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Linkfest:Aug 28,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Investors prove selective in latest EM selloff (WSJ)

The Fed and the emerging markets peril (Bloomberg)

Food Bill is the biggest mistake India has made (Firstpost)

Currency collapse confounds India Inc (ET)

Property prices plunge in 22 major cities (BS)

The toughest conversation ever (Mint)

The goal that changed corporate America (WP)

The Empire’s next effort to extract your wealth (DailyReckoning)

The truth about disruption (TechCrunch)

Raj Ratnam has a manservant in prison (NYPost)

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Linkfest:Aug 27, 2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Lok Sabha passes Food Security Bill (Firstpost)

NSEL’s licence in Maharashtra was suspended in Dec (Mint)

The irony of India’s economy crisis (RuchirSharma)

Indian bank profits to fall to 5 year low (Bloomberg)

Steve Ballmer and the innovator’s curse (Asymco)

How to get safe and sound returns (BL)

France is heading for the biggest train wreck in Europe (BI)

What happens when you tell Indians to stop buying gold (DailyReckoning)

Web18 of Network18 to shut down web properties (Moneylife)

Obituary:Muriel Siebert (NYTimes)

 

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Linkfest:Aug 26, 2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Falling sales,farmer protests may derail Maruti’s Gujarat plans (ET)

Has RBI given up on the rupee? (Mint)

NSEL scam bigger than Harshad Mehta,Ketan Parekh (BL)

Six Opportunities Steve Ballmer missed at Microsoft (Bloomberg)

Will fear beget more fear? (DashOfInsight)

Why Steve Ballmer failed (NewYorker)

Nassim Taleb’s 5 Ways to have a great day (BI)

Star Stock pickers harder than ever to find (IndexUniverse)

Momentum as an investment strategy (RA)

Content economics on the web (Felix)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:Aug 24,2013

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Modi on the upswing in UP (Tehelka)

The rise,fall and survival of Filmfare (Caravan)

The sackings at Network 18 (Newslaundry)

Why the God of Jobs doesn’t smile on India (Forbes)

Guess who can see your tax data (Open)

The return of Bob the Builder (Outlook)

Atheism in India (Economist)

The Science behind historic uses of urine (Smithsonian)

How Microsoft’s Employee Ranking System caused its decline (Slate)

Complexity and the 10000 hour rule (NewYorker)

Princess Diana’s impossible dream (VanityFair)

How to make perfect coffee (Atlantic)

How to save an extra 25 lakhs for your next startup (Rodinhoods)

Travelogue:Shillong,Meghalaya (Ghumakkar)

15 Businessmen to return their Audis (TeamBHP)

Rajdeep Sardesai’s fate after Network 18 layoffs (UnrealTimes)

Sympathy for the landlord (ModernLuxury)

The US college loan scandal (MattTaibi)

The ghost rapes of Bolivia (Vice)

How having a pet opens up new senses (JaiArjun)

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Linkfest:Aug 23,2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Fitch warns of rating downgrade (ET)

Ayodhya emerges as ground zero of UP politics (Mint)

A Haryana farmer has outdone Warren Buffett (BS)

I-T raids NSEL and its defaulters (Moneycontrol)

Anil Ambani testifies in 2G scam case (WSJ)

Hedge funds,pensions and the seeds of change (InstitutionalInvestor)

Superstition (Mediacrooks)

Demography is destiny, hold on to your wallet (DailyReckoning)

10 Mega trends that make the super rich richer (MarketWatch)

Investors view emerging markets with jaundiced eyes (El-Arian)