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Linkfest:June 19, 2012

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Fitch revises India outlook to negative (BusinessLine)

Why Subbarao told FinMin to take a walk (FirstPost)

Pressure for reforms mounts in India (WSJ)

Basu says crucial reforms coming soon (NYTimes)

Windfall for private refiners like Essar Oil, RIL (ET)

Bank stocks fall, could slip further (Mint)

Spanish bonds react badly to Greek election (Alphaville)

These 12 factors can cause the stock market to rally (BusinessInsider)

Ideas on the US Empire (DailyReckoning)

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Linkfest:June 18, 2012

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Greek pro-bailout parties secure majority (Reuters)

MNCs announce 71000 job cuts globally (FE)

Tea prices gain as output slumps (Mint)

How the earth moved for BEML (BusinessLine)

Trading in the Rupee (AjayShah)

How to file your taxes online using Income Tax India website (OneMint)

Bollywood gossip of the week (RajeevMasand)

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Offbeat Sunday Reads:June 17, 2012

Some interesting offbeat Sunday Reads:

Travelogue: Drive to Kuari Pass (Team BHP)

Movie Review: Ferrai Ki Sawaari (BharadwajRangan)

Spoof:Pranabda launches own Facebook Page (UnrealTimes)

My father and me:A Russian spy story (GQ)

The moral failure of our billionaire philantrophists (TheAwl)

Cocaine Inc:How a drug cartel makes its Billions (NYTimes)

Daddy:My father’s last words (Esquire)

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Weekend Readings:June 16, 2012

Some interesting reading for the weekend:

The gangsters are back in UP (Tehelka)

Why is India Inc crying? (Open)

How the ‘Good Guy’ defence failed Rajat Gupta (NYMag)

Indo-US Relations:Less than allies, more than friends (Economist)

Homeless man turned millionaire gives the best advice I got (Forbes)

China’s abortion scandal (NewYorker)

Lance Armstrong’s last stand (Slate)

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Linkfest:June 15, 2012

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

42% overall deficit as monsoon stalls again (BusinessLine)

Macquarie questions HDFC accounts (Mint)

RCom revenue discrepancy again widening (Kotak)

Spanish crisis deepens (WSJ)

Huge revision in March inflation (CapitalMind)

The EU smiled when Spain’s banks cooked the books (Bloomberg)

Indians grow weary of socialism in the skies (Bloomberg)

In Mumbai, a campaign against restroom injustice (NYTimes)