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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)

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Linkfest:Nov 22,2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Apex Court grounds Subrata Roy (BL)

Ajay Piramal group to build realty finance company (ET)

NSEL Investor settlement in sight (FE)

Red flag over realty exposure of banks (BS)

Fifth richest man of Oman murdered in Mumbai (MumbaiMirror)

India Inc sitting on a debt time bomb (Firstpost)

Value in the eye of the storm (AswathDamodaran)

Where do I look for investment ideas (AlephBlog)

Twitter Employee Millionaires flock to high tech low touch wealth advisor (Yahoo)

Confluence of Mutual Fund Industry,2013 (Subramoney)

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Linkfest:Nov 21,2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Warren Buffett’s Exxon Bungle (Bloomberg)

Warren Buffett Vs The Salad Oil Swindler Nov 1963 (TRB)

Making your investment policy statement (Morningstar)

Diesel price hike coming (FE)

Market recovery:A long torturous affair (Mint)

Soni family’s break came from Gujarat Govt (BS)

Nexus 5 officially in India (Firstpost)

The two Lucknows during the Muslim Holy month (NYTimes)

20 ATM Security tips for Indians (BasuNivesh)

Wise crowds tell no lies (MarginalRevolution)

Rich make same investment errors as rest (FT)

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Linkfest:Nov 20,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

RIP:Indian Retail Equity Investor (Subramoney)

Dilip Lakhi buys Cadbury House (BL)

Around India in a Tata Nano (WSJ)

Jignesh Shah’s properties may be attached soon (ET)

Delhi babus to wake up to new realty (FE)

Sugar crisis:65 private millers suspend operations (BS)

Fears of the Kleptomaniacs (Mediacrooks)

Investing is still more art than science (Fool)

Taxes and Alpha are the Shiznit ! (TurnkeyAnalyst)

Why most back tested performance histories are bunk (Morningstar)

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Linkfest:Nov 18,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Despite slowdown, listed property developers show signs of relief (BL)

Watch n wait new strategy for car makers (FE)

Navi Mumbai airport:Alternate site works out cheaper (BS)

RBI Watch:5 Pillars of RBI’s Financial Sector Policies (RBI)

The mysterious woman behind Sahib’s obsession (MumbaiMirror)

SEBI panel mulls curbs on promoter trades (BS)

Where does success come from? (BigPicture)

Fee reduction is the purest form of Alpha (AllAboutAlpha)

Jim Chanos on taking risks early (TRB)

Say no to credit (Subramoney)