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Linkfest:Dec 02,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

A lesson in long term investing (BL)

Azim Premji may hike stake in JM Financial by 5% (ET)

Indian wedding gold buyers recycle jewellery (FE)

How much of PSU bank’s net worth could be at risk? (Mint)

Plan to reclaim more land from sea in Mumbai (TOI)

Mutual Funds:Should you go direct? (Subramoney)

NTPC 8.91% Tax Free Bonds-A primer (OneMint)

A short selling lesson from SAC (TRB)

Four keys to great customer service (Bloomberg)

How to raise grateful kids (Slate)

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Linkfest:28 Nov 2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Krrish 3 box office collections top 500 Crores (FE)

Sexual harassment cases leave male employees fearful (ET)

Tata group pulls out of bank license foray (Mint)

Foreign brokerages raise their pitch on Modi’s election win (Firstpost)

The Corvex discount (SLAdvisors)

Let me tell you something about the Internet bubble (BI)

Thanksgiving (BillBonner)

Two word investment outlooks (TRB)

Why spending a 1000 bucks can make you feel like a million (Bloomberg)

McDonald’s worker says she can’t afford to eat at McDonalds (Businessweek)

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Linkfest:27 Nov,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Nasdaq closes above 4000 first time in 14 years (ET)

Cairn India unveils 5,725 Crore buyback program (Mint)

Govt zeroes in six firms for divestment (BS)

Hartosh Bal on Tehelka’s overdue demise (FirstPost)

26/11 The Siege-All pain and nothing gained (Mediacrooks)

Failure is the most likely option (ArnoldKling)

Mr.Market’s asset allocation is hard to beat (CapitalSpectator)

10 things billionaires won’t tell you (Marketwatch)

The mythical merits of paper money (RonPaul)

Someone still loves Steve Cohen (Dealbreaker)

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Linkfest:25 Nov 2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Pfizer Wyeth combination yields a surprise dividend (Mint)

Will Tehelka’s real owners please stand up? (ET)

Your wait for the big IT refund got longer (BS)

CBI registers 100 Crores case against SBI MD (FE)

Why Rupee is crawling towards 64 (Firstpost)

Sony’s Playstation taught greatest trading lesson (Bloomberg)

Quant Giant has best month over due to shorts (Zerohedge)

Hugh Hendry throws in the bearish towel (TRB)

An anthropologist’s observations about banking jobs (eFC)

When losses are good for your portfolio (DailyReckoning)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:Nov 22,2013

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The Fearless Extortionists (Mediacrooks)

How I became a Fort conservationist (Open)

Will Mulayam Singh Yadav be the PM in 2014? (Tehelka)

A radioactive death (OutlookIndia)

The unstoppable boys of Punjabi Pop (Caravan)

News Laundry interviews Hartosh Bal (Newslaundry)

BR Shetty:Building a healthcare empire (Forbes)

This entire country is about to be wiped out by climate change (BusinessWeek)

Bill Marriott:Sixty years a hotelier (Economist)

10 of the best quotes ever as per Reddit users (Marketwatch)

How women change men (Atlantic)

Summer in Sikkim (Ghummakar)

On Sachin and the Bharat Ratna (GreatBong)

Movie Review:Ram Leela (VigilIdiot)

In Pictures:When Sachin batted for the last time (UnrealTimes)

Using data to hire,fire and promote (Atlantic)

Whats it like to fail (Priceonomics)

The many faces of Hindi movie Maa (Jabberwock)