Links read on 31st December 2014

India's fiscal deficit zooms to 99%. HBL
Market outlook in 2015 - Cautious and stable. BS
Interesting post - Mr. and Mr. Modi - How Modi is banking on the reformist and quick decision making personna over the omniabsent personna. BS
Infrastructure added in Mumbai in 2014 - A look. IE
Is the crude price slump a good opportunity to buy Oil and Gas sector stocks ? Indianotes
How capping airline prices is a bad idea BS
JAitley v/s Rajan - The two needs to work together. FE

Links read on 30th December 2014

4 Lunar Eclipses in 2015 and India will be able to witness one total lunar eclipse in Sept. DNA
E-Commerce here to stay - No doubts about ts sustainability. Livemint
As Oil prices slump, the oil inventories for the year end are at a high. Livemint Indian oil firms face rs10000 cr loss fe
A historic 2015 - Politics, terrorism and space exploration DNA
Cars and SUV's to get expensive in 2015 on account of drawback of excise sops. Livemint
Dhoni retires from Test Cricket. DNA rajdeep
 A cautionary oped on how single market may not be a free market and some perils of the GST Livemint
Wockhardt, Cadila and Hospira all recall drugs voluntarily from US. BT
Are we underpricing corporate loans? ajayshah

Links read on 29th December 2014

The hard work that is being put up for Google Maps Wired
How this era of low oil prices could be different and how it could last for a prolonged period of time. Bloomberg
Torrent and Elder Pharma merger has boost the combined company results and market reach. BS
Death toll from Greek ferry fire reaches 5. 400+ people rescued. BS
Xiaomi is valued at $45 billion. Huge. Livemint
Govt unveils ordinance orders for land acquisitions. Livemint
How Obama administration has achieved so much without much noise. Reason for comfort for Democrats. FE
Make in India essentials - Policy. IE
Axis Bank keen on tie-up for payment bank, FE
Dairy Product segment is going to get interesting with competition for Amul in 2015. FE
Google Fiber with 1GBPS Internet Speed may come to India.Trak,in

Links read on 26th December 2014

Amul all set to cross revenues of HUL. Kudos to the locally grown giant. FE
RIL seeks KGD6 cost recovery arbitration. Livemint
China's assistance to Russia, Venezula signals end of the IMP, ADB era. Interesting read about how China is the new World bank. Livemint
ISRO's K Radhakrishnan is the world's top 10 scientists of the world. Downtoearth
Amazon - Jabong merger rumors all over. Trak.in
Rajan for sustainable reduction of inflation, wants to avoid flip-flops. Firstpost
China all set to challenge India's leadership in diamond cutting business as well  ET
Traits about Indians that make us tough to work with. ET
Overcapacity in China's refining capacity not helping inspite of the fall in crude prices. HCProcessing

Links read on 24th December 2014

Airtel to charge users for voice calls over services like Skype and Viber among others: Pocket
Executives get 10-12% pay hike; more women join boards in 2014 ET
Gail, Coal India and RCF set up a JV for coal gasification and fertilizer plant in Odhisa. BS
 Sebi to add 5 colour categories for Mutual Funds for more clarity to investors. ET
Chinese backed Latin American mega canal may not be very economical and concerns related to environment. But commendable to see such a huge project being envisaged. Washingtonpost
Japanese Abe wins elections yet again - Abenomics to be even bolder now.Firstpost
IRCTC to offer free food to passengers delayed due to fog in North India., IE
RIL and partners to relinquish D3 oil fields Livemint
Coke to cut 2000 jobs as part of cost cutting measures. Livemint
Profile of Atal Bihari Vajpayee - A political statesman. IE


 

Links read on 23rd December 2014

Google's prototype car is ready and is unveiled - Looking to start commercial production with an appropriate partner in 5 years. Time
Opec not to cut production inspite of price decrease. BBC
Sony Pictures suffers $200 million due to the cyber attack on account of the movie 'The Interview" Firstpost
Global oil firms to cut investments by close to 25% in 2015 and will play a wait and watch policy. Firstpost
China confirms that Southern glaciers are disappearing. Sciencemag
The next wave of Chinese investments and lessons for India Urbanomics
TCS set to fire close to 30000 employees. Scary situation indeed. Trak.in

Links read on 22nd December 2014

Inside story of Airbus A350 jet. Livemint
What Modi govt has achieved in the months of its existence? Scroll
2 hidden virtues of successful traders - Traderfeed
Financing is the key to the halted infrastructure projects. FE
Govt to half MAT in SEZ to boost manufacturing. BS
PM Modi's follow through risks and steps to take full advantage of foreign policy BS
A bullet that can change direction mid-air being designed. Zeenews
Business Preview -  A Norwegian firm that tests ships BBC
Russia to enter a full fledged crisis DNA

No reading links for the next few days - On vacation

It has been exactly one year since I started this exercise of posting links read on weekdays and I believe that I have been fairly regular in this exercise. 
I hope I continue to do this regularly I  the future as well

I will be on a vacation for the next 3 weeks and will resume posting links read as soon as I am back.