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Weekend Mega Linkfest:Nov 3, 2012

Some interesting offbeat reads for the weekend:

Gujarat is not done with its Caesar (Open)

The Iron Man begins to rust (Tehelka)

Simmering State (Caravan)

The Kings of Private Equity (ForbesIndia)

Jagdish Sharma’s Gandhi family connections (MoneyLife)

How I enabled the cult of Lance Armstrong (Atlantic)

Microsoft , Welcome back (Forbes)

Why white men support Romney (Slate)

Broken BRICs (RuchirSharma)

The scariest monsters of the sea (Smithsonian)

Can you teach risk arbitrage ? (FundooProf)

Making your car highway friendly (TeamBHP)

Businessmen arrested for praising Chidu’s son (UnrealTimes)

Thoughts on Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (JaiArjun)

This movie is rated Wu (GQ)

The Un Communicator (NewYorker)

Travelogue: Ride to Binsar (Ghumakkar)

Living in a man’s world (MumbaiBoss)

Clear eyes, full plate, can’t puke (GQ)

How do you raise a prodigy (NYTimes)

Does success spell doom for Homo Sapiens ? (Orion)

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UK Superinvestor on his European investments

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Linkfest:Oct 31, 2012

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

It is RBI who is walking alone (FirstPost)

Taxman raids Nitin Gadkari’s companies (FE)

Wadia succession plan puts Jeh in Wadia’s seat (BS)

Rethinking SLR in Indian banking (AjayShah)

Chidambaram irked by Subbarao (Bloomberg)

AQR on making low vol better (Falkenblog)

The real beauty of a balanced fund (RantFinance)

Hurricanes and broken window fallacies (ActonInstitute)

Who needs facts anyway? (BigThink)

Why meteorologists are freaking out about Hurricane Sandy (BusinessInsider)

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Linkfest:Oct 30, 2012

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

RBI facing pressure to cut rates (Moneycontrol)

India lays out deficit targets (WSJ)

Congress will use direct cash transfers as main weapon in 2014 elections (ET)

The case for building rental housing (Mint)

Compound experience not just interest (Abnormal Returns)

Stunning images of Manhattan under water (BusinessInsider)

The incredible shrinking half life of Central Bank Action (ZeroHedge)

Passive Asset allocation Vs the world (CapitalSpectator)

Sunk costs and investing (AswathDamodaran)

A Russian ship with 700 tons gold gone missing (NYTimes)

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Myanmar:The biggest rice exporter in 10 years?

Myanmar reentering the global trade will result in many fortunes being made.There is no doubt about it.