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Linkfest:July 29,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Asset quality problems ravage PSU bank earnings (Mint)

Gautam Adani’s plans to reduce debt and challenges ahead (ET)

Eminent Liars (Mediacrooks)

Cracking the real estate code (BS)

Heart surgery in India for $1583 costs $106,385 in US (Bloomberg)

Mistakes traders make (Subramoney)

Are these investment trends just fads? (Morningstar)

The danger of narratives (BigPicture)

A note on portfolio construction and gold (TRB)

20 Toughest Job Interview questions heard at Google,Amazon and Others (BI)

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Movie Observations

Why BCCI reminds me of Casablanca

BCCI conducted an investigation into the various shenanigans of its IPL and gave a clean chit to all the owners and powerful bosses who run it.

It’s difficult not be cynical about the whole exercise and the sheer chutzpah reminds me of this great scene “Round up the usual suspects” from Casablanca.

 

 

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Video

This video shows why Ram Jethmalani is India’s finest lawyer

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:July 27,2013

Some interesting off beat reads for the weekend:

How Gehlot is handing over Rajasthan to the BJP (Tehelka)

The End of Shame (Open)

Prodigal’s returns (Outlook)

Who’s the real fascist? (Newslaundry)

Why you can bank on India Post (ForbesIndia)

Weak FII inflows enough to weaken the Rupee (Moneylife)

Helping make the best of end of life (Atlantic)

The hunt for Steve Cohen (VanityFair)

20 Things 20 Year Olds don’t get (Forbes)

Charlie Munger:Energy Independence is dumb (SeekingAlpha)

The legacy of Richard Wagner (Smithsonian)

When Giants slow down (Economist)

Soldierless Jihad (ForeignAffairs)

Greece’s unemployed young (Businessweek)

How to use Google as a proxy server to bypass your office security (Labnol)

Travelogue:Road trip from Siliguri to Thimpu (Ghumakkar)

Auto Review:Pajero Sport (TeamBHP)

How legalizing prostitution has failed (DerSpiegel)

Movie Review:D-Day (Jabberwock)

The last days of Big Law (NewRepublic)

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CoatTailing Newsletter

What is Prof. Shivanand Mankekar upto?

Prof.Shivanand Mankekar is known for his stock picking prowess.

In the last quarter, he disclosed a significant stake in a company which is greater than the value of all his disclosed holdings put together.

To know more, subscribe to the Investor Wisdom Newsletter whose inaugural issue is out today !