Some stuff I am reading today morning:
Realty players upbeat as sales begin to pickup (BusinessLine)
Goa’s economy in a tail spin (ET)
Shipping:Angry seas still (Mint)
Justice for 10000 killed in Gujarat 2002 (Mediacrooks)
Conflict of interest (Subramoney)
PFC India tax free bonds – 2013 (OneMint)
Singapore protests highlights worries about inflation (Bloomberg)
New research on momentum strategies (Empiritage)
Housing as an investment? (Businessweek)
Bernard Baruch’s 10 rules of investing (TRB)
Some interesting off beat reads for the weekend:
How Arindam Chaudhuri made a fortune off India’s middle classes (Caravan)
Interview of Lt.Gen Shahid Aziz of Pakistan on the Kargil war (Outlook)
An application for the job of the Pope (Open)
Prachanda’s long tussle for power in Nepal (Caravan)
Manmohan Singh’s doodles (Newslaundry)
How Motherson Sumi became a giant auto parts manufacturer (ForbesIndia)
Stock Selection:The most important number (Moneylife)
Andaman & Nicobar Islands:A security challenge (IDR)
How Tom Serres raised 8 Million $ in two weeks (Forbes)
Why beef is becoming more like chicken (Slate)
The return of Muqtada al-Sadr (ForeignAffairs)
50 years ago:The world in 1963 (Atlantic)
The Hollywood portfolio (VanityFair)
Salesmen of the Apocalypse (BusinessWeek)
Massive meteor breaks over Russia (Smithsonian)
The world of master criminals (GreatBong)
The story behind the Pope’s resignation (UnrealTimes)
Michael Jordan has not left the building (ESPN)
Anatomy of a Heroin ring (Chicagoreader)
How did Susan Miller become the go-to astrologer in New York? (Nymag)
Pandora’s inbox (SashiTharoor)
Some stuff that I am reading today morning:
How realty slowdown is affecting Bollywood (ET)
As incomes rise, so do home loans (Mint)
Warren Buffett’s small cap mainstays (Seekingalpha)
List of best balanced mutual funds (OneMint)
Pay yourself first (Subramoney)
Soros said to make 1 Billion $ since Nov on Yen bet (Bloomberg)
Buffett’s favorite metric soars over 100% (PragmaticCapitalism)
Thriving on the dividend and buyback diet (CNNMoney)
Why HFT is not a problem (Falkenblog)
Out with the dragon, in with the snake (DailyReckoning)
Some stuff I am reading today morning:
Kingfisher’s lenders plan to start asset sales soon (WSJ)
SEBI freezes assets of Subrata Roy and two Sahara companies (ET)
Why are we shy of buying MFs? (Mint)
Sharp intra-day falls being orchestrated by bear operators (BS)
Kingfisher Air’s logical end accentuated Vijay Mally’s illogical life (Firstpost)
ONGC bans business activity with Shiv Vani for two years (BusinessLine)
Sharp ratio redefined (Cassandra)
Unusual moves in confronting Apple’s mountain of cash (Dealbook)
South Korea scours the Himalayas for staff (Bloomberg)
Understanding Warren Buffett’s dividend stock strategy (Investorplace)
Some stuff I am reading today morning:
Did rivals trap Unitech boss Chandra?(ET)
Banks recall KFA loans (Moneycontrol)
Indian generics in need of policy tonic (BusinessLine)
Why Indian IT firms are hiring failed entrepreneurs (Mint)
India Inc faces ‘M&A’ tax (BS)
Buyout boom shakeout leaving one in four to starve (Bloomberg)
The temptation to trade on confidential information (Dealbook)
Ray Dalio:Borrow cash and buy anything with it (BusinessInsider)
You haven’t seen the last of Vikram Pandit (Dealbreaker)
How to talk to Wall Street (JeffMatthews)