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Weekend Mega Linkfest:Feb 07,2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Taliban takes military dog hostage (Slate)

Swami Aseemanand’s radical service to the Sangh (Caravan)

Aadhar:Game Changer or Hype (Open)

The making of an IITian author (Tehelka)

Skirting the issue (Newslaundry)

The Dell Story:The Nastiest Tech buyout ever (ForbesIndia)

The rise and fall of orange juice (Atlantic)

Will your kid be a financial disaster? (MarketWatch)

Will Technology ruin us? (NewYorker)

What angers Swiss people (Smithsonian)

Bilawal Bhutto:The Renaissance Man (Economist)

The loneliness of Vladimir Putin (NewRepublic)

Travelogue:A week in Rajasthan (TeamBHP)

How fragile are emerging markets? (KennethRogoff)

RaGa’s Viva (GreatBong)

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Linkfest:Feb 07,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Prognosis Negative for India’s Ranbaxy (WSJ)

BPOs shun India (ET)

Telecom companies in trouble (FE)

SEBI specifies 20% circuit for stocks in index derivatives (Mint)

What are National Savings Certificate? (BeMoneyAware)

Preet Bhara:79 on 79 for insider trading cases (WSJ)

Lehman Brothers maybe sold Buffett a rainbow (Bloomberg)

Revenge of the Bond Kings (TRB)

When emerging markets stop emerging (DailyReckoning)

Startups: Female Founders (PaulGraham)

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Linkfest:Feb 06,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Is the India consumption story losing its bite? (ET)

Anand Mahindra:Everybody is in a state of limbo (FE)

The value of doing nothing (Mint)

Visa on arrival facility for all but 8 countries from Sept (BS)

Engineers India Ltd-FPO (OneMint)

Financial lies that I have heard (Subramoney)

How Jeff Bezos got investors to believe in him (Slate)

The Buffett derivative mystery gets more exotic (FT)

Ideas to teach teenagers about money (WSJ)

Twitter investors are spooked because of these charts (Moneybeat)

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Linkfest:Feb 05,2014

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Satya Nadella:From Mangalore to Microsoft (FE)

Emerging Markets’ Unsettling Tune (WSJ)

Big B gives a jolt to the Brand Ambassadorship market (ET)

UPA Govt turns on the populist tap (Mint)

India’s Jaypee Group close to selling power assets for 1 Billion $ (WSJ)

Measuring trading performance (Prashant)

All debt products (Subramoney)

Yes,Size Matters (CommonSense)

A Field Guide to Stock Market Corrections (TRB)

The untapped potential of the Indian Auto Market (Financialist)

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Linkfest: 4 Feb,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Emerging markets are badly served by ETFs (FT)

Delhi govt wants to suspend licenses of discoms (Mint)

Audit finds NSEL turnover to be artificial (FE)

Smart ways to manage your home loan interest burden (ET)

Mumbai residents ride a symbol of modern India (NYTimes)

5 tips for younger investors who are just starting out (FinancialPost)

How Goldman Sachs rescued Libya (DailyBeast)

John Bogle’s epiphany changed the investment world (RickFerri)

India’s worst journalists – 2014 (Mediacrooks)

3 Boring Billion Dollar Ideas (DailyReckoning)