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Linkfest:Aug 09,2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Biryanis over dead soldiers (Mediacrooks)

New set of Rs.100 Crore homes rise in Mumbai (Mint)

Registration of lease deeds,Power of Attorney to be made compulsory (ET)

Sugar industry in a fix ahead of polls (Hindu)

The growing popularity of having surgery overseas (NYTimes)

Don’t confuse uncertainty with risk (CapitalSpectator)

How much should you care about past performance of mutual funds? (MorningStar)

Bill Gross-War Time Bond Manager (WSJ)

What a rotten idea, Sirji (HeartRanjan)

Confessions of a Social Media addict (BlogAdda)

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Linkfest:Aug 08,2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Micromax co-founders arrested for bribing officials (Firstpost)

A Goa house in harmony with nature (WSJ)

Home and car loans to cost more (ET)

Raghuram Rajan on central banking (Mint)

PE’s stuck with brokerage deals struck in boom time (BS)

Spin at work: Moneylife interview with NSEL (Moneylife)

How money actually buys happiness (Astraea)

Henry’s war (TRB)

This fund tracks 36 bubbles (Quartz)

Turning water into gold (BBC)

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Linkfest:Aug 07,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Raghuram Rajan is the next RBI governor (ET)

What happens to your e-gold? (Mint)

Weak rupee makes stocks lose strength (BS)

National Spot Exchange:What went wrong (WSJ)

No tears for Durga Shakti (RediscoveryofIndia)

Poverty and state of the blind (MediaCrooks)

The one Q you must ask before you invest (Forbes)

Bill Ackman’s Biggest problem (JoeFahmy)

Carl Icahn:I have made $500 Million on Herbalife (BI)

Jeweler turns smuggler as India gold prices rise (Bloomberg)

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Linkfest:Aug 06,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

How to invest when you are deep in debt (Mint)

Over 45% of NSE stocks are trading below 2008 lows (BL)

Govt bans eSeries contracts at NSEL (Moneycontrol)

NSEL Contracts sold as 100% risk free (BS)

800 Crore plot available for 200 Crore (MumbaiMirror)

Engineering graduates get the placement blues (ET)

We are coming for the money (DailyReckoning)

No such thing as a sure thing (Moneybeat)

The art of worldly wisdom (FarnamStreet)

Your most important investing advantage (RandomRoger)

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Linkfest:Aug 05,2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

FT’s Jignesh Shah faces an acid test (ET)

FIIs pull out $10.5 Billion from Indian equity markets (FE)

FT’s Jignesh Shah:Beginning of the end? (Mint)

Govt’s dash for cash triggers meltdown in PSU stocks (BS)

CNN-IBN:Fake Debates and Communal Incitement (Mediacrooks)

Financial literacy is a joke (Subramoney)

Why are America’s value managers hoarding cash? (TRB)

A fool proof plan for true market timers (Forbes)

Life in a modern debtor nation (DailyReckoning)

Death of a language (SandeepWeb)