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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 11 April,2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why we eat and why we gain weight (NewYorker)

Amit Shah:His Master’s Mind (Open)

Crony Capitalism: Navin Jindal (Outlook)

The Travails of India’s first Election Commissioner (Caravan)

When Vajpayee gave Sonia Gandhi a lesson in Rajneeti Dharma (NitiCentral)

This tower pulls drinking water out of thin air (Smithsonian)

Samsung’s war at home (Businessweek)

Learning to love middle age (NYMag)

Living in a world of low real interest rates (ProjectSyndicate)

Travelogue:Ooty & Conoor (TeamBHP)

In Pictures:How BJP’s delayed manifesto destroyed Modi’s chances (UnrealTimes)

Stillness & Tehzeeb -Waheeda Rehman (JaiArjun)

Dawkins on Imran (Dawn)

Pakistan:Politicians Vs Army (Economist)

Biologists confirmed God evolved from Chimpanzee Diety (Onion)

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Linkfest:11 April,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Bombay High Court asks Geodesic to deposit $162 Million (ET)

More branches no longer an attraction-Citibank’s Larsen (Mint)

Vodafone stake yields Piramal a mega payday (BS)

How Prathap Reddy became the Ambani of Healthcare (FirstBiz)

Get comfortable with looking stupid as an investor (ClearEyes)

Russia plays the ‘China Defense’ (Bloomberg)

Asset Allocation is brilliant (IrrelevantInvestor)

Pimco’s Bill Gross picks up the pieces (BusinessWeek)

Equity markets are manipulated (Subramoney)

Best travel insurance in India (BasuNivesh)

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Linkfest:10 April,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

How to make 900% Returns in less than 12 months (DailyReckoning)

Markets hit a new high (Mint)

Why SEBI can’t stop trading based on insider info (FirstBiz)

Car Sales in trouble (BS)

Tax on capital gains from selling a house (FE)

Revenge (MediaCrooks)

The buys you can’t make yourself (TRB)

A quaint lesson from a Technician (HSOM)

The fable of ‘India First’ (Bloomberg)

Return to the firing line (AswathDamodaran)

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Linkfest:09 April,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Stocks that can return 30% in 6-12 months (ET)

Building a debt portfolio (Subramoney)

Its sweet 16 for my PPF account (Mint)

Foreign Banks keen on differentiated license (BS)

What is the truth behind Sonia Gandhi’s US trips? (Firstpost)

What Michael Lewis’s book has to do with your money (NYTimes)

Why investors should fear stock buybacks (CNN)

Danger Ahead:Backtest overfitting  (Financial-Math)

The booming business in behavioral finance (Bloomberg)

The 5 most worrisome charts in the global economy (Quartz)

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Linkfest: 08 April,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Insider trading in Ranbaxy? (Moneylife)

Minority shareholders of Ranbaxy given a raw deal (Investorsareidiots)

Is it the right time to buy real estate stocks? (ET)

Should SEBI ignore ‘Flash Boys’? (MobisPhilipose)

The man who is giving Samsung sleepless nights (BS)

Dark markets may be more harmful than high frequency trading (Reuters)

Insider selloffs busted the Tech bubble (Bloomberg)

Skills required for great jobs is changing (Farnam)

How Amazon India raced past Flipkart in 10 months of launch (FirstBiz)

Are private equity firms padding their fees? (TRB)