Thursday, June 29, 2006
Eg: "...Prescribing medications is mostly a trial-and-error process. Doctors select the most promising medicine for a patient. If it doesn’t work, they try another. But scientists are discovering that diseases progress along physiological pathways that vary from person to person. As genomics becomes better understood, doctors will be able to use DNA tests to determine the right treatment for each individual. Genentech, Pfizer, and Gen-Probe – all on this year’s Wired 40 list – are leading the way."
Ref.: wired.com
By Kalyan at 9:22 AM
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Prescribing medicine is not a trial-and-error process. It is a probabilistic process, the results obtained after trials on rats and humans.
If they are leading the way, then we dont need any lab rats.
If they are really leading and did some breakthrough, go and but their stock.
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006
How about some thoughts on investments in
India or elsewhere...anything from mutual funds, stocks, real estate, etc. State pros and cons.
I may try to bring an expert on board (IC;)) for some advice.
By Kalyan at 7:42 AM
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I work in related field and sharing some information based on my understanding and limited research.
Stocks - they help raise money for the company issuing them. Value of the stock depends on factors like the worth of the company, demand for its products, sales, company's income statement, balance statement etc.
Buying and Selling a stock -
We want to buy stocks to earn money out of them. This can be in the form of a dividend or by selling at a higher price.
To buy or not to buy -
Buy those stocks which are sure to give returns in the form of dividends or because of increase in stock's value (unless you want to make a loss).
Some terms: Ask Bid price, Day trading, NYSE, Bloomberg, NASDAQ, LSE, BSE
Kalyan, it would be great if you bring someone on board with extensive knowledge.
satisfaction is something that has different meaning for every individual, for a olympic an runner its the feeling of giving everything that he has got and leaving the rest on the turf, doesn't matter if you win a gold or silver, what matters is did you give every ounce of will power for the goal.
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Thursday, June 01, 2006
It strikes pretty hard that many are lost in the worldly activity leaving their inner
self to dire. To kindle this
self may bring forgotten answers, giving hope and contentment.
We as humans are born with innate capabilities, but our life's journey poses unexpected detours and we may end up at a place which we may not have been destined to be at. To take control and getting back on track where we want to be will need a strong introspection and a stronger will.
Coming to the titled masthead, chasing ur dream may all about be putting ur passion to work. Listen to ur
self with utmost care for it will open the doors towards ur passion and dreams do come true.
How close have you got ur dream to reality?
By Kalyan at 10:30 PM
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For few days I have thought if i have chased my dreams or not. And now I am still thinking about them - about the dreams I had and what success I have achieved.
When a kid, I always dreamed of having a cycle - which remained un-attained. So when I started earning, I bought a cycle - not to chase my dream, I always liked to cycle.
As a young college student, I dreamed of owning a camera and I got one when I was earning myself several years later.
Based on these two dreams, comes a question - are dreams really about gaining material objects or more than that. Other kinds of dreams - higher education, visit places like Egyptian pyramids, Serengeti park, Sahara desert, river Nile are still pending. Do we need a chasing attitude for this. I guess not. Chasing makes you think as a winner-loser person. What if one haven't achieved your dream because of some reason - might cause the person to feel lost. But then every set back opens new arenas to dream and to explore.
Always dream and try to achieve them (one don't need to chase them).
(More later - I got to sleep to dream more)
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Kotesh, at 6:47 PM