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Weekend Mega Linkfest:December 18,2015

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

I worry about Muslims (Mohammed Hanif)

Secrets of the Gujaratis,world’s best business people (Economist)

Why politicians play the ‘victim’ card (Jaggi)

How Rahul Gandhi lied about what happened in Assam (OpIndia)

How Mexico’s most vicious drug cartel was taken down (Atlantic)

The Islamist war on secular bloggers in Bangladesh (New Yorker)

Illegal in Iceland (Smithsonian)

My dad was Darth Vader (Jai Arjun)

Unpregnant (Globe & Mail)

Maruti Baleno:Official Review (Team BHP)

The great Greek Bank robbery (Yanis Varoufakis)

The $500 Million battle over Disney’s princesses (Bloomberg)

A startup called HealthAssure (YS)

Why India should honor Taslima Nasrin (India Facts)

Why American Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas (Atlantic)

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Linkfest: December 18, 2015

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

The monk who wants a Billion $ company (BL)

Visa fees could now cost Indian IT 400 Million $ (ET)

Dangers of ‘cheap’ stocks (Mint)

Reliance Industries:Is the tide turning? (BS)

Alkem Labs,Dr Lal to make stock debut on Dec 23 (BS)

Choosing the worst day for SIP (Muthu)

Commodities bust?Love it (Bloomberg)

The 3 Biggest Myths of the Fed rate hike (DR)

Martin Shkreli arrested for Securities Fraud (RJ)

Remember when? (Common Sense)

 

 

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Linkfest:December 17,2015

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

FED hikes interest rate by 0.25% (Mint)

Narayana Hrudalaya IPO opens today (FE)

Dilip Sanghvi makes open offer for Suzlon stake (MoneyControl)

Charging up the power sector (VRO)

Religare Research:Heritage Foods (RJ)

Best tax saving instruments under Section 80C (ApnaPlan)

The real blow-ups happen later (TRB)

David Merkel’s seven thoughts on the markets (Aleph)

Unchartered territory in the FED Funds rate cycle (Common Sense)

A startup called Koko (A VC)

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Linkfest:December 16,2015

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Supreme Court likely to ban high-end diesel cars (BL)

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala on the markets (ET)

PAN mandatory for cash transactions above 2L (FE)

Looking back on 36 years of equity investing (Subramoney)

Stock Review: Havells India (Capital Mind)

How Anjan Chatterjee is staying ahead of the curve (Forbes)

How Heinz failed in India (OB)

Did we already have the post-Fed sell off? (TRB)

A house is an asset not an investment (AR)

Beware “New Paradigms” (Value Plays)

 

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Linkfest:December 15,2015

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Fed rate hike is a done deal (Bloomberg)

Teamlease gets SEBI nod for IPO (Mint)

SEBI attaches PACL assets in 49,100 Crore  order (BS)

Ranbaxy acquisition:Sunny days ahead (VRO)

Latest bank FD rates (MyInvestmentIdeas)

7.6% NHAI tax free bonds (Apna Plan)

Financial Emergency Box (Credo Cap)

America’s middle class is an endangered species (Bill Bonner)

Forget winners.Its easier to identify losers (Value & Opportunity)

The short glorious life of a successful tech company (Aswath Damodaran)