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Weekend Mega Linkfest:Oct 25,2013

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why India Inc is scared (Tehelka)

The wages of fame (Outlook)

Countering Kejriwal (Newslaundry)

Chitra Ramkrishna:Queen of the Bourse (Forbes)

There are only 70 investment advisors in India (Moneylife)

Pakistan will never dismantle its Jehad machine (IDR)

Losing a sibling (NewYorker)

The CIA’s most highly trained spies were not even human (Smithsonian)

Obituary:Erich Priebke (Economist)

Why are taxis yellow? (Slate)

What happens next in the Twitter IPO (Businessweek)

16 Mistakes employees make while trying to get a promotion (Forbes)

How Mike Tyson became Mike Tyson (NYMag)

A brief history of dude (Atlantic)

The story of a die hard Rahul Gandhi bhakt (UnrealTimes)

Confessions of a Drone Warrior (GQ)

The Art of Stealing (NRC)

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Linkfest:Oct 25,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

How banks play with our money (BL)

Food security to take a hit from 40% pilferage (FE)

Small firms can list without IPOs (Mint)

Probing the Radia-DMK-Tata Motors link (BS)

17 Gold Bangles of actress Kajol stolen (MumbaiMirror)

Why you should remain invested in tax free bonds (ET)

The last Jews of Kolkata (NYTimes)

Good stock advice does not come from TV (Guardian)

Keynes was right (BI)

The age of bullshit investments is back (NYMag)

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Linkfest:Oct 24,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Reading the Dalal Street tea leaves (Mint)

Car,bike registration tax (FE)

What Radia tapes alleged about Reliance Power (BS)

Rising NPAs a worry for the banking sector (ET)

RBI collects $10 Billion from FCNR window (CapitalMind)

Reverse mortgage story (Subramoney)

Warren Buffett:Why I did not buy the Washington Post (Fortune)

How many monkeys does it take to find a successful strategy? (AdvisorPerspectives)

5 Things super successful people do before 8 am (Forbes)

3 Reasons active mutual funds suck these days (TRB)

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Linkfest:Oct 23,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Income Tax puts HRA exemption under scanner (ET)

Onion price near 100 Rs/kg  (FE)

MD of NK Proteins arrested in NSEL case (Mint)

Jignesh Shah lives to fight another day (BS)

VCs preferred sector is Real Estate (CapitalMind)

What a wife should ask her husband about investments (Subramoney)

Claiming parent’s assets after death (Jagoinvestor)

Dismantle the Dow (BusinessWeek)

All Amazon is missing is a profit (NYTimes)

Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex? (Guardian)

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Linkfest:Oct 22,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Now NSEL investors under taxman’s radar (Moneycontrol)

EOW suspects NSEL board meetings were orchestrated (FE)

Consumer goods sale hit 10 year low (ET)

Who regulates NSEL asks Bombay High Court (Mint)

FIIs raise exposure in Nifty companies in Q2 (BS)

High Court orders demolition of top two floors in Navi Mumbai (MumbaiMirror)

99% of long term investing is doing nothing (Dumbmoney)

The investment everyone loves to hate (DailyReckoning)

Forget fundamentals,FED liquidity is king (FT)

Demented…or what happens when a bear becomes a bull (TRB)