Category: Links

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Pakistan troops slit the throats of two Indian soldiers (Firstpost)

Nokia India suspected of 2500-3000 Crore tax default (BusinessLine)

Fight over restaurant bill erupts into riot (NYTimes)

Cold wave triggers sharp rise in vegetable prices (ET)

SEBI to pass final order on Reliance insider trading (Mint)

McDonald’s seeks higher royalty from Indian arm (BS)

Lending money to friends (Subramoney)

Quant hedge funds had a rough 2012 (Bloomberg)

AIG’s directors will spend tomorrow pretending they will sue the government (Dealbreaker)

How the Rothschilds built a fortune that lasted for centuries (BusinessInsider)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

IT firms go slow on hiring, salary hikes (BusinessLine)

Tax shock for India Inc (ET)

Arun Maira warns of sub 5% economic growth (FE)

The export of Indian financial markets is going undetected (Mint)

SBI RGESS fund review (OneMint)

Zombie nation (DailyReckoning)

The fifth horseman:Samsung (TechCrunch)

What does David Sokol have to say about Warren Buffett (Dealbreaker)

Why investors love emerging market junk bonds (Quartz)

Whodunit:Mafatlal’s paintings worth crores replaced with fakes (MumbaiMirror)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

NSE refuses to pay for freak trade by Emkay Global (ET)

UP cane growers forced to sell below SAP (Businessline)

Sahara must explain where it got the money for London hotel purchase (Firstpost)

The economy is bottoming out (Mint)

Tax free bonds may get the axe (BS)

The rise of high end finance work in India (AjayShah)

Why Warren Buffett keeps buying Wells Fargo (GuruFocus)

Patriots and Psychopaths (Mediacrooks)

Should this trader make a comeback? (SMBTraining)

Why potash prices have crashed (Quartz)

Turkey offers two options for people with nothing nice to say about its markets (Dealbreaker)

Some interesting off beat reads for the weekend:

K Klutch Klan -How Tamil Nadu was turned into a family estate (Tehelka)

Merc is worship (Open)

Pune maybe India’s grumpiest city (Caravan)

Rapes won’t stop this way (Newslaundry)

How online romance is threatening monogamy (Atlantic)

A pickpocket’s tale (NewYorker)

The 10 craziest things employees tried to expense last year (Businessweek)

How the tree frog has redefined our view of biology (Smithsonian)

Obesity and health (Economist)

How heirs of Mao’s comrades consolidated unimaginable wealth in China (Bloomberg)

Dish Network, the meanest company in America (BusinessWeek)

Don’t stop running (TheAwl)

How much Tech can one city take? (SanFrancisco)

Best bargain adventure holidays in 2013 (Guardian)

Regressive narratives (GreatBong)

Unscripted encounters with Dibakar Banerjee (Caravan)

How UPS moves 2000 packages every 17 seconds (Engadget)

The bluffer’s guide to Tequila (GQIndia)

Car Review: BMW M5 (TeamBHP)

An old woman and her dogs (JaiArjun)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

SEBI rejects RIL consent plea (Mint)

Infosys may fire upto 5000 employees (ET)

IT Dept looking into Barclay’s link with TN broker (BS)

Share buybacks (CapitalMind)

Best 80 C tax saving fixed deposits (OneMint)

Retirement planner’s confessions (Subramoney)

Media loves criminals, makes crime attractive (Mediacrooks)

Money for Nothin,writing checks for free (Pimco)

4 Business Gangs that run the US (SMH)

Will Intel destroy the cable industry? (BusinessInsider)

What’s inside America’s banks? (Atlantic)