<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277365900296331612</id><updated>2011-04-21T17:46:46.794-07:00</updated><category term='Orissa'/><category term='micro credit'/><category term='Micro finance'/><category term='Gram Vikas'/><category term='SHG'/><category term='Earnings'/><category term='self help groups'/><category term='bank'/><category term='Microfinance'/><category term='Cash Flow'/><category term='loan'/><category term='Bargarh'/><title type='text'>A little bit of tidbits</title><subtitle type='html'>Rantings of a mind that is reluctant to conform and not too keen on change</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://financefromsalim.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5277365900296331612/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://financefromsalim.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Salim Haque</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01936399441364294092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UybTN1GPAls/SbjDsexqMcI/AAAAAAAAADo/RNW1ZsADCjg/S220/13092008_001.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277365900296331612.post-672059006023768062</id><published>2009-04-12T04:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-13T00:02:33.299-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cash Flow'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earnings'/><title type='text'>THE CHICKEN AND EGG STORY: Cash Flow Vs Earnings–Which comes first?</title><summary type='text'>Both cash flow and earnings are important indicators of the well-being of a company. But which of the two is the leading indicator?  Investors often hear analysts and money managers argue that cash flow is a more useful metric of investment attractiveness than earnings. If you compare earnings with cash flow figures as measures of performance, it raises several questions.  Why do earnings and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://financefromsalim.blogspot.com/feeds/672059006023768062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5277365900296331612&amp;postID=672059006023768062' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5277365900296331612/posts/default/672059006023768062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5277365900296331612/posts/default/672059006023768062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://financefromsalim.blogspot.com/2009/04/chicken-egg-story-cash-flow-vs-earnings.html' title='THE CHICKEN AND EGG STORY: Cash Flow Vs Earnings–Which comes first?'/><author><name>Salim Haque</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01936399441364294092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UybTN1GPAls/SbjDsexqMcI/AAAAAAAAADo/RNW1ZsADCjg/S220/13092008_001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UybTN1GPAls/SeHihP9c8II/AAAAAAAAAFI/kbo4Wr4cZ9U/s72-c/2872392603_dfeb0dcf19_m.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277365900296331612.post-8206998636692828075</id><published>2009-03-11T17:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-12T11:57:06.316-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SHG'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orissa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bank'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Microfinance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='micro credit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bargarh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self help groups'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gram Vikas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Micro finance'/><title type='text'>My Study Report on Microfinance &amp; SHG: "Understanding the Effectiveness of SHGs (Self Help Groups) in Disbursement of Rural Credit in Bargarh, ORISSA"</title><summary type='text'>I got the opportunity to work on this thesis during my short stint in the months of April and May 2008 in Gram Vikas, an NGO headed by Joe Madiath with wide-spread society stimulating activities across Orissa. Through this research, I attempted to explore the inherent characteristics of SHGs and evaluate the reasons why SHGs have recently become the buzzword in the context of responsible </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://financefromsalim.blogspot.com/feeds/8206998636692828075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5277365900296331612&amp;postID=8206998636692828075' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5277365900296331612/posts/default/8206998636692828075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5277365900296331612/posts/default/8206998636692828075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://financefromsalim.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-study-report-on-microfinance-shg.html' title='My Study Report on Microfinance &amp; SHG: &quot;Understanding the Effectiveness of SHGs (Self Help Groups) in Disbursement of Rural Credit in Bargarh, ORISSA&quot;'/><author><name>Salim Haque</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01936399441364294092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UybTN1GPAls/SbjDsexqMcI/AAAAAAAAADo/RNW1ZsADCjg/S220/13092008_001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UybTN1GPAls/SbhyRq92kpI/AAAAAAAAABM/Cnpr8fKTQmE/s72-c/Bahalpur6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
