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Linkfest:Sept 11,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

FIIs back in the ring, lift markets (BS)

DCHL is a wilful defaulter (FE)

Mohan India used driver’s account to divert funds (ET)

Why Muzaffarnagar riots point to a SP-BJP fight in UP (Firstpost)

Trying to outguess the unpredictable (NYTimes)

5 Similarities between real estate and investing (FinancialPost)

On the immorality of stake free forecasts (AbnormalReturns)

Cure a stuffed nose with an ice cube (Lifehacks)

Carl Icahn called CNBC to tell CNBC to stop calling him (Dealbreaker)

Predictions of a rogue demographer (ValueWalk)

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Linkfest:Sept 10,2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

YSR’s 90000 Crore scam (Firstpost)

South Delhi’s property prices down by 20%-25% (ET)

Labour unrest:Hero Motocorp talks tough (BS)

India’s never had it so bad (BL)

The BJP Cabal who want to stop Narendra Modi (SandeepWeb)

26 Market Wisdoms from Warren Buffett (StockTwits)

Fate or Destiny (TRB)

Research:Optimal portfolios for the long run (SSRN)

Debt Strangled India Inc faces a year of reckoning (Financialist)

Higher Interest rates:Not always bad for gold (Barrons)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:Sept 06,2013

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Interview with Bashar Al-Assad  (Izvestia)

An evening with an alleged mind reader (Open)

Asad,Akbar,Anarchy (Tehelka)

Engineering Terror (IDR)

The death of opinion mandi TV (Newslaundry)

Can anything put India’s defence middlemen out of business? (Caravan)

What urban planners can learn from a Hindu religious festival (Smithsonian)

The world’s biggest mutual fund takes a 41 Billion $ hit (Businessweek)

Amongst Syria’s Islamist fighters (NewYorker)

Going bankrupt at 25 changed Tommy Hilfiger’s life for the better (Forbes)

Why Interning at 60 is the new retirement plan (Atlantic)

How does McDonalds India operate? (Rodinhoods)

On the newshour tonite (GreatBong)

The Vulture’s Victory (ProjectSyndicate)

Travelogue:Pondicherry and Mahabalipuram (TeamBHP)

Spoof:Nawaz Sharif to campaign for JD (U) in Bihar (UnrealTimes)

The strange story of Skype (Arstechnica)

How Taliban attacked the largest US airbase in Afghanistan (GQ)

The Sholay opening scene visited (JaiArjun)

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Linkfest:Sept 06,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Why some foreign investors are buying India (ET)

Jharkhand scam accused stakeholder in NSEL firm (Mint)

Reliance may be denied price hike for D1 and D3 gas (BS)

Transcript of RBI Governor’s press conference (RBI)

Why the taxman may send you a demand notice (OneMint)

Home-Buying:Why 20:80 scheme is unsafe (BasuNivesh)

Buffett called the End of the Baby busy (Moneybeat)

Research:212 years of backtesting momentum (SSRN)

Microsoft’s turnaround became 30% more difficult (InstitutionalInvestor)

Hunting Season-Phase 2 (Mediacrooks)

 

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Linkfest:Sept 05,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Vinod Khosla:India is the best destination for investors (ET)

Statement by Raghram Rajan on taking office (RBI)

The message Raghuram Rajan delivered (Mint)

Rajan brings global stature to RBI (Bloomberg)

This is not your father’s emerging market crisis (Financialist)

Emerging Asia rout start of a multi year bear market? (MoneyControl)

The limits of fundamental analysis (CrossingWallStreet)

The goodfellas of Wall Street (DailyReckoning)

The overhyped rise of stay-at-home dads (Atlantic)

The Tech trade of the decade (DailyReckoning)

Common Sense Investment Management Founder busted (Dealbreaker)