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Offbeat Sunday Reads:June 03,2012

Some interesting off beat Sunday Reads:

Letter from Liberia:The Devil they know (NewYorker)

Even artichokes have doubts (YaleDaily)

Out for blood-how we try and fail to kill the mosquito (NYMag)

The true story of how petrol pumps in India operate (TeamBHP)

Jagan Reddy admits to pissing off Gandhis (UnrealTimes)

Sergey Brin finally lets someone else wear Google Glass (Wired)

Book Review:Rajesh Parameswaran’s I am an Executioner (JaiArjun)

 

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Weekend Reads:June 02, 2012

Some interesting reading for the weekend:

India’s economy hits the wall (Economist)

Worst week ever for US Economic Indicators (Bespoke)

Why Disney bought Ronnie Screwvala (Caravan)

The absurdly low valuations of Shree Ganesh Jewellery (GauravBlog)

Are Sikhs being led by dunces? (Open)

The other world of professional chess players (ForbesIndia)

The 10 things economics can tell us about happiness (Atlantic)

 

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Linkfest:June 1, 2012

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

New Telecom Policy to make roaming free (BusinessLine)

India now a ‘gasping’ elephant (FinancialExpress)

Hard Landing for Indian economy (Mint)

Always sell in May (TRB)

Were it not for dumb money (DailyReckoning)

Italian recession is getting nasty (SoberLook)

Must Read:The IPL Final as Ravi Shastri saw it (Yahoo)

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Linkfest:May 31, 2012

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Brace for the worst (BusinessLine)

Indians could save India at a price (WSJ)

How is India’s slowdown affecting you? (NYTimes)

FIIs raise bearish bets on Bank Nifty (ET)

Was 2011-12 India’s worst year? (Mint)

DLF Q4 falls 39%, gets Rs 457 Crore tax notice (BS)

Hollowing out of India’s financial system (AjayShah)

Stocks held by Rakesh Jhunjhunwala in Indian companies (IndiaER)

 

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Linkfest:May 30,2012

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Govt comfortable with Rs53-54/ $ (BusinessLine)

India Cements caught in Jagan Reddy Net (BS)

Where did Anil Ambani’s funds go? (FirstPost)

Bharti Vs Reliance – The next chapter (Mint)

Sectoral churn?IT overtaking FMCG (StateoftheMarket)

‘Hitler’ Hashimoto comes to Japan (Bloomberg)

The End of Euro:A survivor’s guide (BaselineScenario)

Jim O Neil’s presentation on world financial markets (BusinessInsider)