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Weekend Mega Linkfest:June 22, 2013

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Prannoy Roy:The last Mogul (Newslaundry)

Goodbye Miami (RollingStone)

Booz Allen, the world’s most profitable organisation (BusinessWeek)

The price of loyalty in Syria (NYTimes)

In Pictures:Marriage and Divorce of Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi (UnrealTimes)

Walk in Bannerghatta National Park (TeamBHP)

Afghanistan’s unavoidable partition (ProjectSyndicate)

Mumbai’s endangered restaurants (MumbaiBoss)

Inside the world of Black Ops Online Reputation Management (NYMag)

Something fishy happening at Laffans Petrochemicals? (Moneylife)

Hindi cinema still dominates India’s film culture (Caravan)

Manwatching Mr.Modi (OutlookIndia)

Dilli Door Ast (Open)

Photos:Chaos in Brazil (NewYorker)

The coming Arctic boom (ForeignAffairs)

Why the tomato was feared in Europe for more than 200 years (Smithsonian)

Why Swami Vivekananda’s speech was the greatest ever (MarkTully)

Photos:Luxury Tree Houses (VanityFair)

How to address the masturbating child (Atlantic)

Can Iran be stopped? (Economist)

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Linkfest:June 21,2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Global markets,bonds,commodities slump (Mint)

Goldman Sachs lists companies which are impacted by falling rupee (MoneyControl)

SEBI to change buyback rules (ET)

Are you financially compatible with your spouse? (Subramoney)

Michael Burry looks to raise money again (Moneybeat)

Really?Did you think QE would last forever (BigPicture)

Markets revert to common sense (Felix)

The three dimensions of trading (TRB)

The great gold crash (DailyReckoning)

Indians are urged to get over their gold bug (Bloomberg)

Because Modi can change the subject (PiyushGoyal)

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Linkfest:June 20,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Indian sub-continent to lose 14,000 sq km of land with rising sea level (BusinessLine)

SEBI trains its guns on Infosys (ET)

Bernanke says Fed to end asset purchases in 2014 (Mint)

Indian hedge funds seek foreign money (BS)

Zylog promoters accused of fraud (CapitalMind)

The streets erupt (Economist) (Hat Tip Mangala)

Marc Faber:People with assets are all doomed (DailyReckoning)

Giant bond manager sick of keep track of all these bonds (Dealbreaker)

Bill Nygren on Google (TRB)

High Frequency Trading is bad for profits (HuffingtonPost)

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Linkfest:June 19,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

FIIs get ready for possible Fed jolt (BS)

Neeraj Kanwar-The man behind Apollo Tyres (ET)

Another story unfolds at Yes Bank (Mint)

Debt market class-basics (Subramoney)

The less obvious risks about rising rates (Moneybeat)

GMO’s Montier on why to hold cash (AdvisorPerspective)

How to flip a house (BI)

Carl Icahn does another Dell thing (Dealbreaker)

Indian Dollar bonds turn sour (WSJ)

Update:End of the world trade (TRB)

The inside story of how Sonia’s spin doctoring works (Firstpost)

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Linkfest:June 18,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Eager buyers turn India into EMI nation (Mint)

RBI Watch:Mid Quarter Policy Review June 2013 (RBI)

Now, MF mis-sellers come under the radar (BS)

Why Nitish Kumar really dumped the BJP (Firstpost)

Monsoon covering India in record time (Bloomberg)

Interview with Druckenmiller on investing,Emerging Markets (BI)

Whither Indian journalism? (RameshRao)

The Hedge Funder Goldman Sachs forced to become a chicken farmer (Climateer)

Stock Talk: Amara Raja Batteries (SafalNiveshak)

Everything you ever wanted to know about bank lockers (Anand)