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Linkfest:July 29,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Asset quality problems ravage PSU bank earnings (Mint)

Gautam Adani’s plans to reduce debt and challenges ahead (ET)

Eminent Liars (Mediacrooks)

Cracking the real estate code (BS)

Heart surgery in India for $1583 costs $106,385 in US (Bloomberg)

Mistakes traders make (Subramoney)

Are these investment trends just fads? (Morningstar)

The danger of narratives (BigPicture)

A note on portfolio construction and gold (TRB)

20 Toughest Job Interview questions heard at Google,Amazon and Others (BI)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:July 27,2013

Some interesting off beat reads for the weekend:

How Gehlot is handing over Rajasthan to the BJP (Tehelka)

The End of Shame (Open)

Prodigal’s returns (Outlook)

Who’s the real fascist? (Newslaundry)

Why you can bank on India Post (ForbesIndia)

Weak FII inflows enough to weaken the Rupee (Moneylife)

Helping make the best of end of life (Atlantic)

The hunt for Steve Cohen (VanityFair)

20 Things 20 Year Olds don’t get (Forbes)

Charlie Munger:Energy Independence is dumb (SeekingAlpha)

The legacy of Richard Wagner (Smithsonian)

When Giants slow down (Economist)

Soldierless Jihad (ForeignAffairs)

Greece’s unemployed young (Businessweek)

How to use Google as a proxy server to bypass your office security (Labnol)

Travelogue:Road trip from Siliguri to Thimpu (Ghumakkar)

Auto Review:Pajero Sport (TeamBHP)

How legalizing prostitution has failed (DerSpiegel)

Movie Review:D-Day (Jabberwock)

The last days of Big Law (NewRepublic)

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Linkfest:July 26,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Trading in G-Sec plunges (BS)

No end in sight for strike at Bajaj’s Chakan plant (Mint)

In 2014,Muslims will vote to block Narendra Modi (ET)

Gold smuggling takes off in India (WSJ)

Why two investors are sticking with SAC (Moneybeat)

Investors fear stocks more than death (BI)

Facebook strikes back (TRB)

The best gift you can give your family (Anand)

Tide turns for private equity in India (Moneybeat)

India’s onion  crisis (Businessweek)

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Linkfest:July 25,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Holcim reaps Rs.3,500 Crore restructuring windfall (Mint)

Why Spicejet lost its CEO (BusinessLine)

Amartya Sen:Apologist for Congress (ET)

SEBI warns RBI not to choke liquidity (FE)

RBI move makes India Inc see red (BS)

Survival tactics for older job seekers (Bloomberg)

Please admit me to stock pickers anonymous (TurnkeyAnalyst)

2014 poll unique for one reason:Modi (UsualSuspects)

If you are going to be wrong,it pays to be spectacularly wrong (TRB)

Not everyone needs to own a home (NYTimes)

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Linkfest:July 24,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Tatas have funded Unitech:Anil Ambani (FE)

Why Amartya Sen is wrong:Jagdish Bhagwati (Mint)

RBI clamps down on easy money again (BS)

MBA grads struggle to find jobs (ET)

An MBA in index management (Gaurav)

Investing is about riding the volatility (Subramoney)

Steve Cohen got non public information all day long (Dealbreaker)

Jim Rogers:I am optimistic about the US $ (DailyReckoning)

Has Value Investing worked in Japan’s long bear market 1990-2011? (Climateer)

Momentum has serious Mojo (TurnkeyAnalyst)