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Weekend Mega Linkfest:Feb 23,2013

Some interesting off beat reads for the weekend:

Meet the world’s top NBA gambler (ESPN)

Crime:The Miami heist (Businessweek)

The ladies sing the blues (Caravan)

Another one from Ketan Parekh’s 10 stocks self destructs (Moneylife)

How is sharing and renting creating a new economy in the West (ForbesIndia)

Google’s new built-from-scratch Googleplex (VanityFair)

Syria: The death of a country (Economist)

The shocking savagery of America’s early history (Smithsonian)

14 things successful people do on weekends (Forbes)

America’s awful job market for Ph.D’s (Atlantic)

The 50 most scandalous dresses in history (NYMag)

Movie Review:Murder 3 (VigilIdiot)

Travelogue: Sariska Tiger Reserve and Siliserh lake (Ghumakkar)

Fixing Car vibrations (TeamBHP)

Prison and the poverty trap (NYTimes)

The extraordinary science of addictive junk food (NYTimes)

Spoof:Why I don’t want Narendra Modi to be PM (UnrealTimes)

The cold Arab spring (Playboy)

All you need to know about the Indian Mujahideen (IndiaToday)

Obituary:Zhuang Zedong (Economist)

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Linkfest:Feb 22, 2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

How Robert Vadra made a killing in the Rajasthan sun (Firstpost)

Raid on babus reveal 100 Crores in cash, properties (FE)

Phaneesh Murthy aims to shake up IT industry’s billing model (ET)

Foreign investors lose appetite for FCCBs (BS)

Facing the crash (ValueInvestorIndia)

Rohit Pradhan’s perverse communalism (Sandeepweb)

Rio’s Mongolia Copper dream awakens 20 year old nightmare (Bloomberg)

12 market wisdoms from Gerald Loeb (Ivanhoff)

The biggest financial asset in your portfolio is you (NYTimes)

David Einhorn wants Apple to issue all the preferred stock in the world (Dealbreaker)

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Linkfest:Feb 21, 2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

How Air Asia stuck a deal with the Tatas (Mint)

Are Khullar’s warnings coming true? (BusinessLine)

MNC food giants eye a fast buck at Indian weddings (ET)

Bangalore firm on MIT’s 2013 list of most innovative companies (BS)

MCX does a BSE to boost traded turnover (Moneycontrol)

Tax free bonds open for subscription in 2013 (OneMint)

Debts and bills that we pay…and that we do not(Subramoney)

Another note on the purchase of Heinz (AlephBlog)

India’s growth problems in detail (BonddadBlog)

How to get a hedge fund job (WorldBeta)

US CEO writes an undiplomatic letter to France’s industries minister (Dealbreaker)

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Linkfest:Feb 20,2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Why are airlines keen to offer seats at throwaway prices? (Moneycontrol)

Indian unions call strike (WSJ)

Retail investors mid cap bets backfire (ET)

LIC sells 12600 Crore worth of shares (FE)

The problems of long run data results and medium turn living (Mint)

Brokerage houses shy away from lateral hiring (BS)

Why the HDFC Life ad sucks (Moneylife)

How to know when it is time to leave the party (Marketwatch)

The best stock performers of the last decade won’t be the best for the next  (Ivanhoff)

Michael Dell, who is your daddy? (InstitutionalInvestor)

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Linkfest:Feb 19, 2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

9 point financial plan-Indian edition (CapitalMind)

Moodys cautions India on negative credit outlook (Mint)

Small investors stuck as open offers in limbo (BS)

Weak rupee takes shine off India’s gold buying (WSJ)

Sahara Parivar launches ad blitzkrieg (Moneycontrol)

The secret trading strategy from the 1930s (BusinessInsider)

Carl Icahn thinks selling diet shakes is a real good business (Dealbreaker)

Why poor people pay more bribes than rich people (Reuters)

Heinz: Buffett’s kind of deal (Dealbook)

5 Reasons not to buy gold (Barrons)