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Weekend Mega Linkfest:June 07,2013

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

What to do during primate visiting hours (Open)

A white knight on a dark horse (Tehelka)

How Hindutva lost coastal Karnataka (Caravan)

Kissa IPL contract ka (Newslaundry)

I was being called a broker when I was the innovator (ForbesIndia)

The time to trust Pakistan is long gone (IDR)

Can Starbucks do for the croissant what it did for the coffee (Smithsonian)

Addicted to internet pornography? (Atlantic)

Carl Icahn:What I do is good for America (Forbes)

Erdogan:Democrat or Sultan? (Economist)

The Cyber war between the US and Iran (VanityFair)

When the beautiful game turns ugly (ESPN)

A Yale Professor as a murder suspect (NYTimes)

Facebook wall of Nitish Kumar (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:Corbett-Kumaon-Nainital (TeamBHP)

The pros and cons of being Dharmendra (Jabberwock)

No Claim bonus:How to save on your insurance premiums (TeamBHP)

Maxed out on Everest  (NationalGeographic)

The hypocrisy of Narendra Modi’s detractors (Firstpost)

Movie Review:Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani (VigilIdiot)

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Linkfest:June 07, 2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Raj Kundra’s rise from a Pashmina trader to international entrepreneur (ET)

How the Forbes India editors were forced out (Wearethebest)

Reliance Jio Infocomm to unleash traffic war (FE)

Is the party over for FMCG stocks? (Mint)

LIC planning to invest 2.25 Lakh Crores this year (BS)

Exploitation by parents? (Subramoney)

The real problem (TRB)

SocGen:Sell Emerging Markets (BI)

The rise and fall of high frequency trading (BusinessWeek)

Warren Buffett on economic moats (WallStCheatSheet)

How to get better at spotting opportunities (HBR)

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Linkfest:June 06,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Indian student hacks into ISC, ICSE database (TOI)

Realty Bill to push prices up by 40%-50% (MoneyControl)

Anxious investors have queries for Mukesh Ambani (BS)

Children as leverage-part 2 (Mediacrooks)

Children’s attitude towards money (Subramoney)

How financial news gets it wrong (AdvisorOne)

Quant hedge funds hit by US bonds sell off (FT)

Tisch says hedge funds envy him (Businessweek)

Dell begs shareholders to put it out of its misery (Dealbreaker)

India’s obsession with gold is ruining its economy (BI)

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Linkfest:June 05,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

TCS may sack nearly 300 employees at Finland office (BL)

SEBI acts against promoters,directors of 105 firms (Mint)

More MNCs consider open offers (BS)

Jiah Khan:Almost famous (MumbaiMirror)

Capital gain tax on under construction flat (SocialFinance)

Insurance selling is very difficult but… (Subramoney)

How Warren Buffett made his fortune (GuruFocus)

Hunting for the next Berkshire Hathaway (BeyondProxy)

The “zero hour” scenario (DailyReckoning)

Children as leverage (MediaCrooks)

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Linkfest:June 04,2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Can Narayan Murthy save Infosys? (WSJ)

Govt may ban gold sale by banks (BL)

New norm to hit e-commerce, cash carry firms in India (Mint)

Don’t forget to take off your headphones (MumbaiMirror)

Gavaskar’s shameful defence (Firstpost)

9 investment lessons:Must know these (Subramoney)

Why the return of Kashmiri Pandits is still a dream (NYTimes)

How much money do you need to trade for a living (BCLund)

Are you trying to get rich or stay rich ? (BigPicture)

Welcome to Mogadishu (FT)

How Halsey Minor blew up a Tech fortune on way to bankruptcy (Bloomberg)