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Linkfest: March 21,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Manoj Gaur:I have no intention to flee (ET)

IPO Review:Infibeam (MyInvestmentIdeas)

The markets are still expensive (Capital Mind)

High stakes of India’s dispute over US visa fees (Bloomberg)

Of Leyland,M&M and Tata Motors (Bala)

My holy grail of investing (Subramoney)

Benefits of getting an icy start to the day (NYTimes)

What is your Investment Policy Statement? (AR)

Relax with annuities (Hindu)

Smaller flats in vogue (FE)

 

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: March 18,2016

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

On singing the National Anthem (Madhu Kishwar)

How Amol Yadav built an aircraft on his terrace (Better India)

Startup Story:Mast Kalandar (YS)

How politicians burnt down Jhajjar (Dailyo)

Hotel JNU-A shock ballad (Swarajya)

What an Aadhar-enabled future may look like (Wire)

Top 10 reasons why Mother Teresa was a fraud (Libertarian Republic)

The amazing adventures of Sue in Tibet (BBC)

The ISIS story starts with Paul Bremer (Boston Globe)

The Amazon Tax (Stratechery)

High-Tech Coolhunting (Medium)

In Tech, small fish almost always eat the big fish (Stanford)

The Art of the Smear (Bloomberg)

Meet the man who is Rajat Gupta’s antithesis (Scroll)

Photos:India’s last head hunter tribe (BuzzFeed)

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The ultimate bonfire of VC Money ?

Source: Alok Kejriwal

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Linkfest:March 18,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Share Registrar Sharepro commits fraud (Moneycontrol)

Janet Yellen’s Bear Trap for Emerging Markets (Bloomberg)

India’s coming water wars (Mint)

Sohini Adnani:Star of SBI Mutual Fund (OB)

Aadhar:Myth and Reality (Mint)

Why am I not investing in NPS (Vipin Khandelwal)

How to review your Mutual Fund SIPs (FreeFincal)

Hard to believe truths for investors (Fool)

Inverting Wall Street’s Research Model (Barry)

The real reason to worry about China (Bloomberg)

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Recognition for L&T Infotech

Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited (“L&T Infotech”), one of India’s global Information Technology (“IT”) services & solutions companies and a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited (“L&T”), today announced its entry in the ‘PEAK Matrix Service Provider of the Year™: ITS Top 20’ by the Everest Group.

In 2015, Everest Group published 26 PEAK MatrixTM IT services evaluations featuring 59 service providers across various parameters related to scale and scope of operations, technology, domain investments, delivery footprint, innovation, buyer satisfaction and resultant market success in the context of a given outsourcing function. Of these service providers, the Top 20 were shortlisted using a consolidated score reflecting points received on individual evaluations based on tiered scores for Star Performer, Leader, Major Contender, and Aspirant positions.

Further, the assessments also offer insights into the strategies pursued by service providers for key business lines, geographies and technologies.

“The global services industry is witnessing significant disruption due to rapid evolution in technology and sourcing models. The PEAK Matrix IT Service Provider of the Year™ ranking for L&T Infotech is indicative of a service provider’s broad-based capabilities and services strategies to help enterprises successfully navigate the disruption in global services,” said Jimit Arora, Partner, Everest Group.

Speaking on the achievement, Mr. Sanjay Jalona, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, L&T Infotech, said, “This recognition reflects our top-class talent, which has further enhanced our deep domain knowledge and emerging technology strength for all our customers. It is this breadth and depth of capabilities that enables us to solve complex business challenges at the convergence of the digital and physical world. We aim to further strengthen these capabilities for our clients.”-from BusinessWire

(Anybody interested in buying/selling shares of L&T Infotech,kindly email me at Alpha Ideas)