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Linkfest:Oct 29,2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Will L&T MF succeed? (Mint)

Ministry asks Reliance to give up 80% of KG-D6 block (BS)

Supreme Court orders Sahara to hand over title deeds of  20000 Crores of assets (BL)

Narendra Modi and the calculus of tea (NYTimes)

For Harsh Mariwala,Marico not a lala company (ET)

MCX-SX turnover plunges (FE)

Radia Tapes:Tata Steel & Ankua mine (BS)

7 Market Lessons I relearned in 2013 (Ivanhoff)

How to plant ideas in someone’s mind (Lifehacker)

Taking personal loan to help a friend? (JagoInvestor)

Asset allocation bias (Subramoney)

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Linkfest:Oct 28,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Almost 500 stock brokers have shut shop this year (BS)

Namo’s Patna rally as I saw it (Firstpost)

When Rahul Gandhi got angry at CBI for Birla FIR (FE)

NHPC to focus on thermal projects (Mint)

FII liquidity driving markets,fall can be dramatic (Moneycontrol)

Fear & Selective Memory (InvestingCaffeine)

Amazon still doesn’t make any money (DailyBeast)

I know that we the new slaves (TRB)

The Never list (TRB)

Eugene Fama:The king of predictable markets (NYTimes)

Beating the market has become nearly impossible (InstitutionalInvestor)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:Oct 25,2013

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why India Inc is scared (Tehelka)

The wages of fame (Outlook)

Countering Kejriwal (Newslaundry)

Chitra Ramkrishna:Queen of the Bourse (Forbes)

There are only 70 investment advisors in India (Moneylife)

Pakistan will never dismantle its Jehad machine (IDR)

Losing a sibling (NewYorker)

The CIA’s most highly trained spies were not even human (Smithsonian)

Obituary:Erich Priebke (Economist)

Why are taxis yellow? (Slate)

What happens next in the Twitter IPO (Businessweek)

16 Mistakes employees make while trying to get a promotion (Forbes)

How Mike Tyson became Mike Tyson (NYMag)

A brief history of dude (Atlantic)

The story of a die hard Rahul Gandhi bhakt (UnrealTimes)

Confessions of a Drone Warrior (GQ)

The Art of Stealing (NRC)

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Linkfest:Oct 25,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

How banks play with our money (BL)

Food security to take a hit from 40% pilferage (FE)

Small firms can list without IPOs (Mint)

Probing the Radia-DMK-Tata Motors link (BS)

17 Gold Bangles of actress Kajol stolen (MumbaiMirror)

Why you should remain invested in tax free bonds (ET)

The last Jews of Kolkata (NYTimes)

Good stock advice does not come from TV (Guardian)

Keynes was right (BI)

The age of bullshit investments is back (NYMag)

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Linkfest:Oct 24,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Reading the Dalal Street tea leaves (Mint)

Car,bike registration tax (FE)

What Radia tapes alleged about Reliance Power (BS)

Rising NPAs a worry for the banking sector (ET)

RBI collects $10 Billion from FCNR window (CapitalMind)

Reverse mortgage story (Subramoney)

Warren Buffett:Why I did not buy the Washington Post (Fortune)

How many monkeys does it take to find a successful strategy? (AdvisorPerspectives)

5 Things super successful people do before 8 am (Forbes)

3 Reasons active mutual funds suck these days (TRB)