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Weekend Mega Linkfest:March 08, 2013

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Meet the most indebted man in the world (Atlantic)

Naveen Jindal’s struggles with profits and power (Caravan)

The What-If man of tomorrow (Outlook)

Parag Parikh’s big mutual fund bet (ForbesIndia)

Uttar Pradesh:The downward spiral (Tehelka)

A setback to Islamic extremism in Bangladesh (IDR)

Narendra Modi: A man in a hurry (Open)

The startups that will change our lives (Forbes)

Why do we hate successful women?(Slate)

Top 10 Afterlife journeys of notable people (Smithsonian)

India’s growing and neglected Muslim population (Economist)

Africa’s richest man is just getting started (Businessweek)

Facebook’s new stream (NewYorker)

Book Excerpt:Roger Ailes off Camera (VanityFair)

Naak naak ,who’s there? (JaiArjun)

When the Jihad came to Mali (NYBooks)

The Deluge – A new era of fossil fuels (PacificStandard)

Spoof:Inside story of Wharton India Economic Forum controversy (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:Munnar in February (TeamBHP)

Maha Kumbh Mela:A day in Prayag (Ghumakkar)

Movie Review:I,Me Aur Main (VigilIdiot)

Internet Marketing=Traffic Generation+Conversion Optimisation (Rodinhoods)

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Linkfest:March 08, 2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

In India, Subway rolls out Jain sandwiches (WSJ)

Bears hammer disinvestment candidate stocks (ET)

How smoking impacts your term insurance policy (Moneycontrol)

Cement sector cracks on weak demand (Mint)

Impact of change of dividend distribution tax on debt funds (OneMint)

Table:Nifty Monthly Returns (CapitalMind)

Greed+Confirmation bias=Disaster (KiddyDynamite)

Why analysts should not be investors (Felix)

Wharton & the anti nationals (Mediacrooks)

Qatari Emir buys six Greek islands for a song (Climateer)

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Linkfest:March 07,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Tata Motors unveils car buyback plan (BusinessLine)

Collateral covers less than half of Deccan Chronicle’s loans (Mint)

Lord Venkateshwara of Tirupathi earns 1/4 th of income from interest (BS)

Deprival Super Reaction Syndrome (SafalNiveshak)

You are being conned by the personal finance guys (Subramoney)

Ray Dalio is very bullish on stocks and all things risky (Reuters)

Prediction:Tomorrow Bill Ackman will announce Dell is a pyramid scheme (Dealbreaker)

When central planning fails (DailyReckoning)

Traders flee Asia hedge funds (Bloomberg)

Winston Churchill for traders and analysts (TRB)

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Linkfest:March 06, 2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Bharti’s 1 Billion $ bond subscribed nine times (WSJ)

KFA lenders may sell pledged United Spirits shares (ET)

Diesel subsidy may have to be frozen to meet budget numbers (BusinessLine)

M&M to sell 4% stake in Mahindra Holidays (FE)

How tax and inflation reduce the FD pie (Mint)

In bonds we trust (Subramoney)

Golden nuggets (NihonCassandra)

China’s Shanghai breaks 50 Day (Bespoke)

The idiot maker rally (BusinessInsider)

How lucrative are Wall Street jobs? (BigPicture)

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Linkfest:March 05,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Bears with inside info hammer NHPC shares 32% in 3 sessions (Moneycontrol)

Freshers hired by HCL Tech stage protests across the country (BusinessLine)

India plans more steps to boost growth (WSJ)

Most expensive residential localities in India (ET)

Ratan Tata playing a major role in Air Asia (Mint)

What should a financial planner do for you? (Subramoney)

India’s greatest lie (Mediacrooks)

Druckenmiller sees storm worse than ’08 (Bloomberg)

Apple’s plunge has debunked Efficient Markets Hypothesis (BusinessInsider)

Here come the market manipulators (ScottAdams)