Category: Links

Some interesting off beat reads for the weekend:

K Klutch Klan -How Tamil Nadu was turned into a family estate (Tehelka)

Merc is worship (Open)

Pune maybe India’s grumpiest city (Caravan)

Rapes won’t stop this way (Newslaundry)

How online romance is threatening monogamy (Atlantic)

A pickpocket’s tale (NewYorker)

The 10 craziest things employees tried to expense last year (Businessweek)

How the tree frog has redefined our view of biology (Smithsonian)

Obesity and health (Economist)

How heirs of Mao’s comrades consolidated unimaginable wealth in China (Bloomberg)

Dish Network, the meanest company in America (BusinessWeek)

Don’t stop running (TheAwl)

How much Tech can one city take? (SanFrancisco)

Best bargain adventure holidays in 2013 (Guardian)

Regressive narratives (GreatBong)

Unscripted encounters with Dibakar Banerjee (Caravan)

How UPS moves 2000 packages every 17 seconds (Engadget)

The bluffer’s guide to Tequila (GQIndia)

Car Review: BMW M5 (TeamBHP)

An old woman and her dogs (JaiArjun)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

SEBI rejects RIL consent plea (Mint)

Infosys may fire upto 5000 employees (ET)

IT Dept looking into Barclay’s link with TN broker (BS)

Share buybacks (CapitalMind)

Best 80 C tax saving fixed deposits (OneMint)

Retirement planner’s confessions (Subramoney)

Media loves criminals, makes crime attractive (Mediacrooks)

Money for Nothin,writing checks for free (Pimco)

4 Business Gangs that run the US (SMH)

Will Intel destroy the cable industry? (BusinessInsider)

What’s inside America’s banks? (Atlantic)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Rangarajan Committee seeks freeing of gas prices (Mint)

20 something college grads make it big with healthcare startup (ET)

Tata group to invest over 45000 Crores in the next 2 years (FE)

SEBI proposes overhaul of share buyback guidelines (BS)

Comparison of all tax free bond issues (OneMint)

Keep investing simple (BigPicture)

India looking to innovate with IPOs that will only go up (Dealbreaker)

State meddling in BRICs curbs equity returns (Bloomberg)

Two word investment outlooks (TRB)

John Mauldlin:This will be one of the greatest trades of my life (Climateer)

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Bankers deluged as debt party turns to revamp (Bloomberg)

K Krishna Kumar on Ratan Tata (Rediff)

Global investors go solo in India (BS)

After battering, telcos to charge more (BS)

The Shale Revolution’s shifting geopolitics (NYTimes)

Financial planning shocks (Subramoney)

Best ideas and stuff of 2012 (DalalStreet)

10 things you should do everyday to improve your life (Barkingupthewrongtree)

The Hindu hating vermin of Bollywood (Mediacrooks)

Peak Gundlach?  (ResearchPuzzle)

Why denial is bad business (Rodinhood)

Wish all the readers a very Happy New Year.Some interesting links to start the New Year with:

Europe’s crisis of values:George Soros (Mint)

There’s justification for a rate cut now: Deepak Parekh (ET)

What is ailing the radio industry? (BS)

Strawberry Fields forever:Bill Gross (Pimco)

The success indicator (PragCapitalism)

Exactly 11 years ago, I destroyed myself (IBankCoin)

Equity salesmen’s talk (Subramoney)

10 new must read investing blogs (MarketWatch)

Death and taxes at yearend (AswathDamodaran)

A Christmas present from China Development Bank to arb funds (Bronte)