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Weekend Mega Linkfest: July 25,2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Burger King is run by children (BusinessWeek)

A desperate town hands over its DNA (PSMag)

How the Israel-Palestine peace deal died (NewRepublic)

An ode to the Bee Gees (ParisReview)

Travelogue:Sana’a ,the capital of Yemen (IdleWords)

Pitbull:Get Rich or Die Shilling (BusinessWeek)

Music,fantasy and colour in V Shantaram’s Navrang (JaiArjun)

Aap Ki Adalat to replace the judicial system (UnrealTimes)

India’s Chinese Dream (ProjectSyndicate)

Travelogue:Mandarmani & Tajpur (TeamBHP)

Israel’s Other War (NewYorker)

What happened to Dinesh D’Souza? (Atlantic)

Why the Japanese are having so few babies (Economist)

Turning Ethiopia into China’s China (BusinessWeek)

Persistence of the Rahul Gandhi Question (Open)

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Linkfest:July 25,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Cabinet approves 49% FDI in Insurance (Mint)

Its a global bull party (BL)

Brokers use HNI demat accounts to invest in bonds,NCDs (ET)

Will investors show up for SAIL? (WSJ)

If there was no TCS,there maybe no Tata Group worth speaking about (FirstBiz)

Wall Street means fooling all the people all the time (Guardian)

“What have you done for me lately?” (TRB)

Gold Prices explained (CrossingWallStreet)

Financiers turning strawberries into securities (Dealbook)

The Gringo’s guide to the Argentine debt crisis (SeMancha)

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Linkfest:July 24, 2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

TCS’s market cap crosses 5 Lakh Crores (BL)

This is why shorting stocks is so brutal (BI)

Number of ultra rich in India to rise three fold in next 3 years(FE)

Lets stop fooling ourselves about “honest” Manmohan Singh (Firstpost)

PPF-A must have investment (ApnaPlan)

15 things you must know about your money (SafalNiveshak)

Ben Graham:Father of the Efficient Market Hypothesis? (CommonSense)

7 Truths Investors cannot accept (Kindergarten)

Mistrust the financial story tellers (PSyFi)

The trade-off between diversification and knowledge (MorningStar)

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Linkfest:July 23,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Slow death of the stock broker (BL)

Work begins on raising FDI cap in insurance (ET)

IPOs back in favor (Mint)

Investors over bullishness on India may be a key risk (MoneyControl)

Gaza Vs Kashmir-The Hypocrites (MediaCrooks)

Do this retirement exercise (Subramoney)

Best Interest Rates on recurring deposits for senior citizens (ApnaPlan)

The Dilemma:Sell now or keep dancing? (PensionPartners)

Its a waiting game till the market tips its hand (AdamGrimes)

Alpha Addict:The amazing career of Leon Cooperman (CNBC)

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Linkfest: July 22,2014

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Govt clears the decks for 6 new airlines (Mint)

Reliance Industries’ arm Investments being probed (BS)

Nigerian scamsters looted Rs.5240 Crores from Indians (FirstBiz)

The story of Shapoorji Pallonji & the Tatas (Jehangir Pocha)

What drives property prices? (BL)

Delivering Alpha & Accepting Beta (WealthofCommonSense)

A Farmland Investment Primer (Climateer)

What your grocery bill says about your investment future (DailyReckoning)

How indexing helped these retirees live footloose and fancy-free (Globe&Mail)

How to talk like a real estate agent-7 tips (Guardian)