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Linkfest:Sept 13,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

How Kailash Aggarwal looted money from NSEL (BS)

What determines capital flows to emerging markets (Mint)

Cash-rich Castrol to reward investors (ET)

Mallya hopes for out of court settlements (BL)

The Modi juggernaut (Sandeep)

The party is getting quieter (Moneybeat)

Where is Dick Fuld now? (BusinessWeek)

Buffett’s investment advice is a portfolio killer (Marketwatch)

How investment advisers should use social media (II)

Avoid these 5 mistakes of a bad handshake (Lifehacker)

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Linkfest:Sept 12, 2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

India runs risk of sovereign debt crisis (ET)

Investors move out of gold ETFs, move into FMPs (MInt)

Why illiquid investments are better for retirees (BL)

Are your valuables really safe in a bank locker? (Firstpost)

People make same investment decisions like monkeys (Quartz)

Behavioral Risk and Rebalancing (CapitalSpectator)

Putin writes in the NYTimes-A plea from Russia (NYTimes)

7 Reasons why trading smaller is better (NewTrader)

Facebook shares hit all time high (WSJ)

Delhi Rape:How India’s other half lives (Guardian)

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Linkfest:Sept 11,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

FIIs back in the ring, lift markets (BS)

DCHL is a wilful defaulter (FE)

Mohan India used driver’s account to divert funds (ET)

Why Muzaffarnagar riots point to a SP-BJP fight in UP (Firstpost)

Trying to outguess the unpredictable (NYTimes)

5 Similarities between real estate and investing (FinancialPost)

On the immorality of stake free forecasts (AbnormalReturns)

Cure a stuffed nose with an ice cube (Lifehacks)

Carl Icahn called CNBC to tell CNBC to stop calling him (Dealbreaker)

Predictions of a rogue demographer (ValueWalk)

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Linkfest:Sept 10,2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

YSR’s 90000 Crore scam (Firstpost)

South Delhi’s property prices down by 20%-25% (ET)

Labour unrest:Hero Motocorp talks tough (BS)

India’s never had it so bad (BL)

The BJP Cabal who want to stop Narendra Modi (SandeepWeb)

26 Market Wisdoms from Warren Buffett (StockTwits)

Fate or Destiny (TRB)

Research:Optimal portfolios for the long run (SSRN)

Debt Strangled India Inc faces a year of reckoning (Financialist)

Higher Interest rates:Not always bad for gold (Barrons)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:Sept 06,2013

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Interview with Bashar Al-Assad  (Izvestia)

An evening with an alleged mind reader (Open)

Asad,Akbar,Anarchy (Tehelka)

Engineering Terror (IDR)

The death of opinion mandi TV (Newslaundry)

Can anything put India’s defence middlemen out of business? (Caravan)

What urban planners can learn from a Hindu religious festival (Smithsonian)

The world’s biggest mutual fund takes a 41 Billion $ hit (Businessweek)

Amongst Syria’s Islamist fighters (NewYorker)

Going bankrupt at 25 changed Tommy Hilfiger’s life for the better (Forbes)

Why Interning at 60 is the new retirement plan (Atlantic)

How does McDonalds India operate? (Rodinhoods)

On the newshour tonite (GreatBong)

The Vulture’s Victory (ProjectSyndicate)

Travelogue:Pondicherry and Mahabalipuram (TeamBHP)

Spoof:Nawaz Sharif to campaign for JD (U) in Bihar (UnrealTimes)

The strange story of Skype (Arstechnica)

How Taliban attacked the largest US airbase in Afghanistan (GQ)

The Sholay opening scene visited (JaiArjun)