train finds a station in Kolkata
Economic Times – Nov 25, 2007
National and
international developers are jostling against each other to explore the
city’s untapped potential. Some of the mega retailers at the city’s
doorstep are Germany’s Metro AG and US’ iconic retailer Wal-Mart. Biggies like Shoppers’ Stop, D’damas, Dollarstore, Spencer’s,
Marks and Spencer, Next, Guess, Body Shop, Esbeda, Kimaya, Tommy Hilfiger and
even home grown Pantaloons, Westside and Crossword have either set up shop or
are asking real estate consultants to spot strategic locales in Kolkata. Some
are already part of the city’s emerging
landscape. Says Jones Lang
LaSalle Meghraj regional director Abhijit Das: “The entry of big guns will
enhance the market dynamics in favour of the end consumer. It will also direct
the market towards higher value additions and value
creations. ”
Real estate
consultants agree higher disposable incomes, changing consumption patterns,
appreciable infrastructural developments initiated by the government in the city
and over-all economic resurgence has also infused a new lease of life to a city
that still takes pride in its mellow, laid-back
ways.
Commodity hedging crosses Rs 4,500 cr-mark
Economic Times – Nov 25, 2007
Data up to July 2007 shows
that in gold, MCX has emerged as the fourth largest exchange in the world in
terms of contract traded after Comex (part of Nymex), Japan’s TOCOM and CBOT. In
silver, it is the world’s largest exchange, in copper the second largest after
LME, in crude oil the third after Nymex and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and
in natural gas the second after Nymex. Considering such facts it is
incumbent on policymakers to provide incentives to corporates to use home-grown
exchanges for risk hedging.